Cité de l’espace

• Provide photos
• Value the work done by the students during a book festival
• Organise the final event with the scientific illustrator

Festival du livre Jeunesse Occitanie de St Orens

• Value to the work done by the students during a book festival

Illustratrice scientifique

• Presentation job of illustrator
• Participation at the final event where she will draw a picture based on  the story (speech) of the students without seeing the photos that inspired the story.

• Develop and advise digital production

• Lear more details to describe photos with scientific vocabulary

• Provide student with the necessary background and information
• Help them preparing and developing their project

Governance

 Students will be able to understand the surrounding world, develop critical mindset and put their imagination at work under the guidance of the science center (Cité de l'espace). 

 I.e.: Students will question the surrounding word and put their imagination at work to produce a story based on astronomy or space related picture. The picture will be chosen by Cité de l'espace. During the final event, they will get feedback from a scientific illustrator which will make them reflect on their work. 

Public Engagement

This project is based on a transdisciplinary and collaborative approach. Students in groups need to understand the scientific picture and tell a story about it based on the details in the image. They get feedback from the science center, other students and a scientific illustrator. 

 I.e.: The scientific illsustrator draws something based on the story she hears. Together with the students, they compare the picture and the drawing. This way students get direct feedback and can reflect on their story.

Gender Equality

The activity is established with a gender-neutral approach, it will benefit both men and women.

I.e. : The pictures given to students are selected in a gender-neutral approach.

Science Education

Students will use their scientific knowledge to understand the image and then write their story. They will have a scientific approach to understand the image they choose. They will have to develop an analytic mindset to understand the image and write the story based on it.

 I.e.: The student work will be presented during a book festival, this way students get to share their work with the general public. They can sensitize the public to science related issue.

Ethics

 Students will share responsibility in the project, in compliance with the research integrity and the social values of Science. 

 I.e.: This project will help the student reflect on their work and how they communicate. If they communicate well their work and on science, the image and the drawing form the scientific illustrator will have strong similarities. 

Open Access

 Many science or space related pictures are available online free of charge.