Happy coincidence for this edition of La Science en Fête: the sun has an appointment with the moon. The Nançay observatory organised a walking tour and observation of the eclipse for the event.
Professor Claude ALLÈGRE, Director of the BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières), gives a lecture to children of cm2 at the Orléans Museum as part of the "La science en fête" events.
Report at the Cité des Sciences in Paris, where for the seventh edition of "La Science en fête", students from a 3rd class can deepen their knowledge in computer science and discover free software. An interview with Jean Paul SMETS, a mining engineer and a student about the advantages of free software such as free software. Reactions from high school students.
As part of the "La Science en fête" days, the pendulum of Foucault returns to the Pantheon in Paris, 144 years after the first public experience. Demonstration and explanations by astrophysicist Pierre LENA.
On the occasion of the Science Festival, the Synchrotron opens to the general public in Gif on Yvettes. This huge particle accelerator makes it possible to carry out experiments on the emission of light. Interview with Michel BESSIERE, Director of Technical Services at the Synchrotron Soleil, on the usefulness of a synchrotron. Interview with Jean François LAMARRE, engineer at the Synchrotron Soleil on the interest of science in everyday life.
In order to make science accessible to the general public, including children, researchers meet with them on the occasion of the 10th Science Festival. In this perspective, the students of the Bollaert school of the 19th district were given a lesson in chemistry applied to cooking by the Nobel Prize winner of physics, Georges CHARPAK.
Paris, operation "Science in Celebration". Researchers from INRA, located in the gardens of the Ministry of Research, organised scientific discovery workshops for visitors. The Secretary of State for Research, Elisabeth DUFOURCQ, tested the electric car, Praxitèle.
Report in the village of science at the National Institute of Agricultural Research near Orléans where scientists and researchers come to meet the public as part of the Fête de la science. Experiments, micro-sidewalk children and interviews with scientists follow one another.
Science is celebrating all week. The appointments are multiple, and among them a unique operation in France entitled "Kids University". 250 students, middle and high school students, to discover the laboratories of the Louis Pasteur University and the CNRS. Visits and especially meetings with real researchers at the Cronenbourg campus in Strasbourg.
In Toulouse, "Science en fête" was established in the courtyard of the Hôtel Dieu. The aim of this event is to introduce as many people as possible to science. Micro-sidewalk and interview with Paul CARO, research director CNRS Paris, on the need to explain science so that people continue to support research.
For 26 years, the Fête de la science has made it possible to reach the general public. The UTC of Compiègne tries to give birth to vocations of researchers by opening its doors to the youngest. Alternating scientific experiments and interviews.
As part of the "Celebration of Science" operation, engineering students at the Lasalle Polytechnic Institute in Beauvais introduce school children to the production of biofuels. The scientific experiments alternate with the testimony of the children and the interview of a researcher.
Opening of the gardens of the Ministry of Research on the occasion of its 10th anniversary. Over the weekend, the researchers organize hands-on workshops of scientific discoveries for the general public.
"Science in celebration" in Paris in the gardens of the Ministry of Research and Space. For 3 days, its researchers organised hands-on workshops of scientific discoveries for the general public to better understand the economic stakes of the research results.
On the occasion of the Science Festival, visit the IFREMER laboratories in Plouzané. The subject alternates images of children and adults visiting the laboratory with their reactions and the interview with Carla SCALABRIN, researcher in bioacoustics.
The INA Galaxy 
