THE FUTURE CART Show LIFL Entrance Hall, Villeneuve d'Ascq, November 22-December 15, 2004

In the framework of the Researchers in the Classroom initiative of the 2004 Science Fair, Raphaël Marvie, a research scientist of project JACQUARD at INRIA Futurs Lille, came to Ms Pouille's CM1 class at the Guynemer Primary School of Mons en Baroeul (Nord) and spoke with the children on the theme Dad, what's a scientist? A show based on this event will be presented at the LIFL in Lille from November 22 to December 15.

Raphaël Marvie / project JACQUARD

Our researcher wanted to present research work and environment in a way almost always based from a child's point of view. To make his presentation interesting and interactive, he proposed several games interspersed with explanations of the daily life of a scientist.

 

One of the games used to illustrate the principles of research was to ask the children how to improve our daily life to make it more agreable. The topic was Invent a way of shopping at the supermarket without getting tired. The children displayed a lot of imagination and Raphaël asked them to draw their inventions. Click here to find their drawings with their technical commentaries.

Raphaël Marvie also tried to understand how the children perceived his job through a questions and answers game. Find out how they view the work of a researcher and their questions, it's both surprising and fun!

- The children's drawings
- What is a researcher according to kids.