Scientibus: a research team reaching out to school groups and the general public
Résumé
Scientibus has been inaugurated by Claude Cohen Tannoudji in January 2004. It travels across the Limousin region with the aim of presenting sciences in a new way. Scientibus is an old school bus that has been modified in order to become an actual scientific experiment laboratory. It allows researchers, teacher-researchers and PhD students to penetrate inside secondary schools and high schools for science demonstrations (chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology, geology, ...). Exhibitions take place in the bus which is parked in the school yard. The main goal of this project is to get in touch with young generations. Scientibus also participates to general public exhibitions such as "the french week of science", the open house of Limoges University, the Telethon, the scientific years and also to various celebrations such as the 50th anniversary of the laser or the centenary of superconductivity.