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CNES launches a new website dedicated to young people

CNES is modernizing its presence on the web and offers now a new space for young people.

This new CNES website, a true space-related information portal dedicated to young people, is also a showcase of the educational projects proposed by the "Service Jeunesse et Acteurs de l'Education".

For more information, thanks to contact:

Christine Correcher

CNES

Direction de la Communication externe, de l'Education et des affaires publiques

Service Jeunesse et acteurs de l'Education

Responsable éditorial

http://www.cnes.fr/enseignants-et-mediateurs/

http://www.cnes.fr/jeunes

18 av. Edouard Belin 31401

Toulouse cedex 9

Tél : 05 61 28 23 88

A high School dedicated to Space is born in Toulouse

The Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet, located in the town of St. Orens, adjacent to that of Toulouse, is labeled "Lycée de l’Espace” , high school for space.
This project was born from a joint initiative of the Rector of the Academy of Toulouse, and CNES which was quickly associated with the competitive cluster AES (Aeronautic, Space and embedded systems). It also receives support from the Region Midi Pyrenees, companies, research laboratories, training institutions and institutions or associations to disseminate the culture space.
The objective is to improve the education system visibility in the space sector, its applications and opportunities it can offer students.

The mission "educational space" of the school is divided into five areas:
Ø practices and use of educational resources related to this sector,
Ø ensure dissemination and training and jobs for young people and families
Ø European and international openness in particular through REVA
Ø Dissemination of Culture Space
Ø Integration of networks for training for space jobs

Bilateral agreements between the space sector players and high school are being signed. A charter binding on all partners and defining the specifications of the school space is being developed.

parabolic flight campaign aboard the Airbus 300 Zero-G - Call for applications

CNES invites students to experiment in microgravity during the parabolic flight campaign aboard the Airbus 300 Zero-G (Bordeaux Merignac, 10-12 March 2009).
A call for students is to return to the CNES before 24 October 2008.
Further information can be found on the CNES-Education Website.
http://www.cnes.fr/web/725-parabole.php

10th CVA anniversary on 9 October 2008

The city of Toulouse participates in the "10th CVA anniversary" on 9 October:

The Cité de l'Espace will host a class of CM2 (Guillaumet School, Toulouse), which will launch micro-rockets, near the Ariane 5 model. Planet Sciences will realize the performance. The launches will be filmed. The corresponding videos will be online on the specific CVA website , toghether with those of the 22 other European participating cities:

http://arianecities.viladecans.org/

(In french) Les voyageurs du fleuve ont débuté leur périple en forêt guyanaise !

Les 6 représentants de Toulouse ont en effet rejoint leurs camarades guyanais et ont débuté leur périple en forêt guyanaise.

Jusqu'au 29 avril, les 12 lycéens de Toulouse et de Guyane participent à l'expédition "Voyageurs des fleuves" avec Stephane Lévin. Au programme : progressions en forêt, remontées de fleuves en pirogue, campagne scientifique, partage de connaissances avec des chercheurs à la station scientifique du CNRS aux Nouragues, lâcher de ballon stratosphérique et visite du Centre spatial guyanais. En savoir + sur le site du CNRS.

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