Forest References
If you want to create a physics class in the forest, we have gathered lots of useful references for you, on the science side, but also on the design, art or DIY side.
When we did such a course, we placed all these references in an “inspiration room”, an original dedicated place for our students to discover all the references in a less academic setting. Here is what it looks like, and also all the references.
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Formats Fair
A presentation of various supports and popularization formats that are sometimes unexpected and dynamic.
Toolbox
For rapid prototyping frugal models, this toolbox brings together samples of tricks and everyday materials to make models of even the most abstract ideas.
Science
Some books and references from scientists, researchers or popularizers who have worked on the forest.
How can trees be taller than 10m? Veritasium
How trees bend the laws of physics, Veritasium
Conférence Francis Hallé
The Height of Trees is a matter of scaling laws...
All about Biomimicry! A formidable database by Janine Benyus, pioneer of the discipline.
They looked for all the frugal technologies and resources around the world. And they share them with you.
Discover how water seems to defy the laws of physics in trees.
S’inspirer de la nature comme meilleur moyen pour faire avancer tous les domaines et changer le monde de manière respectueuse pour l’environnement.
Découvrir les lois d'échelle dans la nature.
A la découverte des nanostructures naturelles
Le livre qui t'explique toute l'incroyable science qui se cache dans un arbre.
Comprendre des phénomènes physiques dans notre quotidien. Avec des exemples de biomimétisme. Et des experiences a tester chez soi !
Comprendre la physique des matériaux, des couleurs, et des objets qui nous entourent...
Francis Hallé est un biologiste incontournable quand il s'agit de la forêt. Les différences entre le végétal et l'animal peut s'étudier du point de vue de la mobilité. Du texte accompagné d'un schéma peut aider à la compréhension.
measurments with smartphone and video analysis
the app to measure everything with your smartphone, the physicist's Swiss army knife!
the app that recognizes birds!
the app that helps you recognize the plants around you
Art and Design
How to approach the forest through its aesthetics, its materials, its mechanisms or its inhabitants? The view from the artistic and design world.
Trees turn into chairs!
A luminaire based on micro-algae which, bonus, purifies the air.
Crafting furniture with... mushrooms!
Outdoor games to assemble with branches found in nature.
A work of art generates strange drawings by measuring trees with lots of sensors.
Lots of examples of incredible projects between science and design that make you want to do it yourself.
An exhibition on... cobwebs! They float, they vibrate, they swell, they are built live...
Musical work recreating forest atmospheres. The communication of each species is possible thanks to the sharing of sound frequencies that follows the evolution.
A forest exhibition that invites you on an aesthetic journey to discover trees in a different way.
Is it the vegetal which manufactures the design or the design which creates the vegetal? Design exhibition that links science and creation.
The forest and the peoples of the Amazon seen through the original eyes of a photographer.
Discover the Amazon rainforest like you've never seen it before, through the magnificent photos of Sebastião Salgado accompanied by a sound composition by Jean-Michel Jarre.
How to count to 1000 with one hand!
For children at heart, how to talk about the forest in a fun and visual way for a young audience.
Find out how to make lots of 3D objects with just a few folds!
Find the graphics to let your measurements tell stories.
the free tool to edit your videos on computer
to make stop motions with your smartphone
Create images that link data and context.
No denying, making graphics with vegetables works very well!
Ce projet a été réalisé par Clara Vardon, en stage dans l’équipe “La Physique Autrement” (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS).
Il a bénéficié du soutien de la Chaire « La Physique Autrement » de la fondation Paris-Saclay et soutenue par le groupe Air Liquide et le Crédit Agricole – CIB.
Merci au Centre d’Expérimentation Pédagogique de l’Institut Villebon – Georges Charpak pour son accueil.