About the hexagon in Arts/Architecture/Nature/Sciences

 

FRANCE : Our field trip to Salernes  (March 14th, 2016)

Today we went to Salernes, a village next to Draguignan, where we visited the Terra Rossa Ceramics Museum.
In this ancient factory, a guide made us discover the way that the famous hexagonal "tomettes" were  made.
Here are some pictures !
Enjoy !

 

Here is also a video about the tomettes of Salernes (in french, sorry ...)

Var : Salernes se bat pour sa tomette

 

 

FRANCE : On the tracks of the hexagon (April 22nd, 2016)

Today we started to work on the next activity : the creation of slideshows about the hexagon in nature, sciences, architecture and art.

We will continue on next friday.

Here are some pictures !

FRANCE : Our field trip to the "Miellerie Mandard" in Draguignan (April 29th, 2016)

Today we went to visit a honey-making center , the "Miellerie Mandard", in Draguignan.
Alain welcomed us and explained the history of this place, then he told us many things about the life in a beehive and about the way that bees make honey. We discovered in real the hexagonal shape of a honeycomb.
After that, we were told of all the steps of a bee life, and then we tasted several delicious honeys
It was a great field trip !

FRANCE : Our ebooks about the hexagon around us ! (April 29th, 2016)