In German-speaking Switzerland, a new Let's Science! initiative is underway.
IBSA Foundation for scientific research proudly presents the innovative Scientific Museum Tour project, granting secondary school classes the opportunity to take part in museum workshops for free. The students can explore science in a different way and profit on multiple levels from the experience.
- Who is the initiative aimed at?
- What to expect from the Scientific Museum Tour?
- What is included?
- Which museums will be involved?
- What does the Museum Tour aim to achieve?
- Learning with all the senses
- How to participate?
Who is the project aimed at?
The programme is aimed at school classes in German-speaking Switzerland. Each year, around 25 classes from lower and upper secondary schools – that is, the first, second and third years of each school cycle, corresponding to the 12 to 18 age group – are eligible to take part.
What to expect from the Scientific Museum Tour?
The project involves seven different museums and thirteen workshops to choose from, where students can explore topics discussed during class hours or on study books, in line with Curriculum 21.
After the workshop, the students can record what they have learned in drawings. IBSA Foundation will offer «Let's Science!» books and a set of drawing materials (paper pad, pens, templates).
This does not only aim at illustrating what was learned but helping to memorize.
In this way, a subject can be explored from all angles.
Practically in the museum tour, theoretically on the books, and in the comic course as a personal visualization.
What's included?
Goodie-bags with the books from the series of «Let’s Science!» and a comic coloring book.
Which museums will be involved?
- Anatomisches Museum, Basel
- Blood vessel preservation (corrosion technique) - Museum of Communication, Bern
- Data on the web – a look behind the click
- Microchips (13 November 2026 – 18 July 2027) - Kulturama – Museum of Mankind, Zürich
- Right in the middle of the heart
- From the fertilized egg to the baby
- Bones and skeletons
- How we learn
- Our senses - Mühlerama, Museum of Food Culture, Zürich
- Baking crispy “Bürli” and fine “Weggli” & Mill Tour: - Technorama, Winterthur
- Radioactivity in everyday life - Natural radiation
- Do not try this @home -- Microwaves - WOW Museum, Zurigo
- The whole museum as a workshop (introductory tour) - Umweltarena, Spreitenbach
- Explore the digestive tract on the interactive guided tour "The World of Food"
What does Museum Tour aim to achieve?
- Increase young people's awareness of their health and initiate discussions on health topics
- Improve self-management thanks to more understanding of the body's processes
- Encourage interest in STEM subjects
- Discover the learning method of drawing and visualizing
- Make science more accessible through comics
- Help students to learn about different careers
Learning with all the senses
Museums offer a lot of engaging activities. There are adventure tours and workshops to discover. Especially at scientific museums many exhibits are interactive.
With the combination of seeing, hearing and exploring with their hands, students memorize scientific knowledge in a playful way and therefore with a much easier approach. With this initiative, IBSA Foundation for scientific research wishes to raise interest in the topics, in science in general and in exploring new forms of learning.
How to participate
Fill the form below to get more information.
You will be soon contacted by our referee Katalin Vereb who will guide you in the choice of museums and activities.
