For GCSE Students /2020 2019 Science at Disneyland® Paris Information Pack © Disney © Disney/Pixar © Disney Science Learning Objectives We cover key material from the most popular science examination specifications. Our aim is to bring classroom teaching alive by looking at the work involved in creating, operating and managing Disneyland® Paris. No other educational travel specialist has the knowledge or backstage access to provide this vital learning dimension. Key Topics Energy on the Move ● Forces and motion ● Forces and braking ● Motion and energy changes ● Velocity, momentum and speed ● Kinetic and gravitational potential energy ● Galileo and Newton Environmental Awareness ● Impacts of human activity ● Recycling ● Sustainability ● Management of water resources Plant Growth ● Controlling plant growth Science ● Transpiration ● Photosynthesis for GCSE students ● Nutrients and fertilizers Chemical Concepts The Science Study Experience is a residential education programme ● How plants make food based at Disneyland® Paris, a world-class entertainment and leisure ● Obtaining energy destination. The Resort is part of the massive Disney empire and ● Rates and reactions ● Explosions and catalysts leads the way in combining technology with live entertainment. It is a The Senses must-visit case study for any Science student seeking to improve their ● Reflex responses examination results. ● Persistence of vision ● Stimulus, impulse and response This Study Experience provides you with Interactivity and student involvement are at ● 3D images everything you need to undertake a truly the heart of the Study Experience and no other ● How sound can change experiences curriculum-led trip to Disneyland Paris and is educational travel specialist offers such a rich Healthy Living designed to meet clearly defined learning educational experience and a real enhancement ● Avoiding major food hazards objectives. to the teaching of Science. ● Hygiene and critical control points It includes two informative seminars, an expert- As a result of our exclusive access to ● A balanced diet led interactive workshop and a number of Disneyland® Paris’ senior management during Please note that topic areas may be amended to specialist assignments. the creation of the Study Experiences, members reflect specification changes and developments We also include entry to the Resort’s two of the Disneyland® Paris management team and at Disneyland® Paris. theme parks, Disneyland® Park and Walt Disney many other Disney backstage experts add their Studios® Park, allowing your students the personal input to the seminars. opportunity to have fun and experience at first- This input is regularly updated through new Contents hand, the application of their subject in real-life video footage, filmed behind-the-scenes at the environments. Resort and at Disney’s London offices by Study Learning Objectives 2 Experiences. This exclusive content is therefore only available to students and teachers Educational Content 3 attending the Study Experience. Travel Choices 4 Meeting exam board specifications Dates and Prices 5 All content is mapped against the major English and Welsh GCSE examination specifications, as well as the comparable Scottish National Qualifications N4 and N5. This includes: Disneyland® Paris 6 & 7 • GCSE Physics • GCSE Biology • GCSE Chemistry • GCSE Science Meals & Activities 8 Examination Specifications Edexcel AQA OCR WJEC SQA CCEA Booking Form 9 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Support Information 10 The Study Experience is also suitable for International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, as well as for related diploma and vocational courses. 2 Call: 020 8335 4455 Email: [email protected] Study Experiences Educational Content Key Benefits The Science Study Experience immerses students emphasis will be given to working as a team, This highly interactive learning experience in the practical applications of scientific theory at communicating and meeting a deadline. includes all of these educational activities: this world-famous theme park resort in a number At the end of the Workshop teams will present of different and engaging ways: their plans to a mock ‘Disney management panel’ Subject-Specific Seminars ● Through attending two Seminars hosted by comprising of the facilitator and participating Groups will attend two forty-minute facilitators with considerable experience of teachers who will ask questions and provide multimedia seminars, delivered to an working with Disneyland Paris and featuring feedback to the team. Once back at school or audience of 100-200 students. back-stage video interviews and footage college, students will be able to use this feedback Led by one of our team of Paris-based filmed exclusively for Study Experiences to complete their project and enter the Student facilitators, with considerable experience Challenge, should you wish them to do so. ● By taking part in our interactive Workshop of the Resort and its working methods, which encourages students to use their students will explore how Disneyland Paris knowledge of scientific principles in a real life Seminar Two uses many key examination topics to carry scenario Science in Action out its planning and day to day activities. ● Completing subject-specific Assignments Animatronics and Special Effects: The resort is Our facilitators will engage your students during their time in the Parks and at the well known for the animatronics at work on the in thinking about how their subject is seen Resort major rides, we are pleased to be able to take you in action in the Resort. behind the scenes, on video, to see how rides are Seminar One designed and maintained. We will also consider Interactive Workshop Roller Coaster Science how some of the attractions “trick” our senses, For the workshop, students will initially Roller Coaster Forces and Motion: Following a through the use of UV light, music and other be divided into groups of 30-40, then split brief introduction to Disneyland Paris, students special effects. into smaller teams of 8-10 and encouraged will discover the work of the in-park roller coaster A Healthy Park: This section reflects on the to participate in a fun, interactive learning designers. We’ll be looking at the design aspects need for good food hygiene to avoid major food experience with our professional facilitator. of its world-famous coasters and exploring hazards. In particular we will investigate hygiene They will be treated as though they are some of the core science principles used in the and critical control points. We will also consider Disney professionals and the facilitator will process. As well as forces and motion, we will the importance of a healthy diet. guide and inspire them to work as a team, also consider potential and kinetic energy, gravity The Environment: With the help of the meet a realistic deadline and communicate and how the works of Galileo and Newton have landscaping and special effects teams here at their ideas persuasively – as well as testing influenced their design. the resort we will see how science plays a crucial some core subject skills. Roller Coaster Maths: Maths is an essential skill part in the day to day running of other aspects for Disney’s roller coaster designers. of Disneyland Paris. Although it places great It is highly recommended that teachers play an active part in the workshops by We will see how maths and science combine in emphasis on the theming of attractions through the use of landscaping including plant growth, encouraging their students in their work building geometry and calculating height, energy, and assisting the facilitator in providing distance and speed. lakes and rivers, water safety is essential. With over 15 million guests a year, environmental feedback. Roller Coasters and the Human Body: Students management is vital and we’ll introduce some of will also explore the effects of roller coasters on Education Support the ways in which pollution and water resources the human body, including experiencing those Group leaders will receive a copy of the are managed and discover how the plants are rapid twists and turns and weightlessness. In Teacher Education Guide complete with kept healthy through irrigation and nutrition. We addition, we will examine the Disney values of an introduction to the Study Experience, close with a look at recycling, something very emotion, service and creativity, an essential learning objectives and outcomes, a important to the environment team and cast aspect of everyone’s work at the resort that can workshop and background information. members at the resort. be replicated in our own lives. You will also receive copies of the Student Disney Cast Members appearing on video in We are very pleased to have the services of Workbook. Seminar Two include Director of Nature and Disneyland Paris’ Senior Ride Engineer, Mike Kent, Environment Luc Behar Bannelier, Environment The Student Workbook includes space to give us these fascinating insights on roller Manager Nicole Ouimet and pyrotechniques for note taking, including bulleted notes coasters and science on video. expert Eric Tucker. of the content; background information Assignments relevant to Seminar One include: for the workshop task; assignments, Assignments relevant to Seminar Two include: some of which are directly based on past ● Key Assignment 1a, GCSE Chemistry, roller ● Key Assignment 1b, GCSE Biology, compost examination papers, to develop students’ coaster rails ● Landscaping and theming for ride subject knowledge further through their