Introduction to experimental sciences

This course introduces the scientific approach and its application, focusing on sampling strategy and its impact on data quality and interpretation. It will also introduce APP methodology and the group work that goes with it. In groups of 5, students will be asked to carry out a sampling exercise in response to a scientific problem. Each group will define its strategy and protocol, collect data from its sampling and analyze it. The results of each group will be compared with each other, and will help identify the variables for which the sampling strategy was chosen.

The program of this UE will be declined on :

• 3 lectures of 1.5h (declared as TD)
• 10 TD of1.5 h
• 2.5 days in the field (declared as TP)

• Know and apply a scientific approach,
• Develop a sampling strategy and a sampling protocol adapted to the objective of the scientific study,
• Adapting your protocol and strategy to field constraints
• Analyze and report field data
• Oral presentation of a field study in English and French

Mobility

100% Continuous assessment

• Action plan and sampling protocols
• Field report
• Analysis CR
• Oral presentation of results