Introduction to Experimental Sciences

This EU will introduce the scientific approach and its application, focusing on sampling strategy and its impact on data quality and interpretation. It will also introduce the APP methodology and the group work that goes with it. In groups of five, students will have to carry out sampling to address a scientific issue. 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 that influence the sampling strategy.

The program for this EU will be divided into:

• 3 lectures lasting 1.5 hours (declared as tutorials)
• 10 1.5-hour tutorials
• 2.5 days of fieldwork (declared as practical training)

• Understand and apply a scientific approach,
• Develop a sampling strategy and sampling protocol tailored to the objective of the scientific study.
• Readjust your protocol and strategy according to constraints in the field
• 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 report
• Oral presentation of results