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Conferences Intended for High School Students
Since 2006, high school students from Paris are invited by the Académie des Sciences on the occasion of the Fête de la Science
[Science Festival] to hear a conference held by one of its members. Given the success of these meetings, specially organized for the
pupils, the Académie and the Rectorat de Paris [National Education local Authority of Paris] have jointly decided to increase meeting
opportunities, with, from 2014, two additional conferences proposed during the Semaine des Mathématiques [Maths Week] and
Semaine du Développement Durable [Sustainable Development Week]. Each of these conferences gathers a little more than 150
high school students. Given the public for which they were prepared, these conferences, filmed and available for consultation on the
website of the Académie, are a useful collection of resources for a wide audience.
The Earth, Atmosphere, Oceans: New Challenges for the Mathematicians
The mathematical models used in
oceanography show that coastal geometry
has a global impact on marine currents. In
particular, they predict an intensification of the
western edge currents observed for example
off the coast of Florida. From a simplified
model, it was shown that mathematical
analysis allows such non local effects to be
captured.
A conference by Laure Saint-Raymond on the
occasion of the Semaine des Mathématiques
[Maths Week] (20 March 2015
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How to Live with No Fossil Fuel: The roles of Chemistry and Batteries
Following a description of the current
energy situation, its evolution and
its consequences for the planet,
issues related to the storage of
renewable energy were raised, and
the latest breakthroughs in the field
of electrochemical storage were
presented – which massively rely upon
chemistry – including Li-ion batteries,
in order to facilitate the deployment
of clean vehicles as well as network
applications.
A conference by Jean-Marie Tarascon on the occasion of the Semaine du Développement Durable
[Sustainable Development Week] (3 April 2015
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