Training « Discovery of a mountain valley »

Presentation

In order to discover the life of a mountain valley from A to Z, the Ecomuseum offers a program for cycle 3 classes 3 half days of action are to be distributed throughout the school year, or your stay ...

Half day 1: What is a valley? (3 hours - in the classroom or on the website of the Living Museum)

• Discover the geology and Alpine orogeny,
• The birth of a valley (of the different approach glacial hydrological ...)
• Discovery of a watershed: the Montremont valley and its torrent Malnant,
• Introduction to mapping

Half Day 2: The History of the Valley (3 hours - Calvary trail - Thônes)

• Reminder on geology, evolution of the environment of the valley (vegetation, glacial periods), the arrival of Prehistoric Men, the Roman period, the Middle Ages, the 19th century.
• General discovery of the human and natural environment of the valley.

Half Day 3: Valley today (website Écomusée - Thônes - 3h)

• Reminder about the life of the valley in the 19th century,
• Visit the Living Museum of Wood and Forest and its ancient hydraulic mill 19th,
• Path discovery of the Ecomuseum,
• Discovery of Man and his environment today: Landscape reading
• Discovery of different ecosystems: forest, pastures, meadows, high mountains, streams, wetlands, etc ...
• Ecosystem correlation with human activities,
• Discovery of the forest ecosystem and of past and present human activities.