Experimenting, tinkering, learning - Stadtwerke Gießen has put together educational, exciting and funny videos on a special website. Three more will follow just in time for Christmas.
For most children, home-baked biscuits are as much a part of Christmas as the Christmas tree. That's why Fabius the dragon, SWG's mascot, and Ichmael the clown show in a short video how children - with a little help - can prepare and decorate simple biscuits. The clip, which will go online on Sunday, 6 December, is part of the discovery tour with Fabius. SWG has been using this format to provide insights into the world of energy since the start of the summer holidays. Fabius and Ichmael have already visited and explained important SWG facilities - the Ringallee swimming centre, the Queckborn waterworks and the TREA. Easy-to-follow yet impressive experiments with a scientific background and fun craft tips complete the series.
Permanently available
The short baking instructions are of course available for a longer period of time. Just like the other clips, which are available on the website, on Facebook and Instagram and on their own YouTube channel. SWG has already published 14 episodes. There are also colouring sheets for younger children: as a PDF to download with various motifs showing the cuddly dragon in all situations.
"With our discovery tour with Fabius, we want to give children a playful approach to a comparatively serious and complex subject," explains SWG company spokeswoman Ina Weller. The overriding aim is to carefully sensitise even the youngest children to the topic of energy.
But the discovery tour with Fabius is not just aimed at children. Especially in the potentially even more stressful pre-Christmas period due to coronavirus, the project can also give parents a certain amount of freedom. "We are convinced that the explanatory videos, experiments, craft instructions and colouring pages will keep children occupied in a meaningful way," adds Ina Weller. www.fabius-entdeckertour.de