The Eiffel Tower Model

Look at this amazing Eiffel Tower Model Esteffany (5th grade) built last year. You can try to make one ,too.

An authentic French resource …
Build a model of the Eiffel Tower using a box of Camembert!
Buy a box of camembert cheese.  Only the empty box is needed for this resource.
Don’t just buy it, smell it, taste it – with some baguette!  Camembert comes from Normandy.  Where is that in France?  Look it up!
This French Activity includes:
–  Video Clip in French (French and English subtitles)
–  Questions + Vocabulary
Study the images and listen to the subtitled questions and instructions to learn how to make a model of the Eiffel Tower using a piece of cardboard, lollipop sticks, toothpicks, glue, an elastic band, and an empty box of camembert:
Questions:
Qu’est-ce que c’est?  What is it?
Qu’est-ce que tu as?  What have you got?
Que fais-tu?                What are you doing?
Vocabulary
+ un, une   =  a, an:
un modèle(m)                =  a model
une bande élastique(f)  =  an elastic band
Vocabulary +  du, de la, des
Some/any: 
du camembert(m) some camembert
du carton(m)         some cardboard
de la colle(f)          some glue
des bâtons(mpl)     some sticks
des piques en bois(fpl)  some toothpicks
la boîte de camembert:  the box of camembert
Note: The hardest part is pushing the sticks through the empty box.  Have sticky tape to hand if things start to go wrong – Very helpful if you are short of time!

INSTRUCTIONS: Watch, listen and join in with the video clip.