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Le désert des tortues

S2 E39
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2014
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Mouk and Chavapa are in the United States, in the Mojave desert. They have an appointment with their friend Luis and his father Juan to help them photograph desert turtles. But something mysterious seems to be happening, because when a turtle goes into a burrow, another animal comes out.

Levels:
Elementary Grade 1 Grade 2 Kindergarten
Subjects:
Programme de la maternelle et du jardin d’enfants Demonstrating Literacy Behaviours French as a Second Language Listening Science and technology Life Systems Français Communication orale Problem Solving and Innovating
Skills:
Collaboration Communication Problem Solving
French level:
B1: Threshold Independent User (B1 - B2) A2: Waystage Basic User (A1 - A2)
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E1 : Le tandem

11min5s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Peru. They’re meeting up with their friend Api at the top of Machu Picchu, but what a climb! Especially with a bike! Chavapa suggests to Mouk that they should continue the climb in tandem, dividing the effort. But Chavapa is suffering from soroche, the famous mountain sickness, and then, what is the use of…
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E2 : King of the Sky

11min6s
Mouk and Chavapa are in the Andes. While helping their friend Api to carry corn cobs of all colors, they find a beautiful feather on the way. Api explains that it is a condor feather, one of the biggest birds in the world! Mouk and Chavapa absolutely want to see a condor to send a picture to Popo and Mita, but it is very rare to meet…
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E3 : Le jardin dans le ciel

11min5s
Mouk and Chavapa are in New-York to take care of their friend Serissa's plants. They discover a garden on a roof, flowers and a vegetable garden in the middle of the city, it is incredible! A few little mishaps on the horizon. You will discover the importance of reading the instructions carefully to avoid unfortunate incidents. …
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E4 : La paëlla

11min7s
Mouk and Chavapa decide to eat a paella in Spain at Emilio's house. While waiting for their feast, Emilio makes a plan to find two ingredients needed to cook paellas. They will also search for treasures on the beach with the metal detector that Emilio lends to Chavapa while waiting for the paella to be ready.
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E6 : La troïka

11min8s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Russia. They want to see a performance of the Great Russian Circus, but they missed the last performance! They meet Tatiana and Boris who are students at the circus school! They follow them in a troika to attend the evening performance in their village.
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E7 : Sur la lune

11min9s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Turkey with their friend Kédi and his parents. Chavapa sees a shooting star and makes a wish: to go on the moon! Kédi proposes to Mouk and Chavapa to go there the next day. Chavapa is overjoyed, he is going to walk on the moon!
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E8 : La griffe du lion

11min4s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Chile. They are in the middle of the Atacama desert, at the home of their friend Pepito's grandmother, Sofia. Surprise, it starts to rain! It's very rare here, Sofia explains to them, so they must absolutely take advantage of it to look for the lion's claw. A wonderful adventure awaits them! …
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E9 : Le chant des dunes

11min5s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Morocco and meet goats that climb trees. They discover argan oil. Tarik and his uncle Eddy propose to go see the singing dunes. They go on an adventure!
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E10 : Les chevaux sauvages

11min8s
Mouk and Chavapa are in the steppes of Mongolia. Their friend Ganbataar's grandfather suggests they go for a horse ride, with a little luck they will meet takhis, the famous wild horses!
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E11 : Les nomades

11min5s
Mouk, Chavapa and Aïcha go to a music festival in the middle of the Sahara. To pass the time while they travel by camel, they look for mirages. They meet Ganbaatar, a nomad from Mongolia. He plays the morin Khuur. The Wallabies are also at the festival. Chavapa accidentally breaks Aisha's musical instrument. Will she be able to…
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E12 : Le concours photo

11min7s
Mouk and Chavapa explore Arizona. Chavapa is looking for an original place to take a picture. He hopes to win the contest! Will he succeed?
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E13 : Le cinéma ambulant

11min6s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Senegal in the village of their friend Bouba. Mr. Mamadou starts to tell them the story of Mekembé and his magic bow. They will have to be patient to know the end of the story.
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E14 : Les invités mystères

11min5s
Mouk and Chavapa meet entomologists. They are looking for mystery guests, they are monarch butterflies that have moved from Canada to Mexico.
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E15 : Le Tai-Chi

11min3s
Mouk and Chapava are in Honk-Kong, they will make origami boats and float them on the pond. Chavapa doesn't have enough patience to make origami. Tai-Chi and Kung-fu will help him to control his energy.
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E16 : Les météorites

11min9s
Chapava and Mouk use metal detectors to find meteorites. Chapava thinks he has seen an extraterrestrial. He is frightened!
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E17 : Le lac salé

11min7s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Turkey with their friend Kédi. Tchoban, Kédi's uncle, is a shepherd and his sheep love salt. He suggests that they visit a lake. It is not at all a lake like the others: almost all the water has evaporated and only salt remains! So they have the mandate to go and get salt for the sheep, but they also want…
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E18 : Les voyageurs du ciel

11min7s
Chavapa and Mouk are camping in the middle of the desert in Mexico. There might be flying saucers in the sky! They are only hot air balloons.
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E19 : Le snowkite

11min5s
It is in Canada that Mouk and Chavapa discover the pleasures and dangers of snowkiting. With the help of Amaruk and Ummimak, they make their first attempts. Unfortunately Chavapa does not listen to the instructions. Despite his misfortune, he discovers a crater for the pleasure of Mouk!
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E20 : Le curanto

11min6s
In this episode, Pepito's godmother, Copiapoa, invites Mouk and Chavapa as well as her godson to accompany her for her work as a vulcanologist during a stay in the south of Chile. They discover a spring and they also have to look for nalca leaves and flat stones. These giant rhubarb leaves allow Copiapoa to make a traditional…
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E21 : Les oiseaux rares

11min8s
In the Himalayan mountains, Chavapa and Mouk meet their friend Julie who is a photographer. She wants to photograph an imperial heron and a black-necked crane that lives at an altitude of 5000 meters. During their adventure, they meet Jigme who invites them to the monastery of Gangtey Gompa to see a dance to welcome the black-necked…
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E22 : La samba des Wallabies

11min8s
Mouk and Chavapa, live from Rio, organize a concert on the beach with the Wallabies, but Alice the singer has no voice. She finds it again thanks to the fruit juices concocted by Chavapa.
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E23 : Le land art

11min9s
In this episode, Mouk and Chavapa are in Canada. It's early fall, they are having a picnic and take the opportunity to find a perfect maple leaf to send to Popo and Mita for their herbarium. They meet Shona and her father Andy who does land art. This technique requires using only natural materials.
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E24 : Le chevreau

11min10s
Mouk and Chavapa are in the Sahara desert, they meet a lost goat. They also learn how to wash dishes with sand versus water because water is precious. Aicha, Mouk and Chavapa go to the community well to get water. It is at this place that the goat finds his master and his herd.
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E25 : Castaways

11min9s
Chavapa and Mouk are on the beach in Madagascar, looking for shells to play a game with their friend Aicha. Beni brings them to a deserted island in a dugout canoe to find shells. When they get to the island, the pirogue hits a rock. Will they manage to fix it while enjoying the beauty of the island!
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E26 : Un sommet si blanc

11min8s
Mouk and Chavapa are in the Andes. Their friend Api calls them to the rescue: she needs them to paint! The canvas for their artistic work will be phenomenal and beneficial to all.
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E27 : Le dragon à roulettes

11min8s
Mouk and Chavapa are in New York. Their friend Serissa's aunt, Rosa, is waiting for the delivery of T-shirts for the inauguration of her store, but the manufacturer's phone is always busy, so they have to go and see. Rosa suggests they go by rollerblade but Chavapa prefers to go by skateboard. They manage to take part of the…
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E28 : Le karagöz

11min9s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Turkey with their friend Kédi. Kédi's father offers them to help him prepare a Turkish show: the Karagöz. Mouk and Chavapa have to go and buy transparent leather, which is not easy to find. Chavapa is very excited and wants to do a play with Mouk!
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E29 : Whales

11min6s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Madagascar and participate in the counting of whales during their migration. They will even have the chance to see a whale and its calf up close by boarding the boat of their friend's father Majunga. What an unforgettable experience!
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E30 : Mouk`s Birthday

11min10s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Africa in the village of their friend Bouba. It's Mouk's birthday, but Chavapa stays glued to his computer and doesn't take care of the preparations, letting Mouk run around to organize everything. Mouk is moved by his surprise.
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E31 : Les crabes rouges

11min9s
Mouk and Chavapa are on Christmas Island off the coast of Australia, at their friend Nina's house. They are watching the great migration of red crabs that cross the island by thousands once a year to reach the beach.
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E32 : Les raisins de la chance

11min8s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Spain. They are invited by their friend Cerdito to celebrate the New Year at the Casa Emilio. The tradition is to eat a grape at each stroke of midnight to have good luck throughout the year.
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E33 : Le papyrus

11min9s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Egypt. Chavapa has taken a passion for deciphering hieroglyphics, the writing of the ancient Egyptians. This is a great opportunity for Mouk and Chavapa to go for a pedal boat ride on the Nile to visit the papyrus factory on the other side of the river.
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E34 : L'amie tzigane

11min9s
Muk and Shavapa are in Russia to visit Tatiana and her grandmother Babushka. They want to go to the spring festival. Unfortunately, the troika breaks down. A lady comes to their help. She is an old friend of Babushka. A reunion is on the horizon!
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E35 : Le Transsibérien

11min8s
Mouk and Chavapa take the transsiberian train, between Russia and Mongolia. Mouk is delighted at the idea of taking this legendary train, Chavapa much less, he complains that the trip will be terribly long. Once in the train, they meet Oscar.
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E36 : Le flamenco

11min8s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Spain at the Casa Emilio. They are invited to participate in a flamenco party and for the occasion they will learn some dance steps. Mouk is very happy to learn flamenco.
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E37 : L'étoile d'Emilio

11min10s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Spain. Rumor has it that the judges of a gastronomic guide are visiting the restaurants in the area. Mouk and Chavapa will try to find out which of Casa Emilio's diners are the judges, and do everything they can to get Casa Emilio a star.
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E38 : Les Supers Héros

11min9s
In this episode, Mouk and Chavapa are in New York. They are invited to a Superhero party organized by Serissa, who is dressed up as Princess Lucilia for the occasion. To find the secret location of the party, Super Mouk and Super Chavapa will have to collect the 3 celestial crystals hidden in the city.
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E39 : Le désert des tortues

11min7s
Mouk and Chavapa are in the United States, in the Mojave desert. They have an appointment with their friend Luis and his father Juan to help them photograph desert turtles. But something mysterious seems to be happening, because when a turtle goes into a burrow, another animal comes out.
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E40 : Le buisson dansant

11min7s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Africa in the village of their friend Bouba. It's the Kumpo festival, which brings together all the inhabitants of the village. Mr. Mamadou, who lives outside the village, is not there, has he forgotten the festival? Mouk and Chavapa offer to go look for him.
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E41 : Le sourire d'Edmundo

11min5s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Brazil. They are going to accompany Baya, and Edmundo who is handicapped, to attend a balloon launch on the beach. Mouk and Chavapa are a little surprised, it's the first time they meet someone with a disability, but they will soon discover that Edmundo is the most endearing and positive person they have…
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E42 : Le caméléon

11min10s
Mouk and Chavapa are in Madagascar. They go for a walk in search of chameleons and discover extraordinary insects along the way. Their friend will make them discover a magnificent specimen of tiger chameleon and Chavapa will find the smallest chameleon of the world.
Levels:
Elementary Grade 1 Grade 2 Kindergarten
Subjects:
Programme de la maternelle et du jardin d’enfants Demonstrating Literacy Behaviours French as a Second Language Listening Science and technology Life Systems Français Communication orale Problem Solving and Innovating
Skills:
Collaboration Communication Problem Solving
French level:
B1: Threshold Independent User (B1 - B2) A2: Waystage Basic User (A1 - A2)