Communicating limnology to high school students and general public in Argentina

DE TEZANOS PINTO, PAULA; IZAGUIRRE, IRINA; SAAD, JUAN; FONTANARROSA, SOLEDAD; VINOCUR, ALICIA; GARCÍA FACAL, GUILLERMINA; YEMA, LILÉN; LÓPEZ, MARÍA EUGENIA; RODRÍGUEZ, PATRICIA; SANCHEZ, LAURA

Granada

Congreso; ASLO; 2015

ASLO

In thelaboratory of limnology of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, weparticipate in several activities for communicating our research to differentaudiences. Many PhD, undergraduate students, and researchers from ourlaboratory are passionately involved in sharing the science of limnology. Everyyear we participate in the ?Week of Biology? where we show to high schoolstudents ?during 3 days? what limnologists do. Also, every year we participatein the ?Night of the Museums? where 1000 people ?general public? come to theuniversity during the evening (8 pm to 2 am) and visit our stand where wedisplay activities on limnology for adults (microscope, lens, games) and young(art, painting). We also produced a sticker of a nitrogen fixing Cyanobacteriathat we give to the general public, to create awareness of their ecologicalimportance. We produced a Facebook page for this project. Finally, weparticipate in a program (Didactic Experiences) where high school studentsbecome involved in a research project in our laboratory and then present theirresults to the general public in a conference.