During these classes, the students had a lecture and then ...
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MicroArcticOutreachinLyonstarted(Feb2017)withsomebasicenvironmentalmicrobiologyclasses–10classesfor11yearoldsand15year-olds.Here’sTimVogelandESRRoseLayton:
Duringtheseclasses,thestudentshadalectureandthenlookedatdifferentbacteriathroughthemicroscope.BacteriacamefromEvianwater,thelocalpond’sicecover,andamicrobialfuelcell.
Here’sESRBenoïtBergkPintohelpingstudentswiththemicroscope
Here’sESRRoseLaytonhelpingagroupwiththeirmicroscopework.
Thestudentsappreciateddiscussingwithbothwomenandmenscientists.KatherineWeinert,whowasinstrumentalinorganizingthisoutreachandteacheshistoryandgeographyattheCitéScolaireInternationale(CSI),wasalsodiscussingmicrobiology!withstudents.
TimVogelintroducedthesciencepartofthedaylong(March13,2017)discussionaboutclimatechange,GreenlandandtheArcticinfrontofmorethan150studentsfromthe“CSI”.
CatherineLarose(CNRSandpartoftheLyonteam,responsiblefortheWP1)gaveanintroductiontotheArctic
AlexAnesio(coordinatorofMicroarcticandProfessoratBristolUniversity)describedthegoalsoftheEUfundedMarieCurieITN“Microarctic”includingthedifferentaspectsofenvironmentalmicrobiologyandbiotechnology.ProfessorsAurélienDommergueandTimVogellookedon.
CarstonS.Jacobsen(Headofthestart-upmBioInformandProfandDepartmentChairatAarhusUniversityinDenmarkandpartnerofMicroarctic)describedhisworkinGreenland.
ESRRoseLaytonexplainedhowtodoadoctorate,andherspecificquestionsandapproach.
Eachguesthadastudent“host”.HereProfessorAurélienDommergues(Univ.Genoble-Alpes)satnexttoMathieuContamin.Therewassometimeformentoring.
ESRRoseLaytonrespondstoquestions.
ESRBenoîtBergkPintopresentshisPhDresearchproject.
ProfessorPierre-LouisPatoine(UnivParisandSorbonne)analyzestheimpactofthearcticenvironmentonculturalexpression,narratives,andlanguage.
AviajaLyberthHaupmann,whowasdefendingherPhDthenextdayinCopenhagen,answeredstudents’questionsaboutlifeandscienceinGreenlandviatheinternet.ShehasjuststartedajobbackinherhometownofNuuk,Greenland.
TheyoungerstudentscreatedposterswithtextandphotossuppliedbyDr.CatherineLaroseandthenexplainedthemtotheaudience.
Studentshadtimetobrowseandlookatthepostersduringbreaksintheday.
Theafternoonstartedwithbrainstorming(ideashower),duringwhichstudentsthoughtofideastoaddressinthesmallerafternoonworkshops.NathalieBisson,CSIbiologyteacher,encouragedstudentparticipation.
Theworkshopideasweresummarizedunderdifferentheadings:Solutions:Transportation,Energy(startdoing,stopdoing),Resources,Security/Safety,Protection,SocialandEnvironmentalcharacteristics.Thenthestudentsraisedtheirhandstoselectinwhichsubjectworkshoptheywantedtoparticipate.
CarstenvotedwiththestudentswhowantedtodiscussTransportation
RoseLaytonwaswiththe“problem”group
AurélienDommerguewaswithanothergroup
BenoîtBerkPintowaswiththe“protection”group
RoseLayton’sgroupexcelledatcommunication
TheyevenusedRosetohelpout.
And,thentheyactedouttheirideasasthepolarbearranoutoficeanddrowned
Thestudentsrelayedthroughtheirteacherstheirinterestinandenjoyment
oftheMicroarcticoutreach.
Theteachers,KatherineWeinert,NathalieBisson,YvesModigliani,NeilMcKain,EmilyRozé,AlanGeary,LauraKincadeandtheHeadoftheAnglophoneSection,RobMiller,andTomBadouall
contributedtothesuccessofthisoutreachattheCitéScolaireInternaionale.ThereiseventalkofnextyearandKatherineWeinert’scontinuedcontactwithAviajainGreenland.