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MicroArctic Outreach in Lyon started (Feb 2017) with some basic environmental microbiology classes – 10 classes for 11 year olds and 15 year-olds. Here’s Tim Vogel and ESR Rose Layton: During these classes, the students had a lecture and then looked at different bacteria through the microscope. Bacteria came from Evian water, the local pond’s ice cover, and a microbial fuel cell. Here’s ESR Benoït Bergk Pinto helping students with the microscope

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MicroArcticOutreachinLyonstarted(Feb2017)withsomebasicenvironmentalmicrobiologyclasses–10classesfor11yearoldsand15year-olds.Here’sTimVogelandESRRoseLayton:

Duringtheseclasses,thestudentshadalectureandthenlookedatdifferentbacteriathroughthemicroscope.BacteriacamefromEvianwater,thelocalpond’sicecover,andamicrobialfuelcell.

Here’sESRBenoïtBergkPintohelpingstudentswiththemicroscope

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Here’sESRRoseLaytonhelpingagroupwiththeirmicroscopework.

Thestudentsappreciateddiscussingwithbothwomenandmenscientists.KatherineWeinert,whowasinstrumentalinorganizingthisoutreachandteacheshistoryandgeographyattheCitéScolaireInternationale(CSI),wasalsodiscussingmicrobiology!withstudents.

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TimVogelintroducedthesciencepartofthedaylong(March13,2017)discussionaboutclimatechange,GreenlandandtheArcticinfrontofmorethan150studentsfromthe“CSI”.

CatherineLarose(CNRSandpartoftheLyonteam,responsiblefortheWP1)gaveanintroductiontotheArctic

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AlexAnesio(coordinatorofMicroarcticandProfessoratBristolUniversity)describedthegoalsoftheEUfundedMarieCurieITN“Microarctic”includingthedifferentaspectsofenvironmentalmicrobiologyandbiotechnology.ProfessorsAurélienDommergueandTimVogellookedon.

CarstonS.Jacobsen(Headofthestart-upmBioInformandProfandDepartmentChairatAarhusUniversityinDenmarkandpartnerofMicroarctic)describedhisworkinGreenland.

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ESRRoseLaytonexplainedhowtodoadoctorate,andherspecificquestionsandapproach.

Eachguesthadastudent“host”.HereProfessorAurélienDommergues(Univ.Genoble-Alpes)satnexttoMathieuContamin.Therewassometimeformentoring.

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ESRRoseLaytonrespondstoquestions.

ESRBenoîtBergkPintopresentshisPhDresearchproject.

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ProfessorPierre-LouisPatoine(UnivParisandSorbonne)analyzestheimpactofthearcticenvironmentonculturalexpression,narratives,andlanguage.

AviajaLyberthHaupmann,whowasdefendingherPhDthenextdayinCopenhagen,answeredstudents’questionsaboutlifeandscienceinGreenlandviatheinternet.ShehasjuststartedajobbackinherhometownofNuuk,Greenland.

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TheyoungerstudentscreatedposterswithtextandphotossuppliedbyDr.CatherineLaroseandthenexplainedthemtotheaudience.

Studentshadtimetobrowseandlookatthepostersduringbreaksintheday.

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Theafternoonstartedwithbrainstorming(ideashower),duringwhichstudentsthoughtofideastoaddressinthesmallerafternoonworkshops.NathalieBisson,CSIbiologyteacher,encouragedstudentparticipation.

Theworkshopideasweresummarizedunderdifferentheadings:Solutions:Transportation,Energy(startdoing,stopdoing),Resources,Security/Safety,Protection,SocialandEnvironmentalcharacteristics.Thenthestudentsraisedtheirhandstoselectinwhichsubjectworkshoptheywantedtoparticipate.

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CarstenvotedwiththestudentswhowantedtodiscussTransportation

RoseLaytonwaswiththe“problem”group

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AurélienDommerguewaswithanothergroup

BenoîtBerkPintowaswiththe“protection”group

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RoseLayton’sgroupexcelledatcommunication

TheyevenusedRosetohelpout.

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And,thentheyactedouttheirideasasthepolarbearranoutoficeanddrowned

Thestudentsrelayedthroughtheirteacherstheirinterestinandenjoyment

oftheMicroarcticoutreach.

Theteachers,KatherineWeinert,NathalieBisson,YvesModigliani,NeilMcKain,EmilyRozé,AlanGeary,LauraKincadeandtheHeadoftheAnglophoneSection,RobMiller,andTomBadouall

contributedtothesuccessofthisoutreachattheCitéScolaireInternaionale.ThereiseventalkofnextyearandKatherineWeinert’scontinuedcontactwithAviajainGreenland.