Primary and secondary school students and teachers will have the opportunity to take part in a treasure hunt called "Fantastic animals and where to record them", where children will learn how to collect and use data of wildlife. They will also be introduced to the SRNA app, developed in the Step Change project, to collect wildlife data. During the workshop…
We will present a way to identify amphibians from photographs: we can identify each individual toad or newt from their abdominal pattern - just as we can identify each human from fingerprints. Sometimes, it's easy because toads have a distinctive pattern of black and yellow spots on their abdomen; sometimes, it's more challenging, and researchers have to use different software…
The Europe Direct Information Centre Koper – Capodistria will offer various informational materials about the EU, its policies, EU institutions and EU research programmes. The guests will also have the opportunity to take part in an interactive board game called EU Clues and a quiz with symbolic prizes.
Using five different archaeological finds (or replicas of them), we will see what conclusions archaeologists can draw about life in the Roman period. What can they "tell us", for example, a fragment of a glass bowl, a Victoria statuette, a sigillate goblet, a brick, a stylus, etc.?
Participants will be given a tour of the research centre and introduced to the laboratories and the work of the researchers. This will be followed by a short presentation on carbon fluxes and carbon in wood as a basis for thinking about misconceptions and truths about wood.
The World Wide Web offers easy access to information but also presents pitfalls. We will present unethical practices in electronic publishing, such as predatory journals, plagiarism, predatory metrics, and deceptive conferences. We will answer questions about how to recognise these practices and why it is not advisable to engage with them or use their resources. We will emphasise the importance…
At the Piran Aquarium, you will get a closer look at the unique underwater world of the North Adriatic. It is home to around 140 organisms, the most abundant of which are fish - around 60 species.
What does it mean to think critically? How much space for critical thinking is there in school? Do schools encourage critical thinking at all? We will then focus on critical thinking as a socially reflective and self-reflective practice and examine its presence within the Slovenian school system. We will look at the examples of good practice and encourage students to…
"Raising awareness of the interested public through presentations on fake news and conspiracy theories in the field of gender equality: Despite technological and social progress, even in the field of gender equality, fake news and conspiracy theories exist. Based on their characteristics, fake news can be classified into several subgroups, such as: false information, which refers to inaccurate information or…
Topology is entering the big door of physics. In this popular science lecture, I will show that topology can be used to represent critical behaviours of nature.
Participants will be given a tour of the research centre and introduced to the laboratories and the work of the researchers. This will be followed by a short presentation on carbon fluxes and carbon in wood as a basis for thinking about misconceptions and truths about wood.
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