La actividad se centra en la visualización de los principales componentes en los que se sustenta el proyecto IOS4DOM sobre un visor interactivo, donde tanto el público infantil como adulto pueden explorar de manera práctica y sencilla el área de estudio del proyecto.

What trips do large marine vertebrates make in the Mediterranean? What are the main threats that affect these animals? What role do new technologies play in the study of the ocean? All these curiosities and many more can be answered in our workshop on conservation of the marine environment and new marine technologies through various activities:

Interactive image viewer

The activity focuses on the visualisation of the main components on which the IOS4DOM project is based on an interactive viewer, where both children and adults can explore the project’s study area in a practical and simple way. The interactive viewer is a “static” activity where information about our research is given with the support of audiovisual material and people are encouraged to explore the tracks and main components of the project. The children (depending on their age) are asked small questions about what the viewer represents: What animal is this? What do you think these lines mean? In this area here what would the turtle be doing, feeding?, Where is Valencia?, Are there whales on the coast of Valencia?, etc.

Coordinated by: Javier Menéndez-Blázquez, Irati Abascal and Leia Navarro

Colouring sheets

Colouring sheets with elements and tools associated with the IOS4DOM project. On each colouring sheet, we can find the QR code that redirects us to the explanatory video of the project presented by the main researcher David March.

Coordinated by: Javier Menéndez-Blázquez, Irati Abascal, Leia Navarro and Greta Jankauskaite

Memory game

We have a card game with elements of the IOS4DOM project, “Integrated ocean observing systems for dynamic ocean management”. The objective will be to relate each instrument with its application (species/target); and each species with its threat.

Coordinated by: Javier Menéndez-Blázquez, Irati Abascal, Leia Navarro and Greta Jankauskaite

DNA extraction from a fruit

We provide the space to learn how to extract DNA from fruits using common tools so you can replicate it at home.

Coordinated by: Natalia Fraija, Rachel Pool, Chloé Fernández, Alicia García, Claudia Pons

Environmental DNA Sampling

Monitoring Cetacean Biodiversity using Environmental DNA (CETABIOENA) seeks to use environmental DNA as a tool for monitoring dolphins, whales and other large marine vertebrates. The proposed activities include a model for collecting environmental DNA in an aquarium substrate, its filtering and the possibility of finding DNA (represented by beads of different colours) in order to assign it to the different species of marine vertebrates that we can find in the area.

Coordinated by: Natalia Fraija, Rachel Pool, Chloé Fernández, Alicia García, Claudia Pons

Date and time:
September 29, 2023, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Place: Dock shed number 2 of the Valencia port.