Education

Educators: apply now to take part in the 2020 GIFT workshop!

Olivia Trani October 16, 2019

EGU General Assembly 2019 GIFT Workshop Practical questions, making people think (Credit: EGU/Foto Pfluegl)

The General Assembly is not only for researchers but also for teachers and educators with an interest in the geosciences. Every year the Geosciences Information For Teachers (GIFT) workshop is organised by the EGU Committee on Education to bring first class science closer to primary and high school teachers. The topic of the 2020 edition of GIFT is ‘Water in the solar system’. This year’s workshop ...[Read More]

Games, games, games at the EGU 2019 meeting

Chris Skinner June 6, 2019

Scientists attending the EGU General Assembly 2019 Geoscience Games Night, where scientists could gather, socialise, and play some geoscience-related games. In this blog post, Skinner gives a recap of the EGU Games for Geoscience experience. Credit: Rolf Hut.

At the EGU General Assembly 2019, more than 16,000 scientists came together in Vienna to present their research, discuss the latest advances in their field, and engage in workshops. On the Wednesday evening of the EGU conference, hundreds of researchers also came together to play geoscience-based games! Games can be great tools for geoscience outreach and education, as they have the ability to sim ...[Read More]

Bringing geoscience into prisons

Sara Mynott May 29, 2019

Philip Heron, one of the winners of a 2019 EGU Public Engagement Grant, shares his experience bringing geoscience education into prisons. Photo provided by Philip Heron

During the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, I caught up with Phil Heron, a Newcastle-born geodynamicist at Durham University, UK. Earlier this year he won an EGU outreach grant to engage young offenders with geoscience subjects and help improve their employability. He tells us how he started working in prisons and shares what we can learn from his experience. How did the proj ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: “Grown-ups are not focusing on the plastic problem, not as much as I want them to”

Maria Rubal Thomsen April 24, 2019

We caught up with Lucie Parsons, a ten-year old girl from Walkington, England, who is on a personal mission to save the environment from plastic pollution. She and her mother presented at the EGU General Assembly 2019 earlier this month. Credit: Maria Rubal Thomsen

Lucie Parsons, a ten-year old girl from the small village of Walkington, in England, is on a personal mission to save the environment from plastic pollution. After seeing on the BBC Blue Planet II documentary how litter in the ocean is damaging ecosystems, she decided to take action. Now she gives talks and is co-researcher in her mother’s PhD on climate change and the youth voice. Lucie has come ...[Read More]