Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • Chess tournament leaves participants feeling grandiose
  • GM Direct publishing break
  • “Makhanda is in shambles,” says Ward Four resident
  • GADRA and Mobile Science Lab launch new science project
  • Ward Two residents buy own floodlights to combat cable theft
  • A town without a playground: where do the children play?
  • Women, Politics, Power, Patriachy: A feminist lens
  • Makhanda’s Links Royal House Gaokx’aob (Chief) has died
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»OUTSIDE»Science Week all about democracy
OUTSIDE

Science Week all about democracy

Staff ReporterBy Staff ReporterAugust 28, 2018No Comments3 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
The sting in the tail - Tholoana Ntokoane explains the stingray. Photo: Supplied

By: Lucky Dlamini – DST/NRF-SAIAB Communications Intern

The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (@NRF_SAIAB) has once again participated in the countrywide celebration of science. National Science Week (NSW), an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), kicked off on 29 July and ended on 4 August. This year’s theme was  “Deepening our democracy through science”.  Invited to participate by the South African Environmental Observation Networks (SAEON) Elwandle Node in its NSW activities during this week, SAIAB popularised aquatic science to Grade      9-11 pupils from high schools in Port Elizabeth and the small town of Paterson.

Ferdy Jacobs welcoming learners to the SAIAB exhibition. Photo: Supplied
Ferdy Jacobs giving a demonstration of a catfish to learners. Photo: Supplied

As a participant in the four-year Horizon 2020 project, NUCLEUS, (http://www.nucleus-project.eu/), SAIAB aims to make Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) a reality (#LivingRRI). Part of this responsibility is to engage with different publics (in this case, school pupils) to develop their understanding of our research and develop their appreciation of our natural heritage. To this end, four SAIAB staff members, Ferdy Jacobs (Freshwater Research Assistant), Zipho Canda (@ACEP_ZA Administration Officer), and NRF-DST Interns, Tholoana Ntokoane and Lucky Dlamini, lead an exhibition at Algoa College in Straundale (Department of Education) for pupils from Masiphathisane Secondary School, Khwezi Lomso Comprehensive School and Kwazakhele High School. Approximately 200 pupils arrived to learn and engage in science-based activities.

From left to right: Ferdy Jacobs, Tholoana Ntokoane, Lucky Dlamini and Zipho Canda. Photo: Supplied

Ending the countrywide celebration of NSW, on Friday 3 August, SAIAB served as a vehicle for showcasing aquatic sciences to pupils in Paterson, a small settlement in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province. Here, the SAIAB team made science appealing to learners, so that they might consider Science Technology Engineering Mathematics and Innovation (STEMI) as offering preferable career options. Approximately, 109 pupils from Hendrik Kanise Combined School and Sandisulwazi High School engaged with the SAIAB exhibition.

The sting in the tail – Tholoana Ntokoane explains the stingray. Photo: Supplied
Lucky Dlamini holds up a preserved tiger fish and explains the importance of preserving biodiversity and how fish specimens are stored in the SAIAB Wet Collection. Photo: Supplied
Tholoana Ntokoane gives pupils a chance to get up close and personal with an eel. Photo: Supplied
Zipho Canda tells pupils about SAIAB’s dry collection. Photo: Supplied
Previous ArticleCycling event benefits SPCA
Next Article Passing the candle of confidence
Staff Reporter
  • Website

Comments are closed.

Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Humans of Makhanda

Humans of Makhanda

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.