A scientific meal in 3 dishes

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A scientific meal in 3 dishes

Author: Erez Garty – Davidson Institute of Science Education, Israel

Food is one of the topics almost anyone can relate to because, well, we all eat. The amount of science in food products is enormous, from the chemistry of baking, through the biotechnology of cheese and wine, nutrition, the effect of chocolate on the brain and of course the many myths of diets. At the Davidson Institute of Science Education we have developed a scientific meal where every dish has a scientific meaning. The first dish deals in the chemistry of food, the second dish in ecology and dilemas of feeding the growing poulation of the world and the dessert in about how our food makes us feel. In this workshop I will present the three-course meal (virtually) and discuss the many aspects of each dish. This workshop was already practiced on teachers, students and chefs from the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs and we are developing a MOOC these days. The workshop will include cool anecdotes, discussiopns, demonstrations and of course some samples for tasting. It is recommended to not to come hungry to this workshop.

The author has not yet submitted a copy of the full paper.

Presentation type: Workshop
Theme: Stories
Area of interest: Applying science communication research to practice

S-Factor – creative ways to communicate science

Author: Erez Garty – Davidson Institute of Science Education, Israel

Co-authors:
Revital Ahronov – Ms
Oshrit Navon – PhD

TV reality contests are not only an efficient way to get high rating they are also a good way to connect people to science. We have seen numerous YouTube channels dedicated to expressing science through music, dance and comedy and decided to try and create our own X-Factor style science talent show for participants from the academy and from different fields of the art. In this contest we looked for nominees from universities, art schools, science excellence programs and followers of science Facebook pages. To those who wanted we offered scientific mentoring and screened the best 3 nominees who excelled in creativity, science accuray and the WOW factor. The competition will take place in our annual “Connecting people to science” on December 17th (after the date of submission of this abstract) and the best show will win a small scholarship, an option to produce a video using our studio and staff and hopefully also a chance to appear on TV. During this talk I will address the process, show selected parts from the auditions and the competition (with translation to English) and the results of the competition (radio/TV interviews, video clip etc.)

The author has not yet submitted a copy of the full paper.

Presentation type: Show, tell and talk
Theme: Science
Area of interest: Applying science communication research to practice

Increase science reporting in the media in three easy steps

Author: Erez Garty – Davidson Institute of Science Education, Israel

Co-authors:
Naama Bar-On – Ms
Merav Dvori – Ms

One of the biggest challenges in science communications is reaching the public. Some people go to scientific activities, visit science museums and research centers or subscribe to a popular science journals. Reaching and connecting the rest of the people to science, however, is quite a challenge. At the Davidson Institute of Science Education, we have established a department that managed within two years to revolutionize the Israeli science communication market, publishing scientific items written by scientists and edited by journalists every day in all platforms – Most of Israeli major news websites, TV (talk shows, children’s channel, the sports channel etc.) radio (a daily science radio show) and the social networks. Several organizations followed our lead and started publishing scientific items on the media as well. The result is an explosion of science content reaching almost every household In Israel through the TV set, radio, computer or smartphone. In this video we will describe how this revolution was done, what were our challenges and how we overcame them and present data about how people react to our science content outside of its traditional place.

The author has not yet submitted a copy of the full paper.

Presentation type: Visual talk
Theme: Science
Area of interest: Influencing policies through science communication

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