Competence 3 :
Scientific communication and animation
For every group excursion done with Toulon university as part of ecoguide, we are asked to prepare animations to train ourselves and to grasp the implications of interacting with a whole group. Moreover, we improve communication skills by producing scientific content such as the "species cards".
Communication : species cards
Ecoguides focus on developing naturalistic skills by showcasing a different species each month in an electronic format. This initiative aims to educate about fauna and flora while improving communication skills to make the information widely accessible.
Animation
The medicinal plants
A game to learn identifying plants and their benefits
Game setting
You have been assigned a mission on Port-Cros Island to identify medicinal plants. Your task is to treat patients by using your expertise and a herbalist guidebook. Locate the most effective plants for each patient's symptoms on the island.
The rules
Each plant has an efficiency score between 1 and 5. To heal the patient you need to find 6 plants for a total score of 15 points of efficiency. 3 activities will allow you to gain these points.
- The first activity consist of finding and taking pictures of two mandatory plants.
- The second activity is to guess the name of two plants thanks to riddles.
- The last activity is to fill up the current efficiency score with 2 more plants that you will choose for their benefits and their efficiency score and that you will take pictures of.
The identification of the plants and their benefits is done thanks to the herbalist guidebook.
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Mediation
A guide to learn how to study an ecosystem
As an experimental project, I participated in the production of a guide to learn more about an ecosystem. The idea is to make sciences accessible to everyone with simple experiences and tools.
How to make sciences accessible for everyone ?
We are aware that sciences can be expensive. They require material and tools with high cost and a lot of time. That's why we thought about how to transform complex experiences into fun and simple ones.
Hyères saltworks, our open lab...
For our project, we chose Hyères satlworks as our study subject. To study the ecosystem there, we needed a comparision model : the Plan parc. After getting the needed authorizations, we were able to conduct our experiences and identifications easily.
4 themes
Birds
Birds are a great biodiversity indicators. Hyères satlworks counts more than 200 bird species and no less than 20 among them are part of the region natural heritage. The use of simple tools such as Merlin, a vocal recognition app, and a camera, help identify these species.
Plants
Plants can inform about the composition of land. The saltworks represent a dry and over-salted ecosystem and only adapted plants such as the halophytic ones, can spread around the saltworks pools.
Zooplankton
Zooplankton are bio-indicators of water pollution. The presence of certain families such as Oithonidae can alert on the water state. In the saltworks, the water comes from the Mediterranean sea which is oligotroph. As a result, the saltworks water is low on zooplankton species.
Physical/
Chemical
The physico-chemical study of Hyères saltworks consisted in evaluating the water concentrations of inorganic components such as nitrates, silice, phosphates etc. Moreover, a study of the soil conditions enabled to showcase the specific characteristics of the land.