Another event-packed One Ocean Week is behind us, and the marine group has participated both on the science fair at Festingskaien as part of the Family day, and with an evening of talks on the exploration of marine life.
April 19th: Family Day
We brough with us several activities that we have created through the MarDivA-project. Most eye-catching and enticing was our (huge!) board game “Fjærelære” (“ShoreLore”?) which is normally only available for teachers to book for their students as part of a museum visit (this was also a popular event during the week, as the activity was offered daily at the museum).
Odette, one of the MarDivA-members from the museum communications department was game master extraordinaire, and did a wonderful job adapting the game on the fly so that everyone who wanted could have a go. We also brought with us our own version of the game “Guess who”. The third activity was an exclusive preview of what we have been developing this year; we have a beautiful drawing of the entire ocean, and various organisms that should be placed where they belong. The drawings here are made by local illustrator Gunvor Rasmussen, who we have hired as part of MarDivA.
Finally, we had a table for colouring pages of a variety of ocean animals, always a popular activity.
April 23rd: Evening talks at Litteraturhuset
The University Museum once again invited the public to join us on an evening of exploring marine life as part of One Ocean Week here in Bergen. The event was held at Litteraturhuset, a lovely venue that we filled close to capacity!
Sophie introduced the marine research that is going on at the museum, followed by five 15-minute talks about our study organisms (/favourite critters!).
The talks and speakers were:
- Seaweeds: Foundation Species and Future Ocean Resources (Elena)
- Slugs: Extravagance & Drugs in a Nutshell (Manuel)
- Amphipoda: From Beach-Hoppers to Deep-Sea Giants (Anne Helene)
- Jellyfish vs. Salmon: Coexistence or Collision? (Luis)
- Exploring the diversity of moss animals (Bryozoa) in Norway (Katrine)
We ended with a Q&A session with great audience participation.
Thank you so much to all the audience at both events, and for your ocean enthusiasm!
-Katrine
If you would like to know more about the topics we covered in the talks, you can start here:
Manet Team: Cnidaria and Ctenophora research | UiB
Bryozoa/moss animals (also on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nordigbryo/)
#AmphipodThursday (sjekk også norske poster #TangloppeTorsdag om du leser det, og her om det nyeste norske prosjektet på tanglopper: MADAM)