Center hosts science exhibit at the 2015 UW “Paws-On-Science”
Prof Randy Kyes (rt) discussing the use of drones in
conservation biology and global health at the 2015 UW
Paws-On-Science festival. |
The Center for Global Field Study recently hosted an exhibit
entitled “Animals and Your Health” at UW’s annual science
festival “PAWS-on-Science” (April 10th – 12th 2015) held at
the Pacific Science Center in Seattle.
The exhibit provided children and adults with information
about the methods used to study animals in the wild and
included hands-on activities with some of the equipment and
techniques used by researchers in the field. Children had
opportunities to learn about radio telemetry equipment,
aerial drones trap cameras, bio-indicator species, and
biological sample collection.
“This exhibit is intended to demonstrate the close
relationship between humans and the environment and how
animals can provide the first indication of a decline in
environmental health and the related implications for global
health” said Randy Kyes, Director of the Center for Global
Field Study, Research Professor in Psychology and Core
Scientist in the Washington National Primate Research
Center.
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“One of the exhibit activities that is always a real hit is a
hands-on demonstration of primate fecal sample collection to look
for intestinal parasites,” Kyes said. “Of course no real fecal
samples are used, but the fake ‘pooh’ attracts a lot of interest.”
This is the fourth year the Center
has participated in this STEM-based educational outreach
festival. The exhibit was also staffed by Dr. Pensri Kyes,
Research Scientist with the WaNPRC and Center for Global
Field Study and Narayan Koju, MS, PhC, Visiting Scientist
with the WaNPRC and Center for Global Field Study and a
Senior Graduate Student from Tribhuvan University in Nepal.
More than 8,000 people attended the three-day outreach event
which showcased almost 50 UW research groups.
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Dr. Elle Kyes (lt) explaining how
aquatic insects function as bioindicators of healthy water
ecosystems .
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Narayan Koju, MS, PhC (lt)
demonstrating wildlife identification techniques used by
field researchers.
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