The first activity of the LiquenCity project has been developed with Zazuar school, form Villa de Vallecas (Madrid)

Last Tuesday, October 16th we developed the first activity of the LiquenCity project for high school students from Zazuar school, in Villa de Vallecas (Madrid).

This first activity involved two staff members from the project, who made a presentation for 32 students under the supervision of their Science teacher. The project objectives were explained highlighting the importance of citizen participation in science in order to get better solutions to environmental problems. The central topic of this presentation was the lichen biology and its importance as bioindicators. In the end, the project members explained how to use Natusfera and how to access the subproject of the correspondent district: LiquenCity Madrid – Villa de Vallecas.

For this activity, roughly 50 different observations were uploaded to Natusfera as the first contribution of high school students to the project.

Introductory talk about LiquenCity I
Introductory talk about LiquenCity II
Practical activity to get lichen observations
Project logo