Exhibition on Oceans and public awareness 1 Assessing behavioural change, Ecsite meeting 11/06/16 Guglielmo Maglio – Città della Scienza

Our exhibition: m2 2 main sections _ Marine ecosystems and Research 4 fish tanks, interactive exhibits, real specimens, models and multimedia An app for colelcting visitors’ opinions A participatory approach Guglielmo Maglio – Città della Scienza

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A participatory approach 7 Preparatory meetings with: Citizens and NGOs Fishermen, managers of restaurants, beaches divers’ clubs Institutions, politicians, coast guards, Port authorities Guglielmo Maglio – Città della Scienza

Collecting visitors’ opinions: the app 8 A travel diary experience Questions and answers Possibility to deepen the topics of the exhibition Many clips, games and hints Possibility to link with the social networks Possibility to leave comments, pictures and video to the exhibition Not very appealing, visitors like games rather than answering questions, impossible to assess the quality of answers, no contribution to the exhibition Guglielmo Maglio – Città della Scienza

9 Virtual aquarium It is used after the talks with experts as a kind of concept map – visitors write down their opinion after the talk. It’s a fun way of leaving messages, but more fun writing than reading. Guglielmo Maglio – Città della Scienza Collecting visitors’ opinions: exhibit

Questionnaires 10 Is the exhibition able to generate awareness on the problems of the sea? Guglielmo Maglio – Città della Scienza A survey with young visitors # y.o. students # y.o. students 7 questions: 4 questions on awareness of the state of the ocean 3 questions on personal behaviour Submission: 1)Before the visit 2)Right after the visit 3)4 months after the visit

Questionnaires 11 Is the exhibition able to generate awareness on the problems of the sea? Guglielmo Maglio – Città della Scienza Awareness 1.How is the state of fish populations? 2.How is the quality of the sea on your favourite holidays beach? 3.Is the temperature of our sea raising? 4.Which species should be eradicated from our seas? Behaviour 1.Things to avoid for the health of the ocean 2.Things to do for the health of the ocean 3.Would you choose sustainable seafood?

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13 Guglielmo Maglio – Città della Scienza Some results: Awareness – Mean temperature on sea surface

14 Guglielmo Maglio – Città della Scienza Some results: Awareness – Alien species

15 Guglielmo Maglio – Città della Scienza Some results: Behaviour – best practices

16 Guglielmo Maglio – Città della Scienza Some results: Behaviour – best practices

Obviously exhibitions alone cannot change things… What we can do to help: Engaging students in taking part to school projects Engaging students in citizens science projects Engaging students in volunteering for environment

What we do in our exhibition area Creating an local platform to access to Citizen science projects in europe Linking schools to marine science projects Hosting researchers and scientists wanting to engage students Give prizes for the best projects

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