The scientific dissemination workshops carried out by the IFOP Benthic Monitoring Program on the coast of the Los Ríos Region, where students from preschool to technical-professional secondary education from the towns of Corral and Niebla participated, were successfully concluded.
In the workshops, carried out by researchers and scientific observers, the importance of caring for the ocean was addressed, avoiding the consumption of marine products under commercial size or during closed seasons, as well as other threats such as marine litter, vehicle traffic in beach areas and industrial pollution that threaten life on the coasts and in the ocean.
Along with working with the educational material, the students, of various ages, were able to share their reflections with their peers. The Science teacher Juan Manuel commented “I saw the students fascinated, interacting, seeing the entire underwater world. In addition to the experience, we took away a lot of learnings, such as the diversity of organisms and the impact of human beings on the sea, because along with the algae, there was also a lot of trash.” The language teacher at La Aguada School, Paola Latorre, commented “I loved it, I had never observed marine life, seeing the division between the cells of filamentous algae under a magnifying glass was very exciting. Thank you for the experience.”
At the Carlos Haverbeck Richter Bicentennial High School in Corral, the workshop was aimed at third and fourth year technical-professional students. Mireya Muñoz, in charge of the library, said “the talk was fantastic, with a great content about what the sea means, as a source of work and a source of life, and the kids really liked it, I saw that they were interested.” For his part, Luis Cárdenas, Director of the Bicentennial High School, added “I found the talk extremely interesting, especially for the technical-professional students. Many of them come from fishing families from Chaihuín, Huiro, Huape and other coastal towns, so the topic was very relevant and they told me that they had a lot of fun.”
