SCIMFONICOM 2014-15 · SCIENCE IN MOTION FOR FRIDAY NIGHT COMMOTION 2014-15

SCIENCE IN MOTION FOR FRIDAY NIGHT COMMOTION 2014-15

The “SCIMFONICOM 2014-15“ European Researchers’ Night in Serbia in 2015 was managed by the Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Institute for Biological Research and Faculty of Physical Chemistry, all three members of the University of Belgrade, with the cooperation of several educational and cultural institutions in the area (such as the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade City Library, the Regional Center for Talents, the French Institute, the Educational Museum, etc.), non-profit humanitarian NGO Youth Association against AIDS, Regional Team for Science, Education and Art Support in Central Serbia and recycling companies. Under an overall theme, namely “Back to the future", SCIMFONICOM 2014-15 was organized in 2015 in 7 cities (Belgrade, Pancevo, Nis, Kragujevac, Jagodina, Cuprija and Svilajnac) and 6 rural communities (Arandjelovac, Trstenik, Zajecar, Negotin, Valjevo and Krusevac) in Serbia. A broad range of activities was offered to the general public, main target of the action, which also put a strong focus on kids and young people, in particular those facing a career choice. Amongst such activities: Grand Science Adventure (interactive hands-on experiments and demos in different research fields), Treasure Hunt (win award by solving hands-on experiments); Green Science (hands-on recycling), Scientist in Private Life (visitors accompanying researchers in their hobbies such as cooking with a scientist and photo exhibition "Grow up to a child"), Travel with Science (bus ride in the company of Marie Curie to NIGHT venues), Peek in the Lab (concept of the Universe as a giant laboratory), Science in the living room, Science (in) Fiction, Little researchers (reciprocated visits between two elementary schools from two cities, improving pupils' communication skills)(substituting the initially planned activity "Professor Balthazar's rainbow", classroom from the future (envisioning education in schools of the future as technologically improved, interactive and fun), Media lab (uncovering the interconnections between media, science and citizens' daily lives) and European Corners (quiz about Marie Curie and Researchers' Night projects rewarded by a prize, presentations by Marie Curie scholarship winner and researchers involved in EU funded projects in Serbia, accompanied by a workshop). It’s also worth noting that relatively remote rural areas were actively involved in Researchers’ Night through Science Vans (mobile researchers’ teams). All activities were implemented as initially planned, except for Professor Balthazar's Rainbow and related booklet (due to schools' absence of reactivity) respectively substituted by "Little Researchers" having proved very successful and android game "Collect planets", as well as "Live shows in streaming" (having proved too financially and technically demanding) replaced by Skype video calls; The main objectives of this Researchers‘ Night of course consisted of bringing closer to one another researchers and the public at large, whichever age or scientific background, consequently tackling the remaining stereotypes about researchers and their job, and pointing out the fun and fascinating aspects of research with a view to stimulating young people’s interest for science and science careers.

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