Projects presented, by area, during the 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years, supervised by Team Natura.
1. IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
| TITLE | IDEAS TO CONVEY | DEGREE AND DEPARTMENTS |
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RAIDERS OF THE LOST DIVERSITY: BOTANICAL ITINERARY "HORT DE SORIANO- FONT DE LA PARRA (CARCAIXENT)". |
Plants: identification, importance and risk of disappearance. Relationships they establish in the natural environment and characteristics of the Mediterranean landscape. |
Degree in Biology Dpt. Botanics |
| PALAEONTOLOGY AS AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE | Origin and formation of geological structures such as plecs and faults in the Natural Park of Xera-Sot de Xera. Fossilization process and types of fossils through the study of dinosaur fossil remains from the town of Alpuente. |
Degree in Environmental Sciences Dpt. Geology |
| VOLCANOES: DANGEROUS BUT IMPRESSIVE FORCES OF NATURE |
Study of volcanoes to learn about the internal dynamics of the Earth: plate tectonics, volcanic structures, eruptions, volcanic rocks, risks associated with volcanoes and a visit to the Cofrentes volcano. |
Degree in Environmental Sciences Dpt. Geology |
| ECOApS-EDUCA |
The work designs a field itinerary in L'Albufera de València where the students discover and describe the environment and the biota using applications for orientation and route tracing with mobile devices, game design and didactic material. |
Degree in Environmental Sciences Dpt. Ecology |
| CORAL REEFS | Zoological groups that inhabit and form the sculptures. Making models of the organisms to form a large sculpture model. Study of the different interspecific relationships. |
Degree in Environmental Sciences Dpt. Ecology |
| BIRD FEEDERS | Ornithology. Creation and installation of birdhouses. Study of the impact of these new infrastructures on the bird community of the Burjassot Campus. |
Degree in Biology Dpt. Zoology |
| SAVE THE CENTENARY TREE "PLANTS IN THE DIGITAL WORLD". |
Transmit information about the importance of plants in the natural environment and the need for their conservation, through an interactive digital tool: a video game. |
Degree in Biology Dpt. Botanics and Geology |
| APPLICATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE TEACHING OF PALAEONTOLOGY |
Transmitting concepts of palaeontology, geology and ecology to secondary school students using active learning techniques. From observing the characteristics of a fossil to what the ecosystems of the past were like thanks to the information provided by 3D printed fossils. |
Degree in Environmental Sciences Dpt. Botanics and Geology |
2. ON CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
| TITLE | IDEAS TO CONVEY | DEGREE AND DEPARTMENTS |
| Differences between animal and plant cells. Elaboration of models. |
Degree in Biology Dpt. Cell Biology |
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| BIOTRIVIAL, BOARD GAME ON CELL AND TISSUE BIOLOGY |
Levels of organisation of matter, types of cells (animal, plant and prokaryotic) and types of human tissues and their cell types. |
Degree in Biology Dpt. Cell Biology |
| NEUROGAMES COLLECTED | Table game on concepts of neurobiology: neurons, nerve impulse transmission, neurotransmitters. |
Degree in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Dpt. Cell Biology |
| CELLULAR DIVERSITY |
Cell types. Mechanisms that allow this cellular diversity. |
Degree in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Dpt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| GENETICS, A YOUNG AND FASCINATING SCIENCE THAT IS ALREADY PART OF OUR LIVES. |
Cell, cell nucleus, chromosomes and DNA. Students learn in a participatory way where genetic material is located, how it is transmitted and how it gives rise to genetic characteristics observable in any individual in the population by means of models, models and workshops. |
Degree in Biology Dpt. Genetics |
| BASIC IDEAS OF GENETICS |
DNA and its function as hereditary material, chromosomes and Mendel's laws. The main activity consisted of a workshop on the construction of descent from parents following Mendel's three postulates. |
Degree in Biology Dpt. Genetics |
| NO ONE "ESCAPES" FROM GENETICS | Mendelian inheritance, DNA replication and the PCR technique. Solving an educational "Escape room". |
Degree in Biology Dpt. Genetics |
| GENETICS AND TASTE |
Through the different experimental activities proposed, students acquire a critical reflection on the influence of our genotype on the quality of our nutrition and the complexity of the scientific study of the genetic inheritance of some traits influenced by the environment and other characteristics, such as taste. |
Degree in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Dpt. Genetics |
| HOW OUR BRAIN LEARNS |
To discover how fundamental neurobiological processes such as learning and memory are carried out in an interactive way and adapted to their educational level, by means of different experiments that follow the rigour of the scientific method. |
Degree in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Dpt. Cell Biology, Functional Biology and Physical Anthropology |
| GENETICS OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE |
To transmit knowledge about the genetic basis of lactose intolerance through the use of educational methodologies that seek to promote the active participation of students. |
Degree in Biology and Biomedical Sciences Dpt. Genetics |
3. ON MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
| TÍTOL | IDEES A TRASMETRE | GRAU I DEPARTAMENTS |
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Basic concepts about the molecular biology of cancer. Creation of an illustrated story about lung cancer for primary school children. |
Degree in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Dpt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
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| CELLS MAKE DECISIONS | Cell division, integration within the Cell Cycle and its functions in both single-cell and multicellular organisms, it is also intended to provide an overview of how people work in the professional area of research in biological sciences, all of this by carrying out laboratory experiments. |
Degree in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Dpt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| WHAT DO I FEEL? |
Journey through activities and workshops to our nervous system, learning more about how we perceive the world around us through our senses and how we are able to interpret all the information we receive. |
Grau en Degree in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Dpt. Cell Biology. |
| IS YOGHURT A BIOTECH PRODUCT? | Didactic project whose objective is to transmit what biotechnology is, using the process of making yoghurt as an application. |
Degree in Biotechnology Dpt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| THE PCR, WHO IS WHO? |
The PCR technique and its different applications. Models for its understanding. |
Degree in Biotechnology Dpt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| WHAT IS CRISPR? | Escape Room created to understand what the CRIPR technique consists of, its applications and its ethical problems. |
Degree in Biotechnology Dpt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| WHAT ARE VACCINES? |
Vaccines, how they work, when they were discovered and how they have evolved over the centuries. Debate on vaccination. |
Degree in Biotechnology Dpt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| DISCOVERING NEW ANTIBIOTICS PRODUCED BY SOIL MICROORGANISMS |
The objective is to find soil samples with a high diversity of micro-organisms and, from these samples, to find micro-organisms that produce new and effective antibiotics that can be used to combat diseases caused by bacteria resistant to a wide range of antibiotics. |
Degree in Biotechnology Dpt. Microbiology |
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Introduce new concepts or clarify preconceived ideas about food metabolism. Nutrients, catabolism and anabolism, enzymes... are dealt with through simple experiences. A gymkhana brings together all the activities proposed for Primary School. |
Degree in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Dpt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
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| NUTRIENTS: FIND THEM IN FOOD |
Identification and detection of nutrients present in food using specific reagents. |
Degree in Biology Dpt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| EPIGENETICS FOR PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL STAGES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VIDEO GAME |
To develop a video game focused on the learning of the concept of epigenetics in a playful way for primary school pupils that could be disseminated to other educational levels and to society in general. |
Degree in Biotechnology Dpt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| WHAT ARE GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS? |
To explain in a clear, objective and innovative way the basic concepts of food biotechnology and transgenic foods. |
Degree in Biotechnology Dpt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| MODELLING OF THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF CANCER USING A VIDEO GAME |
Development of a video game that shows the molecular mechanisms of cancer in a simple way. |
Degree in Biology and Biomedical Sciences Dpt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| DESIGN OF A VIRTUAL ESCAPE ROOM ON ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES |
This Project Natura has consisted in the construction of a Virtual Educational Escape Room about resistance to antibiotics. |
Degree in Biology Dpt. Microbiology and Ecology |
| KNOWING THE PCR IN TIMES OF CORONAVIRUS |
The main objective is for students to learn about PCR. To this end, we train secondary school students to develop online materials to explain what DNA is, what a virus is, how to finish the sample for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 and, finally, how a PCR works. |
Degree in Biology Dpt. Genetics |
