New Discoveries about the Human Fish to the Benefit of Humans and the Olm: this workshop was about the human fish and amphibians. Through lectures and a 3D model of a human fish, students learned about the biology of the animal, genetic research, threats and distribution. In this workshop, the researchers also included learning about live animals, toads and swamps, and deriving the concept of amphibians.
Every Species Needs a Name – Scopoli: Students were first introduced to the importance of describing and naming species and to the importance of researching the diversity of life. This was followed by the identification of selected species from permanent collections using stereomicroscopes and the construction of bivalve identification keys. In the last part of the workshop, the developmental stages of two insect species (marsupials and cockroaches) were compared and different professional definitions of species were discussed.
Coordinator: Iztok Tomažič, PhD, in cooperation with Ana Pšeničnik and Barbara Halas, Biotechnical Faculty