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Social dynamics & patterns of engagement in Citizen Science how to engage citizens and young people at school in the development of a social learning space of Food 

Sense & Science in Boxtown Aalborg.

Citizen Science in the Classroom: A workshop for enhancing synergies between citizen science and formal education

Leysin, CH March 15‐17, 2018

COST action Citizen Science

Abstract: Can we take citizen Science to the Classroom and strengthen the synergies between citizen science and formal education at school? And can idea be applied to the learning about food and nutrition? This paper presents insights from the development of the FoodScapeLab (FSL) at AAU and the application of smart devices for measuring behaviour. It presents experiences from taking the lab based learning into the street, into the classroom and finally into the Food Sense & Science BoxTown project in Aalborg. The paper reports on some of the findings regarding the dynamics & patterns of engagement found in the development of the social learning space of the program 

From FoodScapeLab to Street Food‐Science 1. Developing the Foodscape Lab. Graduate

students. Integrated Food Studies

2. Goal:  food & nutrition literacy among youngpeople at school

3. Why not move from graduate to elementaryschool?

4. Refined at annual Researchers Festivals

5. Refined at Annual culture nigths

6. Conceptualized in the Food’n Science Program –and later on the Universitarium & Alimentarium

From FoodScapeLab to Street Food ScienceResearchers festival & culture nights

Refining Food’n Science components at Aalborg Universitarium summer 2017 

Culture Night Fall – Science & Art

RoboFood –programming your kitchen assistant

https://www‐03.ibm.com/press/dk/da/pressrelease/50097.wssIBM’s Watson IoT‐platform og TRIRIGA facility management‐software

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The Virtual Supermarket

The eShopper – your virtual Home Economics teacher

The food hackathonenterprise, citizen, student & research co‐sprinting

1. A wicked tecno problem

2. A group of young people

3. The right environment

4. Multi stakeholder

5. Format: 24 hours

6. And a lotta pizza 

Example:Abundancy matters experiment

Courtesy of Gitte Laub Hansen, KB

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Citizen science –whats in it for me?

Dietary IntakeMonitoringSystem

Findings so far• Wanna teach food & nutrition?

• Dont take the kitchen door. 

• Take the science door

• Read the curricula – find the hook

• Realize that school planning is a science of its own

• Develop a learning model that works

• Dont forget the exchange model

Whats the exchange deal• For citizens

•New science• Literacy

For me

Learning on learningLearning on behaviour=dataTraining in out reachVisibility

Whats my puzzle?How to create your intermezzos

Knowledge

Skills

Competencies 

Then create your intermezzo

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So far we ended up with the Boxtown Gastronarium

A perfect knowledge triangle?

BoxTown volunteer Assoc

Real Estate Owner

Small Bizz

Aalborg University

SchoolScienceExpo

200 days a year Holiday season

ScienceExpo

Higher educ

2020

Switzerland on Citizen Science in schools, March 15th (evening)‐18th (midday). Chai: Laura Kløtzer. Bents paper: ""

Food Sense & Science –engaging citizens in food science

Boxtown – a foodspot in transition

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Aalborg Gastronariuman experience & science center

with a taste of food

Try the differentlearning stations and 

intermezzos

For instance

Growing blue & green

Right in the middle of downtown

GastroNarium XXLPopUp

GastroNarium – XSPopUp

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