{"id":266,"date":"2013-05-24T12:59:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T12:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpressmulti\/iimbovane\/iimbovane-workshop-a-hit-with-hermanus-learners\/"},"modified":"2020-11-24T07:24:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T07:24:34","slug":"iimbovane-workshop-a-hit-with-hermanus-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/iimbovane\/iimbovane-workshop-a-hit-with-hermanus-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Iimbovane workshop a hit with Hermanus learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Iimbovane project team recently held a workshop for the Grade 10 learners of Hermanus High School in Hermanus.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-404\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/iimbovane\/files\/2020\/11\/hhs-workshop-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/iimbovane\/files\/2020\/11\/hhs-workshop-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/iimbovane\/files\/2020\/11\/hhs-workshop.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The purpose of the workshop was to give the learners practical experience using the scientific method, with a special focus on biodiversity science. After a short lesson on the scientific method, experimental designs and sampling techniques, the learners were ready to do research. For their hypotheses, the learners looked at how the diversity of ants varies between different habitats. Ants were collected using pitfalls. The next step for the learners was to inspect and identify the ants they collected.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop ended with a data analysis session where the learners were taught how to use mathematics to calculate the ant diversity in the monitoring sites. Learners were introduced to diversity indices such as Shannon-Weaver and Simpson Similarity index. In the feedback session each group had to present their results and explain how it relates to their hypotheses.<\/p>\n<div>The workshop which formed part of a three-day science camp was attended by 70 learners. According to the\u00a0participants, the highlight of the workshop was without a doubt seeing the tiniest detail on ants\u2019 bodies through the microscopes.<\/div>\n<p>Hermanus High School joined the Iimbovane Project as a \u201cSugar Ant School\u201d in 2012. 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