{"id":285,"date":"2017-03-31T08:04:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T08:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpressmulti\/iimbovane\/so-how-do-i-become-an-ant-ologist-iimbovane-inspires-future-scientists\/"},"modified":"2020-11-23T12:41:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T12:41:17","slug":"so-how-do-i-become-an-ant-ologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/iimbovane\/so-how-do-i-become-an-ant-ologist\/","title":{"rendered":"So, how do I become an \u201cAnt-ologist\u201d? Iimbovane inspires future scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the eleventh to the fourteenth of March this year, the Iimbovane team could be found at the Albany Museum, in Grahamstown. Here they facilitated their \u201cAwed by Ants\u201d workshop, chosen as one of close to 80 workshops to present at this year\u2019s SciFest Africa \u2013 South Africa\u2019s largest national science festival.<\/p>\n

Iimbovane\u2019s eight workshops were fully booked, including two overbookings which were readily catered for, after all, the more the merrier! Workshops were hands-on and interactive, making it open to visitors of all ages. This created dynamic classes holding visitors ranging from ten years old to grade 10, and the occasional grown-up! The Iimbovane team passionately opened the attendee\u2019s eyes to the world of ants, teaching them about their importance and ecology, and was happy by the response of the learners, who were all very receptive. \u201cI want to be an ant-ologist when I grow up!\u201d exclaimed one enthusiastic boy. This lead to discussions on myrmecology (the study of ants), how to become a myrmecologist and what their job is. The older learners were taught how to use a microscope and to identify an ant by its morphological traits. The younger learners were also taught how to use a microscope, then instructed to draw a number of conspicuous ants provided to them \u2013 thus teaching them about ant diversity and naming ants.<\/p>\n

Schools from a far afield as the Northern Cape, local schools, and home scholars attended the workshops, all of which gave positive feedback. The Iimbovane team was commended for being informative, friendly and interesting.<\/p>\n

\u201cDit was lekker om hier te wees en ek het iets nuuts geleer en oor miere end it het my baie gewys hoe \u2018n mier lyk. Baie dankie vir die leer.\u201d Bradley Loubser, a student.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAwed by Ants was an excellent presentation perfectly pitted at this group of 11-year old boys!\u201d Lisl Griffioe, an educator from St. Andrews Preparatory School.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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