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Board Games night at the Museum of Zoology

For the second year in a row, I will be involved in the Cambridge Festival for an event I am in love with:

Board games night at the Museum of Zoology
6:30pm-9:30pm on Wednesday 20 March
Downing Street, Cambridge.

Age 18+. Bar open and snacks available to buy on the night.

Visit the Museum of Zoology after hours for animal-themed board games. Grab a drink, play strategy games, create canine chaos or battle to be the best at Hungry Hungry Hippos or explore new habitats every time the climate changes. Meet the team from Waterstones Cambridge and try out some of their animal-related games too!

I will present Climate Change, the board game inspired by my work in the Department of Zoology. I will lead a demo game and help people through playing.

Join us by buying a ticket here!

Update: a few pictures of the event

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Climate Change – the board game at INQUA 2023

Yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting Climate Change – the Board Game at the Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA 2023) in Rome. It was during session 10, Visualizing Science – The art of communicating science.

At this link, you can find the abstract and more information about the session. And if you are interested in reading the poster, you can find it here on ResearchGate.

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Climate Change activity with schoolchildren at the Zoology Museum

Yesterday I had another opportunity to do outreach about climate change with two groups of Year 8 students (12-13 years old), at the Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

As usual, the session started with a short talk explaining the relationship between climate change, evolution and extinction. After that, the students had explored these tipics by playing “Climate change” my board game.

Learning how climate changes impact animal species gives a better understanding of the actual threats linked to the current climate emergency. Understanding such processes through a game makes the students’ experience more engaging and less stressful than it would be when following a lecture or a talk.

michelaleonardi Board game, Outreach

Board Games night at the Museum of Zoology

This year I will be involved in the Cambridge Festival for this exciting event:

Board games at the Museum of Zoology (grown-ups only!)
Wednesday 22nd March 2023
18:30-21:30
Downing Street, Cambridge.

It will be an after-hours visit to the Museum of Zoology for animal-themed board games. Grab a drink, play strategy games with Heffers Games, create canine chaos, battle to be the best at Hungry Hungry Hippos or explore new habitats every time the climate change.

I will present Climate Change, the board game inspired by my work in the Department of Zoology, leading a demo game and helping people through playing.

Join us by buying a ticket here!

Poster of the event

[Update, 23rd March 2023] Here are some pictures of the event

michelaleonardi Board game, Outreach

Climate Change activity with schoolchildren at the Zoology Museum

Yesterday I hosted a session about climate change with Year 10 students (14-15 years old), at the Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

I gave a short talk explaining the relationship between climate change, evolution and extinction, and then the students played with “Climate change“, the board game that I created based on my research.

Learning how climate changes impact animal species gives a better understanding of the actual threats linked to the current climate emergency. Understanding such processes through a game makes the students’ experience more engaging and less stressful than it would be when following a lecture or a talk.