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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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“Looking into the past to inform the future”: online talk for the Arthur Rank Hospice

Yesterday I was invited by the Cambridge Museum of Zoology to give an online talk for the Arthur Rank Hospice.

The title was “Looking into the past to inform the future”. We chatted about the climate changes that happened thousands of years ago; how Neanderthals, Aurochs and Yellow Warblers reacted to them; and how these different examples can be useful in the current climate changes.

It was wonderful: the audience was very interested, they asked me many questions and I had a lot of fun! I am very grateful to Sara Steele from the Cambridge Museum of Zoology for inviting me.

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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.

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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.