Project overview
This is a multidisciplinary project which brings together expertise in low cost imaging and image analysis, data science, understanding physical drivers of sargassum and community and stakeholders engagement. The information is then translated to learning resources to strengthen capacity of the local school and community. We will work with the Southampton Education School (University of Southampton) to produce engaging and interactive materials through the common interest on reaching audiences in the best way possible. They will
collaborate with their knowledge about communicating efficiently academic evidence, with experience on engaging school children in citizen science initiatives such as the Wild Citizens project. They have also developed toolkit to reach larger audiences beyond schools, for example with the project Wonderseekers. The PI (Dominguez Almela) is currently working with Ali Walker (Digital Developer at the Southampton Education School) editing videos about seaweed awareness recorded by school children in the UK aiming at different social platforms, including TikTok, YouTube and X (formerly Twitter).
collaborate with their knowledge about communicating efficiently academic evidence, with experience on engaging school children in citizen science initiatives such as the Wild Citizens project. They have also developed toolkit to reach larger audiences beyond schools, for example with the project Wonderseekers. The PI (Dominguez Almela) is currently working with Ali Walker (Digital Developer at the Southampton Education School) editing videos about seaweed awareness recorded by school children in the UK aiming at different social platforms, including TikTok, YouTube and X (formerly Twitter).
