Workshops-Seminars-Experiential Activities
"Culture and Environment 2011: Water"
Science & Technology Museum, University of Patras Campus, Greece
The Science and Technology Museum and the Department of Geology of the University of Patras in collaboration with the Departments of Environmental Education and Cultural Affairs of Secondary Education of the Prefecture of Achaia participated in the event of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism "Culture and Environment", which in 2011 was dedicated to water.
The event entitled "Culture and Environment 2011: Water" was organized from October 3 - 7, 2011 and was addressed to students of the 9th grade of Junior High School and 12th grade of High School students, but also to anyone interested. It included two different lectures each day on the subject of water and guided tours (before or after the lectures) in the temporary geological photography exhibition "Geoworks2", at the museum, with the support of the students from the Department of Geology.
The lectures took place from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. while the school and student groups were guided to the geological photography exhibition "Geoworks2" from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. or from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The program of the speeches was as follows:
Monday, October 3, 2011
Nikolaos Lambrakis, Professor, Department of Geology, UP, "Water, the most valuable commodity".
Hrissi Karapanagioti, Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, UP, "The daily water cycle and what can go wrong".
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Athanasios Argyriou, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, UP, "Water in the atmosphere".
Ioannis Manariotis, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, UP, "The water cycle in the urban environment".
Wednesday, October 10, 2011
Alexandros Dimitrakopoulos, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, UP, "Introduction to the science of Civil Engineering: Hydraulic Engineering".
Georgia Alexopoulou, Dr. Archaeologist, 6th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities – Hellenic Ministry of Culture, "Water in antiquity. The water supply & sewerage system in Patras during the Roman era".
Thursday, October 10, 2011
Christos Terezis, Professor, Department of Philosophy, UP, "Water as in the beginning of the world in ancient Greek philosophy".
Georgia Alexopoulou, Dr. Archaeologist, 6th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities – Hellenic Ministry of Culture, "Water in antiquity. The water supply & sewerage system in Patras during the Roman era".
Friday, October 10, 2011
Apostolos Vantarakis, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, UP, "Water and Public Health".
Panagiotis Giannopoulos, Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering, UP, "Environmental Impacts of Alpheus River from Projects, Activities and Measures for Protection and Rehabilitation in the Sustainable Development Frames of the Area".
List of Dates (Page event details)
- From 03 October 2011 09:30 to 07 October 2011 12:30
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