The scientific stalls of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice was part of the Festival of Science – the European Researchers’ Night again in the atrium of the Optima Shopping Centre in 30 September 2016 from 9:00 until 21:00 o’clock.
The Scientific Stalls of the University concentrated on (presentations during the whole event):
- Košice through a satellite
Presenter: Faculty of Science – the aim of the presentation was to introduce the various methods of mapping of the Earth by remote sensing from satellites, planes, drones (UAV), and from land tripods.
http://geo.ics.upjs.sk/index.php
http://geo.ics.upjs.sk/index.php/institute/laboratory/laboratorium-dialkoveho-prieskumu-zeme
http://geo.ics.upjs.sk/index.php/institute/laboratory/laboratorium-geografickych-informacnych-systemov
- Leave or Stay?
Presenter: Faculty of Arts – the interactive lecture and presentation provided answers for the following questions: What is behind the fact that many young educated people go abroad? Are there only economic reasons or is there something else behind this phenomenon?
https://www.facebook.com/SliceStudy2016/
http://www.upjs.sk/filozoficka-fakulta/katedra-pedagogickej-psychologie-a-psychologie-zdravia/KPPaPZ/
http://www.slice-study.eu
- The fascinating world of experimantal physics
Presenter: Faculty of Science – the presentation concentrated on the following fields: magnetic fluid, superconductivity in practice, production of gold nanoparticles, hydrogen-powered toy cars, interesting circuits, explosions caused by nanoparticles, experiments with liquid nitrogen
http://exphys.science.upjs.sk/
Further Scientific Stalls of the University (information was available in Slovak only):
- The Citizen and the Society
Presenter: Faculty of Public Administration – the stall presented the correct steps that need to be taken in certain situations of life, e.g. in case of a birth of a child, or when we need to change our ID cards.
- Welcome in Cellopolis
Presenter: Faculty of Science – the presentation concentrated on the cell and on the life within it.
- How do tricksters live?
Presenter: Faculty of Science – the presentation concentrated on the invertebrate aquatic fauna, and pointed out the interesting aspects of its life.
- How do we see the molecules?
Presenter: Faculty of Science – the presentation of various methods of molecule inspection, including computer modelling, spectroscopic methods, and simple experiments.
- On the road with binoculars
Presenter: Faculty of Science – the presentation aimed to awaken young people’s interest in science, and to offer them the opportunity to spend their free time in an interesting way through a simple yet compelling experiment – observation of celestial objects using astronomical telescopes.
http://www.dalekohladnacestach.sk/
- The human body under the microscope
Presenter: Faculty of Science – the stall presented the building blocks of our body in an interesting and engaging way.
- Law and technologies – two different worlds?
Presenter: Faculty of Law – the stall introduced the science and research that are carried out by the Faculty of Law.
- The secrets of the microworld of plants
Presenter: Faculty of Science – the stall presented the anatomy and morphology of lower and higher plants.
- The story of humanization
Presenter: Faculty of Arts – the stall concentrated on the process of human evolution, and on the typical features of hominid species.
- Mathematics in experiments
Presenter: Faculty of Science –the visitors had a chance to meet with mathematics in an informal way. We presented experiments which are either connected to school mathematics, or which are seemingly not connected to mathematics at all.
- From the atoms to the quarks
Presenter: Faculty of Science
- Experiment, discover and learn
Presenter: Faculty of Science – demonstration, interactive experiments and observation of selected phenomena, their explanation and their significance for the society.
Place – Poprad, MAX Shopping Centre
- Scientific bakery: gravitational waves
Presenter: Faculty of Science
Place: Medzev
Further information: http://www.nocvyskumnikov.sk/european-researchers-night.html