NIOO and education

Education is important here at NIOO! Below, you'll find an overview of information and resources - both on the NIOO website and elsewhere - that you can use for educational purposes.

Key themes to consider include soils, biodiversity, biomimicry, epigenetics, evolution, ecosystem services, animal behaviour, infochemicals, climate change, cycles and recycling (not the boring kind...poop = gold!), learning from nature, microbiomes, nature restoration, bird flu and other diseases, water and much more!

Films

• The film about NIOO and our unique building: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Hbm2FuD8Y.
• Our researched explained, with comments from children, at our Open Day on 1 October 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tARpKdYz6Yc.
• There's more video on our YouTube-channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/NIOOKNAW

Ecofactsheets

• Everything you always wanted to know about 'Poop = Gold' (but were afraid to ask?): https://nioo.knaw.nl/sites/default/files/downloads/EcofactsheetPoopisgold_April2016.pdf.
• Ecotech at NIOO - using nature as an example: https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/ecotech.
• Migratory birds & bird flu: https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/news/ecofactsheet-migratory-birds-bird-flu.

Games

• Climate Pursuit - experience the effects of climate change by trying to survive as a plant or animal: https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/climatepursuit.

Poster

• Poop = Gold poster: https://nioo.knaw.nl/sites/default/files/images/Picture1_0.jpg.

More

• National Soil Animal Days: https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/soil-animal-days.
• Soil transplantation in the Netherlands - an overview: https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/soiltransplantation.
• Citizen Science - more and more 'amateurs' help out with research projects in their spare time: https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/citizenscience.

Contact:

• Science information officer Froukje Rienks, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), tel. +31-6-10487481/+31-317-473590, f.rienks@nioo.knaw.nl