Official presentation of the book “From the Lab to the Classroom 2: Health Ecology”
This Wednesday, January 31, at 5:00 p.m. at the Triolet Campus of the University of Montpellier, Sophie Béjean, Rector of the Occitanie Academic Region and Rector of the Montpellier Academic District, Chancellor of the Universities, accompanied by Philippe Augé, President of the University of Montpellier, and Florent Guhl, Regional Director of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry, will attend the official presentation of the book “From the Lab to the Classroom 2: Health Ecology.”
After three years of work, 89 teachers and researchers will officially receive a copy of the book they co-authored on the topic of health ecology. This book is the result of a new collaboration between Professors the University of Montpellier, researchers (CNRS, IRD, CIRAD, INRAE), and secondary school teachers (biology, biotechnology, agriculture). Like its predecessor, which focused on evolution, its goal is to integrate resources from authentic, recent scientific articles into teaching units for middle and high schools.
The “ready-to-use” activities provided—each accompanied by a supporting poster—are tools carefully designed by the authors. They help advance teaching practices by adapting the latest scientific research findings to the specific needs of each high school classroom.
This second volume focuses on health ecology, a field at the forefront of current scientific research and central to the University of Montpellier’s strategic priorities. This field involves applying the tools and concepts of ecology and evolutionary biology to the integrated and collaborative study of human, animal, and plant health.
The book, which is about 200 pages long, is distributed nationwide to every high school and middle school in France, as well as to agricultural schools. With a print run of 12,000 copies, its printing was funded by the University of Montpellier, and its layout and distribution were made possible through the collaboration of the APBG (Association of Biology and Geology Teachers).
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Practical information:
- Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
- Location: Triolet Campus, Building 31—S. Peytavin Auditorium, University of Montpellier
- Registration: by email.