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2015-05-29 | Av Vetenskap & Allmänhet

CARROTS AND APPLES ON TOP AS SWEDISH PUPILS HELP SCIENTISTS MAP THEIR EATING HABITS

Press release 29 May 2015.

Swedish children and teenagers are pretty diligent at eating fruit and vegetables, according to the results of a mass experiment organised as part of Researchers’ Night. In the Vegetable Experiment, scientists at the Swedish National Food Agency enlisted the help of over 5500 pupils, who acted as research assistants for a day. Carrots and apples top the list of most eaten vegetables and fruit.

2015-02-09 | Av Vetenskap & Allmänhet

Swedish children to help climate scientists by burying tea bags

Press release 9 February 2015.

Is it possible to read the future in tea leaves? This is what scientists at Umeå University are hoping to find out and they are now looking for school classes across Sweden to participate in a mass experiment that will help to inform climate change research. The so-called ‘Tea Bag Experiment’ is part of the European science festival, Researchers’ Night.

2014-05-13 | Av Vetenskap & Allmänhet

Swedish researchers seek pupils to help map eating habits

Press Release 13 May 2014

How much fruit and vegetables do children and teenagers consume in Sweden? The Swedish National Food Agency is looking for investigative pupils who want to be research assistants for a day. This mass experiment is part of the science festival, Researchers’ Night.

2014-04-11 | Av Vetenskap & Allmänhet

10,000 pupils assist Swedish scientists with climate research

Press release 11 April 2014.

Spring is now here and it arrives earlier each year. A warmer climate means an earlier spring and a later autumn. But how is the delayed onset of autumn affecting the Swedish ecosystem? A mass experiment involving over 10,000 pupils across Sweden is helping scientists to study the effect of climate change on deciduous trees in autumn.

2013-05-20 | Av Vetenskap & Allmänhet

Children to help researchers map climate change

Press release 20 May 2013

Is climate change leading to a delay in when leaves turn colour in the autumn? Pupils from across Sweden will be helping researchers determine how the climate is affecting the growing season of plants and the onset of autumn. This mass experiment is part of the science festival Researchers’ Night.

2013-03-18 | Av Vetenskap & Allmänhet

Children’s photographs reveal dangerous environments

Press release 18 March 2013

The places that children perceive to be the most risky are roads, buildings, the outdoors, their homes and playgrounds. These are the findings of an analysis of photographs taken by children from across the whole of Sweden.

2012-01-16 | Av Vetenskap & Allmänhet

Research by young people reveals that we refrigerate our food at too high a temperature

Press Release 16th Jan 2012

In three out of four cases, meat is being stored at a higher temperature than the recommended maximum of 4 ° C. This is the finding of new research carried out by over 1,800 Swedish pupils. The pupils were examining their refrigerators as part of the Swedish Researchers’ Night science festival.

I discovered that I am well with young students regarding science related conversations. I would definitely love to participate in similar activities in the future.

Jalpa Soni, researcher at Gothenburg University

It is very fun and it increases your knowledge. It is great.

19-year-old student, Stockholm

The contact with a researcher and their way to becoming one is important since many of our students don't see themselves in higher education.

High school teacher, social sciences, Borås

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