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From hands-on workshops to intricate crystal growth experiments, these images capture the dedication, creativity, and passion of students and teachers as they bring science to life.
Workshop 'Learning how science works with crystals'
Picture from the workshop where high school teachers from Kenya were introduced to the basic knowledge and techniques of crystal growth to later train their students.
(Photo: UoN and CSIC)
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Workshop 'Learning how science works with crystals'
Examining crystals grown. Left to right: Prof. Nyongesa; Dr. Martin Mbugua; Dr. Fermín Otálora; HE Ambassador Cristina Díaz Fernández-Gil, Ambassador of Spain to Kenya; and Prof. Juan Manuel García-Ruiz.
(Photo: UoN and CSIC)
Workshop 'Learning how science works with crystals'
Organisers of the teachers' training workshop in Nairobi. Left to right: Dr. Martin Mbugua, Prof. Juan Manuel García-Ruiz, Dr. Patricia Gitari, Dr. Solomon Derese, Dr. Joy Kiano and Dr. Fermín Otálora.
(Photo: UoN and CSIC)
Workshop 'Learning how science works with crystals'
Group photo of participants during the opening of the teachers' training workshop on 29 November 2023. Front row, left to right: Dr. Martin Mbugua (Senior lecturer, UoN), Prof. David Kamau (Chairman, Department of Chemistry, UoN), Prof. Stephen Kiama (Vice Chancellor, UoN), Ms. Natalia Suarez de Puga Canosa (Consul-Spanish Embassy to Kenya), Prof. Juan Manuel García-Ruiz (CSIC-University of Granada), Dr. Fermín Otálora (CSIC-University of Granada) and Dr. Solomon Derese (UoN).
(Photo: UoN and CSIC)
Work of the participants in the laboratories of their schools
A Kenyan student examines his work on crystal growth under a microscope.
(Photo: UoN)
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Work of the participants in the laboratories of their schools
Kenyan high school students show off their work on crystal growth
(Photo: UoN)
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Work of the participants in the laboratories of their schools
Kenyan high school students show off their work on crystal growth
(Photo: UoN)
Result of the work performed by a group of Kenyan students
(Photo: UoN)
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Work of the participants in the laboratories of their schools
Kenyan high school students show off their work on crystal growth
(Photo: UoN)
Result of the work performed by a group of Kenyan students
Kenyan high school students show off their work on crystal growth
(Photo: UoN)
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Workshop 'Learning how science works with crystals'
Dr. Fermin Otalora, from The Spanish National research Council (CSIC), together with two high-school teachers who attended the workshop 'Learning how science workls with crystals'
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Workshop 'Learning how science works with crystals'
Prof. Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, from the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) and The Spanish National research Council (CSIC), together with high-school teachers who attended the workshop 'Learning how science workls with crystals'
(Photo: CSIC)​​​​​​​​