Booth Id:
BEHA041T
Category:
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Year:
2015
Finalist Names:
Almeida, Luis Paulo
Dias, Francisco
Machado, Francisco
Machado, Francisco
Abstract:
Illiteracy, elder abandonment, elder abuse, poor scientific awareness, misunderstanding of what science really is... These are just some of the problems our societies face nowadays and makes our wellbeing that much harder. Science4All has the clear objective of mitigating all these aspects of modern life. It goes beyond a school project and intends to go the farthest distances possible. Through various visits to local retirement facilities and schools, we were able to bring together all generations in school interacting with science, which is something they didn't have the opportunity to experience yet. Science isn’t just for scientists, everybody can understand it, whether you're eight or eighty eight years old. This is what we believe in, what we stand for, the purpose of Science4All.
KEY WORDS: science, elder abandonment, elder abuse, poor scientific awareness, elderly, young.