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OUTREACH AND EDUCATION

In partnership with Fundación ECO of Formosa and with the support of the Education Department of the Zoological Society of San Diego and the Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Species, I have developed various educational activities to promote the conservation of the fauna and flora of the Gran Chaco using owl monkeys and giant armadillos as a flag species.

Education Material

The following education material is regularly made available to teachers

A 15-min video summarizing aspects of the owl monkey research can be made available upon request. Seventy tapes and 100 CDs in Spanish and English were donated to institutions all around Argentina.

The Zoological Society of San Diego's Wildlife Wizards, an after-school program providing activities that include owl monkey related activities (Module 1, page 11)

Program Activities

Primary School Teacher Workshops

A primary school teacher workshop was held at the owl monkey field site. Five teachers learned about the project, tried various kinds of field equipment (e.g. telemetry, binoculars) and saw for the first time in their lives free-ranging owl monkeys. Back in their classrooms they organized activities centered on our research.

Primary School Students Visit the Forest

Following in-classroom activities that included a 30-min slide presentation and a 15-min educational video, 100 primary school students spent one morning in the forest learning about plants eaten by monkeys (right), as well as looking for, finding and observing wild owl monkeys.

Participation at Provincial and National Science Fair

Fourth-graders from the “Alas” School won the Provincial Science Fair with the presentation on owl monkeys prepared under our guidance.

Following in-classroom activities that included a 30-min slide presentation and a 15-min educational video, 100 primary school students spent one morning in the forest learning about plants eaten by monkeys (below), as well as looking for, finding and observing wild owl monkeys.

Community Workshops

In response to the vast media coverage of the Latin American Primate Conservation Biology Field Courses conducted in 2003 and 2004, there was great demand from the community to learn about the project. Thus, we organized two one-day community workshops. The 80 participants attended lectures, watched the audiovisual material, tried field equipment (below) and enjoyed watching the free-ranging owl monkeys

*Primary School Teacher Workshops* A primary school teacher workshop was held at the owl monkey field site. Five teachers learned about the project, tried various kinds of field equipment (e.g. telemetry, binoculars) and saw for the first time in their lives free-ranging owl monkeys. Back in their classrooms they organized activities centered on our research.
*Primary School Students Visit the Forest* Following in-classroom activities that included a 30-min slide presentation and a 15-min educational video, 100 primary school students spent one morning in the forest learning about plants eaten by monkeys (right), as well as looking for, finding and observing wild owl monkeys.
*Participation at Provincial and National Science Fair* Fourth-graders from the “Alas” School won the Provincial Science Fair with the presentation on owl monkeys prepared under our guidance. Following in-classroom activities that included a 30-min slide presentation and a 15-min educational video, 100 primary school students spent one morning in the forest learning about plants eaten by monkeys (below), as well as looking for, finding and observing wild owl monkeys.
Community Workshops In response to the vast media coverage of the Latin American Primate Conservation Biology Field Courses conducted in 2003 and 2004, there was great demand from the community to learn about the project. Thus, we organized two one-day community workshops. The 80 participants attended lectures, watched the audiovisual material, tried field equipment (below) and enjoyed watching the free-ranging owl monkeys