Carry out activities

Institutions, as well as individuals, can celebrate the DICC through the realization of one or more activities consistent with their respective missions and functions, which are aimed at:

• disseminating the concept of scientific culture,
• highlighting its importance in today's world,
• promoting the integration of science as part of citizen culture
• highlighting the need for citizens in general (including politicians, educators, social and business leaders, etc.) to be scientifically educated.

Activities can be organized by the institution individually, by institutions working together within a country, or by institutions working together across countries. The list of organizations that have decided to celebrate the IDSC can be consulted in the section “Participating Institutions”, which is periodically updated.

The target audiences can be very diverse:

• By age: Children, teenagers, adults.
• By professional activity: Teachers, researchers and technologists, politicians and public officials, professionals from various disciplines (biologists, mathematicians, sociologists, educators, chemists, biotechnologists, etc).
• By areas of interest: People in a street situation, people with disabilities, domestic workers, housewives, parents, etc.
• By level of schooling: Students of different educational levels, illiterate population, etc.

Disseminate

Disseminate the celebration of the IDSC through media accessible to each organization: websites, social networks, radio or television, audio or video channels via Internet, newsletters, etc.

The materials in the “Resources” section may be used.

Record and publish a testimonial

Participating educators and science communicators can, if they wish, record one or more short videos (from 30 to 60 seconds) with their cell phones or tablets, answering to one or both of the following questions:

• Why is scientific culture important?
• What do you do in your daily life to enjoy science and to take advantage of it?

Post your video on your personal web site or social media (Facebook, Instagram or YouTube channel) between the night of Monday, September 27, and early Tuesday 28, accompanying the video with the hashtag #ScienceCultureDay and #DíaCulturaCientífica, as well as tagging the official celebration profiles:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IDSciCult
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/idscicult/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDSciCult

You are encouraged to invite other colleagues to join the celebration of the DICC, by recording and publishing their own video.

Share materials

If you produce materials about the IDSC in languages other than Spanish and English, you can share them by sending them to the mail: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. to make them available to other institutions and individuals.

Report what you did

You are encouraged to publish notes and videos about the activities and results of your institution.

Participating institutions are encouraged to record information about their activities and the public served. The report of the IDSC 2021 celebration can be consulted in October 2021 in the section “Activities throughout the world”.

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