To test how the concept of service learning could be organzed in our studies and teaching, we conducted a pilot activity in the framework of the course "Microbial Ecology" in the masters of biology.

Based on the two scientific contexts of antibiotic restistance and bioremediation of metal polluted soils, the students were divided in two groups. Each group came up with a simple scientific question and designed an experimental setup to answer the question. Subsequently the students had to create an activity that communicates their project to a target audience of  students aged 7 and 10-11 years. (Video)