"Mutants plants" workshop protocol : didactic guide for researchers and instructors to conduct a science workshop with groups of school students aged 10 to 14

Abstract

The "Mutant Plants" workshop pursues the dual aim of promoting scientific vocations and publicizing the importance of Plant Science to meet current and future societal challenges.This workshop was designed jointly by the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) and the Research Centre for Scientific and Mathematical Education (CRECIM) from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), thanks to the financial support of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-16-10825) and the Severo Ochoa program of Excellence Centres (SEV-2015-0533), both from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness.