An interactive art activity to promote student reflection and learning about host-microbe interactions.

ABSTRACT: The use of art in science teaching can effectively help students understand complex and abstract concepts, particularly in the fields of Microbiology and Microbial Ecology, where the study objects-the microbes-are invisible to human eyes. To explore how different factors shape host-microbe interactions, I developed the activity MicrobiART, which uses mixed art materials to create analogies that illustrate the dynamic relationships between hosts, microbes, and their environments. MicrobiART was presented as an alternative session at a PhD students' conference in Espoo, Finland. Participants were invited to combine papers, balls, and paint-representing hosts, microbes, and environmental factors, respectively-to create paintings that depict the outcomes of these interactions. Th

SUBMITTER: Souza Beraldo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12020808 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature