Institutional development · Public engagement and economic impact · Mexico
UNAM researchers guide Querétaro young people through geoscience laboratories
Young people from Querétaro visited laboratories at UNAM, Mexico's National Autonomous University, where researchers introduced them to geochemistry, palaeontology, palaeomagnetism and rock physics.
Why it matters: Young people from Querétaro met UNAM researchers and saw laboratory methods used to study water and fossils.
Young people from Querétaro took part in a visit exploring the geosciences, according to Gaceta UNAM, the university's newsroom.
Accompanied by university researchers, the visitors toured laboratories in geochemistry, palaeontology, palaeomagnetism and rock physics, Gaceta UNAM reported.
The visitors were also shown methods used to study water and fossils, according to the report.
Editor’s view
Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
The young people from Querétaro who took part gained direct contact with UNAM researchers and with laboratories in geochemistry, palaeontology, palaeomagnetism and rock physics, including methods for studying water and fossils.
