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The IES Florida repeats in the national final of the "Science in Action" contest (17/07/2019)

The IES La Florida of Las Torres de Cotillas is once again highlighted in the international competition 'Science in Action', which is focused on Spain, Portugal and the Latin American countries.

This time he does it with the work 'The measure of the Earth', made by students of 3rd of ESO.

"In 2019 marks the fifth centenary of the expedition that managed to give for the first time a complete return to our planet, a unique feat by Magallanes and Elcano. In class we took advantage of this anniversary to see how mathematics has been an essential element of the progress of the human being throughout history ", point from the center.

The project, coordinated by the professor of the Iria Vidal mathematics department, is developed in eight lines of work: the expedition of Magallanes and Elcano, Eratosthenes measures the Earth, the Earth lines, the geographic coordinates, the celestial coordinates, instruments of navigation, workshop of capes and knots, and cartography or how to crush the sphere.

An attractive science

The main objective of this contest is to present science in an attractive and motivating way, so that young people and the general public are interested in it.

"It is intended that throughout the contest the schoolchildren enjoy attending the conferences, observing and participating in the fair, and the most lively going up to the great experience", explains the Councilor for Education, Rafael Martínez García.

This final phase of this edition will take place in Alcoi on October 4, 5 and 6.

The contest is aimed at professors, students, professors, researchers and disseminators of the scientific community, and is organized, among others, by the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (RSEQ), the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (ICMAT) and the National University of Distance Education (UNED).

Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas

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