FAMILY STORIES

During the second term, our students from 3˚C and 3˚D worked on a project called Family Stories. The goal of this project was for the students to strengthen intergenerational connections by learning more about elderly members of their families. To do this, they interviewed their family members, created family trees, and designed posters with the most significant events that occurred during their loved one’s lifetime.

This project was an opportunity for the students to connect in a new way with their grandparents, aunts, uncles and parents by giving their family members space to share their wonderful memories with the younger generation. Hopefully, this connection helped them value the priceless stories and insights of their loved ones. In order to capture those memories, they were asked to conduct an oral history interview using the voice recording tool on their phones.

Through this process, our young students have learned important social and emotional skills including patience, listening and active citizenship, as well as gaining a sense of their roots and identity. In addition, they have enhanced other skills, such as translation and writing abilities, along the way.

Below are some examples of their work. Note: the interviews and most names and family trees have been omitted for the sake of students’ privacy.

     

                           

HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN CRISPR POSTER

 

1º ESO

BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY 

Coordinated with Amaya Rodríguez

WHY DESIGN SCIENTIFIC POSTERS?

Posters are widely used in the academic community, and most conferences include poster presentations in their program.  Research posters summarize information or research concisely and attractively to help publicize it and generate discussion. 

The poster is usually a mixture of a brief text combined with tables, graphs, pictures, and other presentation formats. At a conference, the researcher stands by the poster display while other participants can come and view the presentation and interact with the author.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD POSTER?

• Important information should be readable from about 10 feet away
• Title is short and draws interest
• Word count of about 300 to 800 words
• Text is clear and to the point
• Use of bullets, numbering, and headlines make it easy to read
• Effective use of graphics, color and fonts
• Consistent and clean layout
• Includes acknowledgments, your name and institutional affiliation

 

WHAT SOFTWARE WILL WE USE TO MAKE THIS POSTER?

Canva

WHY CRISPR ?

Just like humans, bacteria can get sick. Some bacteria have a defense system called CRISPR/Cas9 that protects them from viral infections. Over the last few years, scientists have adapted this bacterial defense system to be used in the laboratory to alter the DNA of various organisms. This article will explain how CRISPR/Cas9 is used to edit genes and will provide examples of how this technology is useful. Experiments using CRISPR/Cas9 must be carried out ethically, that is, scientists must ensure that all research respects human rights and animal welfare and complies with the law.

Here is a sample of the posters 4th ESO have worked on…

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN´S CALENDAR 2023

2º ESO

ARTS , CRAFTS , AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA AND HISTORY 

Coordinated with Xenia Tomás and Araceli Lucas

 

HOW TO MAKE SCHOOL INFOGRAPHICS WITH STUDENTS

 

1st ESO

BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY 

Coordinated with Amaya Rodríguez

 

  

 

Students will create an infographic to share knowledge and data about the kingdoms.

 

Task

Infographics are an increasingly popular way of sharing information in newspapers, magazines, and online news sites. These visual representations of knowledge and information are designed to make complex ideas and large amounts of data easy to understand. There are many ways to create infographics. After exploring a variety of examples, you will create your own infographic poster that will help others better understand an issue or concept you are studying.

Questions

 Which infographic was the best? Why?

• What made them interesting, content or design? Or both?
• How did the use of fonts, color, graphics, and imagery contribute?
• Did the design contribute to how you felt about the information?

 

 

Here is a sample of the posters 1st ESO have worked on...

CREATING 3D CELL MODELS

Objective

 The purpose of this project is to make a 3D model of a cell in order to better understand the parts and workings of a cell.

 

 

 

 - They have been displayed beside the school store for parents, teachers and students to see.

 

 

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY: SCIENTISTS

4th ESO

BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY 

Coordinated with Amaya Rodríguez

 

 

    For centuries, women have made notable contributions to the field of science. They discovered life-saving medicines, engineered world-changing inventions, and led cutting-edge research; however, in many cases, their invaluable advances have been underestimated or overlooked.

    

    Picking up the game designed during the first term, we analyze how studies have repeatedly reported that math and science are perceived as male domains, and scientists as predominantly male. We discover the impact of the gender image of school science texts observing the proportion of females and males scientists we have included in the games. This ends to promote reflection on gender stereotypes around professions in the sciences and to raise awareness of scientific research by women.

 

 

 

Searching for methods of purification or recovery of water

 

 

Water scarcity refers to the lack of fresh water resources to meet water demand.  

Water has vital role for sustaining life on earth by regulating ecosystem functioning, preserving environmental quality, and supporting human health and welfare. To date, the sustainable use of water resources faces grand challenges arising from population growth, fragile economic context, increased water demand, need to ensure food security, quality deterioration, and ageing infrastructures.

 

These challenges are not addressed effectively in the existing water governance plans, underlining the need for developing more sophisticated water management schemes adapted to changing conditions and requirements. 

 

Current insights in water resource management stress the importance of integrated, multi-sectoral, and (inter) national management plans, considering background specialties of the areas and motivating all the involved actors from governmental services and agencies, the private sector, the academy, and the public.

 

Students will investigate about methods of  purification or recovery of water  and the best one for each area.

 

 

 

 

 They will make a model and a poster in order to understand how it works. Then, they will explain to their classmates and display them in the hall.