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IB/BAT

Young Science breus

Anem al teatre
teachers Mr Añor

El dia 18 de novembre la classe
de segon de BAT va assistir a
una funció teatral a càrrec de la
companyia IMAGINAUTES. L’obra
at 1 Physics students have to experiments. era una adaptació dramàtica de
Bbeen using lasers to study For me it was a new experience la novel·la Bearn, que és una de
some of the most remarkable to teach students. It was really les obres de lectura prescriptiva
pro-perties of light. difficult to teach a lesson with de cara a les properes Proves
the first group of pupils, but d’Accés a la Universitat, escrita
Ekaterina Vishniakova (BAT 1) then I learned how to get them pel mallorquí Llorenç Villalonga.
and Mrs Gazzola interested and focused and each La representació teatral, la qual
They made a spectrograph to time it was getting easier to va tenir lloc al Teatre Metropol
compare the emission spectrum communicate with them. de Tarragona, forma part d’un
of the Sun and a fluorescent Another positive point of this cicle que recull adaptacions de
lamp, and investigated how to kind of activity is to understand les obres literàries de lectura
correct short sight problems the way the teacher is thinking obligatòria a Batxillerat i que
using diffe-rent lenses, among when explaining you the lesson. està especialment pensat per
other experiments. Then they ESO and BAT students looking at the solar spectrum. As you became a teacher by a facilitar la comprensió o l’
organised a workshop and taught yourself for a week, you can anàlisi per part de l’ alumnat. La
ESO students how to perform you study and not get stressed. Our group, Diego, Alvaro, see how difficult the teacher's posada en escena, senzilla però
these labs. Kate, one of these During Science Week older Adrian, Artem and I, prepared work is. Also some students efectiva, s’ acompanya d’ una
students, will tell us something students usually run lessons some experiments for youngest were asking us questions, so by xerrada-col·loqui entre els actors
about this experience. for younger ones. It's a great children. We decided to show answering, we found out things i el públic assistent, un recurs
“Usually in the last weeks of opportunity to study in a experiments to secondary that we didn’t know about our molt adient per tal de generar el
November all pupils are tired different way. You can prepare school pupils about topics that own experiment! comentari i la reflexió al voltant
and stressed because of exam any experiments, projects or we covered during these months I think it was a great experience d’ una novel·la que, en aquest
week, normally they study a lot presentations about things that during our Physics lessons. It is a for us and our students too, as cas especialment, no és de fàcil
by themselves to get ready. So it you learned during the first perfect way to study for exams they were taught in a different interpretació.
is perfect time to change the way term. as you are apply-ing the theory way.”
Science Week seminars, science

fiction: science or fiction?

he main characters of extraterrestrial life. Lets listen to extremidades? ¿Nadarían, volarían
Tscience fiction movies and what Adrian and Josep Maria, o caminarían? Y lo más importante
series are aliens of different a BAT and an ESO student ¿Por qué?
colours, sizes and powers. respectively, have to say about it. Intentado responder a estas
However, if we look at these En la conferencia que hubo el preguntas se nos hizo reflexionar
movies with scientific rigour, 17 de noviembre de 2015 para sobre nosotros mismos y cómo
we soon find out that there are los alumnos de 2º y 3º de ESO, se hemos evolucionado.
plenty of inconsistencies. trataron temas como la posibilidad La conferencia fue muy interesante
de vida extraterrestre, cómo sería y el tiempo que tuvimos se quedó
Adrian Nenkov (BAT/IB 1), Josep y cómo nos la imaginamos en la corto porque me hubiese gustado
Maria Rocafort (ESO 3) Mrs Gazzola ficción. seguir escuchando durante más
“Such apocalyptic scenarios are Primeramente se habló de los tiempo, pero me encantó la
far from being realistic ones - says componentes necesarios para conferencia y espero que estos
Dr Laureano Jiménez, from the albergar vida, hasta llegar a la eventos se repitan.
University of Rovira Virgili - space conclusión de que en muy pocos “During this week we had a really
shuttles that would not be able planetas de todo el Universo se interesting talk about science sometimes be misinterpreted as of mostly movies, and whether
to take off, giant creatures that pueden encontrar todas la condicio- fiction and how much real science science. or not they really had scientific
would collapse under their own nes necesarias para que exista vida. is actually put into it. The talk gave The lecturer made the talk really reasoning backing them up.
weight, unrealistic ecosystems…” Después escuchamos suponiendo us an overview of the different, interactive with the inclusion of It was definitely an interesting
Dr Jiménez gave two really lively que en algún planeta del Universo most famous characters and topics questions and anecdotes… we experience and now we know that
seminars to ESO and BAT students se albergara vida cómo serían in science fiction movies. The goal were given the opportunity to drawing the line that separates
about Science fiction and the esos seres. ¿Cuántos receptores of it was to obtain a reflective participate in a really engaging science from fiction is not as easy
likelihood of a technological de luz (ojos) tendrían? ¿Cuántas and critical approach to what can debate about specific scenes, as it might seem at a first glance.”