Wednesday 20 January 2016

The Magic of Light.


This February, for our Sta Eulàlia festivities, Barcelona is celebrating the Festival of Light, following the tradition in Lyon and Torino. Since that's our main research topic this year, we welcome it dearly.

Wednesday 25 November 2015

GEO FUTURE SCHOOL 2015-16: THE FUTURE OF ENERGY IN CATALONIA


The four main points of interest in this year's Geo Future School module at Infanta Isabel are:

·        1.- To realize the value of energy and the increasing need of it

·        2.- To analyze the importance of electric energy, its production, the problems related to the increasing need of it and the requirements for a sustainable development of humankind

·       3.- To know the real situation in our community, meaning Catalonia, and to propose the best energy sources and the most advantageous way to reduce consumption
·        4.- To recognize reliable information sources and to present project conclusions in the most favorable way to increase its impact in the neighborhood   






Wednesday 28 October 2015

The GFEP official certificates are ready.

On their visit to Heraklion, our Dutch partners have given our Greek partners their official GFEP certificates. We're looking forward to getting one ourselves on April 21st, when we are expected to present our results at the Auditori de Sant Martí.





Tuesday 20 October 2015

GEO FUTURE SCHOOL starts in Barcelona

Next Wednesday 4th November our first Geo Future School lesson starts at Infanta Isabel in Barcelona. The first meeting will be held in room 104 at 12:30. Our GFEP teachers, Fina Bruil and Rosa Maria Melià, will be working on Energy.


One of the situations our students will have to deal with is the possibility of a future black-out due to energy shortage.

Sunday 27 September 2015

Greek and Catalan GFEP students learned some geology on Montserrat.


Spectacular views just after our arrival
getting on the funicular to Sant Joan, mountain top

and enjoying the views





Greek, Catalan and Dutch GFEP teachers also enjoyed it all

and then down again to the abbey


Tuesday 22 September 2015

We visit Casaramona factory at Caixafòrum

First a short tour in Montjuïc


Then a descent on the escalators


and then a visit to Caixafòrum on how was the old Casaramona factory designed by architect Puig i Cadafalch: inside streets as firewalls, water tower,...




Sunday 20 September 2015

We welcome our Heraklion partners

Early on Saturday morning we are ready to welcome our Greek partners from Heraklion.


And we can see there's a lot of love lost


Thursday 9 July 2015

An account of our stay in Amsterdam in January 2015

by Juan Cano and Sergi Hernández
On Saturday 10th of January, we, a group of students at IES Infanta Isabel d’Aragó that were working on the GEO Future project went to Amsterdam. Although our flight arrived with some delay, we were in the houses of our Dutch partners in the afternoon.  When we left our suitcases, we visited the centre of the city.





On Sunday, all the classmates and our partners met to go by boat along the canals. Then, we had lunch and we went for a walk visiting all the important monuments and famous places of the city, like the Rijksmuseum, the Vondelpark, Anne Frank’s house and we even did some ice-skating. We had a great time.




The following day, we were shown the Dutch school, the Vossius Gymnasium, and we heard a speech about energy and sustainability that was quite interesting. At midday, we visited the Shell facilities in Amsterdam, where we had lunch while we were listening to another speech on their sustainability projects. After that, we checked in at the Vondelpark Stayokay Hostel.



On Tuesday 13th, we had lunch with our partners at the school canteen and then, we went to the other side of the river to visit the amazing 3D Canal House. There, we learnt how a 3D printer works, and we could see them functioning. The staff at the 3D Canal House were building a whole house made only by these printers. After that, we returned to the hotel to have dinner.





On Wednesday 14th, we had breakfast in the hotel and then we took a bus that brought us to Zeeland, south of the Netherlands. The bus dropped us off at the country house where we were going to stay. There, we were given some bikes in order to go on a cycling tour and visit the sunken village of Koudekerke, the Oosterschelde storm barrier and the dunes. It was an enjoyable trip. In the evening, after we had had dinner, we heard a presentation about the geological and geographical importance of Zeeland and about Rotterdam as a Smartcity.





On Thursday 15th, we left the country house and went to Rotterdam, an amazing city with an enormous port and lots of modern buildings.  Once there, we walked the city to see some examples of its architecture. After that, we went back to the Stayokay hostel,  located in the centre of Rotterdam in the striking Cube Houses.  In the afternoon, we went shopping and we visited the wonderful market hall.




On the last day, which was Friday 16th, we woke up at the Stayokay hostel and we went back to Amsterdam, where we had pizza in a classroom at the Vossius Gymnasium  together with our Dutch partners. It was delicious! Once we had had lunch, we took a train to go to Schipol airport. The plane took off at half past six and when we arrived in Barcelona, our parents and friends were waiting for us.


Thursday 25 June 2015

Award at the 7th Congress for Young Researchers

One of our students, Iu-Aran Fernandez i Perucho, has been awarded at the 7th Congress for Young Researchers in Barcelona for his work on Proteomics and Information: tools in the identification of microorganisms through simple comparison of the proteome. Congratulations, Iu

Tuesday 26 May 2015

INS INFANTA VISITS OUR GREEK PARTNERS

Our students have recently been to Heraklion, and have received a great welcome from their Greek partners. They have been to school, danced, visited Knossos, the archaeological museum, the museum of natural history, and they reasoned about the problems of water supply, common to both countries, and others more specific in Crete, such as earthquakes. But it seems that, above all, they have made great friends forever. Thanks for all.

Wednesday 29 April 2015

Our partners from Heraklion introduce themselves and their school on a great video

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