and then a group picture. What are you laughing at?

Climbing Montserrat and watching a lot of conglomerate rocks after a lesson on geology.

And then down to the harbour to get to know how a commercial port works.

Our principal welcomes our Dutch partners at school.

Our Dutch partners are visiting us this week. Welcome to Barcelona!

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.

Our Students visit Amsterdam and Rotterdam

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   

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.

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.

We say goodbye to our Greek partners from the heart.

Greek and Catalan students visit Casa de l'Aigua (Water House)

A MUHBA (Museu d'Història de Barcelona) facility in Trinitat Vella, the students learned there how water gets to Barcelona and the way it's managed.

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

Greek students visit Oliva Artés, old factory (MUHBA)

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,...

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

An account of our stay in Amsterdam in January 2015

by Juan Cano and Sergi Hernández
On Saturday 10^th 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 13^th, 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 14^th, 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.

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

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.

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