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How does your body know what time it is? – Marco A. Sotomayor
13/12/2016
Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that’s hurtling towards us. And we owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains. But how do they work? Marco A. Sotomayor details how...
My storybook
09/11/2016
My storybook is an online publisher of e-books. It can be very useful for elementary school students, and also for preschool students, to develop their own e-books. My Storybook allows students to engage in literacy in a creative and fun way and provides educators with the ability to tie multiple subjects together through...
Kahoot!
06/11/2016
Kahoot! It is a tool to create multiple response quickly and easily for both teachers and students. This tool is designed to develop activities in class playing from mobile devices each participant. Kahoot! also offers the posibility to add diagrams, images and videos to expand knowledge. More information
23 International Environmental Film Festival
27/10/2016
From November 3rd until 10th, the 23rd International Environmental Film Festival, the longest Film Festival in its genre, is taking place at CaixaForum, CosmoCaixa, Cinemas Girona, French Institute of Barcelona and in the following Universities: University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra and Blanquerna. More information
Animoto
21/10/2016
Animoto is a website that allows to create videos and presentations online through images, photos and music. It can be used as an educational resource for students to express their ideas and experiences about their language, culture, family, traditions… The trial version is available for 14 days. More information
What is a vector?
Physicists, air traffic controllers, and video game creators all have at least one thing in common: vectors. But what exactly are they, and why do they matter? David Huynh explains how vectors are a prime example of the elegance, beauty, and fundamental usefulness of mathematics.
Changing educational paradigms – Sir Ken Robinson
20/10/2016
Sir Ken Robinson explains in this video the importance of changing the vision of the education system. He explains in his talk the changes of educational, business and organizations system in the new global economy.
Big Think
Big Think is a repository of videos, articles, resources, expert advice and podcasts on several educational topics that come around the world. Like TED Ed, Big Think lets you create groups of people, educators and institutions to discuss issues or common interests. More information
Awesome Oceans
14/10/2016
Awesome Oceans is a video made by Edeos, an agency that specializes in the design and production of audiovisual educational materials. This illustrated explainer video shows the fascination of the ocean, but also it biggest threats. More information about Edeos
5 tips to improve your critical thinking – Samantha Agoos
11/10/2016
Every day, a sea of decisions stretches before us, and it’s impossible to make a perfect choice every time. But there are many ways to improve our chances — and one particularly effective technique is critical thinking. Samantha Agoos describes a 5-step process that may help you with any number...
Popplet
05/10/2016
Popplet is an intuitive tool for the iPad and web to capture and organize your ideas as a mind-map. With Popplet you can also add pictures, videos to your maps. In the classroom and at home, students use Popplet for learning. Used as a mind-map, Popplet helps students think and learn visually. Students can...
Explore
04/10/2016
Explore is a website that offers live connections with webcams around the world to watch several animals in their natural habitats. The site also includes videos, photographs, open educational channels and all kinds of resources to explore the animal life around the planet. More information
Coral Colors
03/10/2016
This video show the movements and the enormous chromatic beauty of corals, a kind of marine animals that despite being one of the oldest animals on our planet, are mostly unknown. To capture these images it was necessary to apply the technique of time lapse as the slow movements of these...
El mar a fondo
29/09/2016
El mar a fondo es un proyecto creado y desarrollado en colaboración entre el CSIC-Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y la Obra Social “la Caixa” que pretende acercar la temática marina al ámbito educativo mediante diversas propuestas didácticas. A partir de una plataforma virtual se puede acceder a los contenidos educativos y participar activamente en el...
The most accurate simulation of the Milky Way
22/09/2016
Astronomers have created the most detailed computer simulation to date of our Milky Way galaxy’s formation, from its inception billions of years ago as a loose assemblage of matter to its present-day state as a massive, spiral disk of stars. Source from CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
How a single-celled organism almost wiped out life on Earth – Anusuya Willis
19/09/2016
There’s an organism that changed the world. It caused the first mass extinction in Earth’s history … and also paved the way for complex life. How? Anusuya Willis explains how cyanobacteria, simple organisms that don’t even have nuclei or any other organelles, wrote a pivotal chapter in the story of...
Tinkercad: an application to learn 3D design
16/09/2016
Tinkercad is a simple, intuitive and free tool to design and model 3D objects. It works directly in a web browser, so there is no need to download any software. Tinkercad basic elements are shapes that can be adjusted, moved and united in the workspace to create simple or quite complex...
Educación 3.0
14/09/2016
Educación 3.0 es un medio de comunicación global que cuenta con una revista en papel de cuatro números anuales, una página web, un newsletter semanal y un perfil propio en las principales redes sociales (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest y YouTube). Este proyecto tiene como finalidad contribuir al cambio metodológico en las...
Climate change: Earth’s giant game of Tetris
09/09/2016
There’s a game of Tetris happening on a global scale: The playing space is planet Earth, and all those pesky, stacking blocks represent carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas that is piling up ever more rapidly as we burn the fossil fuels that run our cars, factories and power plants....
Why do we make irrational decisions?
07/06/2016
Often people make decisions that are not “rational” from a purely economical point of view — meaning that they don’t necessarily lead to the best result. Why is that? Are we just bad at dealing with numbers and odds? Or is there a psychological mechanism behind it? Sara Garofalo explains...
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Apps para la tierra
20/04/2016
Con motivo de la celebración del Día Internacional de la Tierra, App Store en conjunto con WWF y 24 desarrolladores han ideado el proyecto benéfico Apps para la Tierra. Esta iniciativa cuenta con la intervención de 27 aplicaciones de la App Store que han modificado sus apps o, incluso, creado versiones con contenidos exclusivos para ayudar a...
Ideas TED
04/04/2016
TED.com TED.com is a platform for watching, sharing, discussing and translating TED Talks — as well as learning more about TED’s many projects and initiatives. In addition, in TED you can find a set of playlists to let you watch curated collections of TED Talks, offering two uninterrupted hours of...
UB Science Festival
23/03/2016
On 22 May 2015, the University of Barcelona opens its door to citizens to celebrate the UB Science Festival. The main objective of the activity is to bring people closer to the research activity developed at the University in an amusing and innovative way. Throughout the day, UB campuses organise...
World Water Day 2016: Water and Jobs
03/03/2016
Why a World Water Day? World Water Day is an international observance and an opportunity to learn more about water related issues, be inspired to tell others and take action to make a difference. World Water Day dates back to the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development where an international...
The best stats you’ve ever seen
26/02/2016
You’ve never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called “developing world.”
10 películas sobre ecología para trabajar en el aula
25/01/2016
El blog de educación y TIC, Tiching, nos propone una selección de diez películas que pueden ser muy útiles para reflexionar con los estudiantes sobre la importancia de la conservación y el cuidado del medio ambiente. Lorax: ¿Cómo hablar de medio ambiente con los más pequeños? Esta película de animación...
How do we know what color dinosaurs were?
20/01/2016
The microraptor was a four-winged carnivorous dinosaur with iridescent black feathers. But if our information about this dinosaur comes from fossils, how can we be certain about its color? Len Bloch shows how making sense of the evidence requires careful examination of the fossil and a good understanding of the...
Tabletop Whale
18/01/2016
Tabletop Whale is a science illustration blog created by Eleanor Lutz, designer in Seattle and a Bachelor in molecular biology from the University of Washington., USA. Tabletop Whale published, every two to three weeks, charts, infographics and illustrations on science and technology based on reputable scientific sources like textbooks and peer-reviewed...
Do animals have language?
All animals communicate. But do they have language? Michele Bishop details the four specific qualities we associate with language and investigates whether or not certain animals utilize some or all of those qualities to communicate.
Seven reasons why do we dream
15/01/2016
In the 3rd millennium BCE, Mesopotamian kings recorded and interpreted their dreams on wax tablets. In the years since, we haven’t paused in our quest to understand why we dream. And while we still don’t have any definitive answers, we have some theories. Amy Adkins reveals the top seven reasons...
Animated Science. Episode 2. Shades.
23/12/2015
UB divulga releases the project Animated Science which aims to create a collection of audiovisual resources to bring children closer to scientific concepts in an amusing way. The current chapter is titled Shadow and discusses how the position of the sun influences the direction of the shadows. This second episode has had the scientific...
MEDCLIC: The Mediterranean in one Click
“la Caixa” Foundation, and the ICTS SOCIB set up the program MEDCLIC which has the dual objectives of promoting research and bringing the benefits of the new marine and coastal observation technologies to society. One of the objectives of the “Medclic: the Mediterranean in one click” project is to investigate...
Upcycling the Oceans Project
22/12/2015
Ecoalf Foundation has begun to remove trash from the seabed via fishermen off the coast of Levante (Spain). The project Upcycling the Oceans, organized in three phases, aims to show that cleaning the oceans is possible and the portion of the collected materials can be recycled into pellets, thread, fabric and...
Human face evolution
Using the morphing technique, this video summarizes the evolution of the human face. A six million years trip…
Astronaut’s perpective on how Earth looks from outer space
08/12/2015
The view of Earth from space is one that few of us will ever get to experience. To see the planet as a single orb in the expanse of space can change the way you feel about your life, our species, and our place in the universe. It’s an experience...
Compromiso de Barcelona por el Clima 2015-2017
04/12/2015
El ayuntamiento de Barcelona asume el compromiso por el clima conjuntamente con 800 entidades ciudadanas vinculadas a la red Barcelona + Sostenible con las que ha elaborado un documento a propósito de la 21ª Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el cambio climático, COP-21. El pasado 23 de noviembre, la...
FameLab 2016
01/12/2015
Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology and the British Council España are launching a new edition of Famelab España 2016, with the collaboration of “la Caixa” Foundation. In Spain, three editions have already been held and have proved to be a complete success. They have promoted a new scientific diffusion format that has made major inroads:...
100 años de la Teoría de la Relatividad General
25/11/2015
El 25 de noviembre de 1915, Albert Einstein presentó ante la Academia Prusiana de Ciencias, en Berlín, la formulación de una nueva teoría de la gravitación en un artículo de cuatro páginas titulado “Las ecuaciones del campo gravitacional” en el que modificaba la hasta entonces aceptada teoría gravitatoria de Isaac Newton. La teoría de Einstein...
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20ª Semana de la Ciencia en la Universidad de Barcelona
13/11/2015
Del 13 al 22 de noviembre la Universidad de Barcelona organiza diversas actividades alrededor de la Semana de la Ciencia que este año llega a su vigésima edición bajo la coordinación de la Fundación Catalana para la Investigación y la Innovación (FCRi). Algunas de las actividades programadas son: 4º Torneo Interuniversitario del juego...
The Tapir: a living fossil threatened with extinction
09/11/2015
Although the Tapir is one of the world’s largest land mammals, the lives of these solitary, nocturnal creatures have remained a mystery. Known as “the living fossil,” the very same Tapir that roams the forests and grasslands of South America today arrived on the evolutionary scene more than 5 million...
Kano, a computer designed and constructed by children
13/10/2015
Alex Klein is the developer of KANO minicomputer. This computer can be constructed and programmed by seven years old children. As a game of Lego, children can learn to design their own games, watch high-resolution videos, connect to the Internet, fly a drone… As the designer explains, the children will...
Can we, as adults, grow new neurons?
Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret says that we can, and she offers research and practical advice on how we can help our brains better perform neurogenesis—improving mood, increasing memory formation and preventing the decline associated with aging along the way.
To Scale: The Solar System
28/09/2015
Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh are responsible for build the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits. The site chosen was a huge dry lakebed in Nevada (United States). They placed the Sun at the midpoint of the land and, from there, placed the planets in...
Película “Deep Sky” en Cosmocaixa
25/09/2015
La noche estrellada es uno de los paisajes naturales más bellos que podemos contemplar desde la Tierra, y cuanto más negro es el fondo de la noche, más se disfruta. Miles de estrellas salpican el cielo encima de nuestras cabezas, provocando una sensación de infinitud y al mismo tiempo de...
Open Badges
16/09/2015
Open Badges is a project of the Mozilla Foundation that provides free software to facilitate the recognition of lifelong learning through a system of digital badges. A digital badge is an online registration of certain qualities, skills or achievements that people acquire in various contexts both online and offline. Badges are a...
UNESCO Institut for Lifelong Learning
14/09/2015
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is a non-profit, policy-driven, international research, training, information center of UNESCO. Its main objective is to promote lifelong learning policy and practice, recognizing education and learning in formal, non-formal or informal settings. In this regard, the work of the Institute focuses on learning...
A visual history of human knowledge
08/09/2015
How does knowledge grow? Sometimes it begins with one insight and grows into many branches; other times it grows as a complex and interconnected network. Infographics expert Manuel Lima explores the thousand-year history of mapping data — from languages to dynasties — using trees and networks of information. It’s a...
EscoLab 2016
07/09/2015
EscoLab is a set of free scientific activities, aimed at students of secondary school (ESO), Spanish baccalaureate and vocational training. These activities open the door to different laboratories and research centers and offer the opportunity to dialogue with researchers working in the advancement of society. It is an initiative of...
Cities of learning
Cities of learning is a project that presents a new concept of city where the training of young people is in accordance with the requirements of the XXI century. It is organized a network of activities in different places of the city that allow users learn and develop skills and...
The school Benaula in Caldes de Malavella won the third prize in the contest ‘Robolot’
04/09/2015
The school Benaula, an educational center which collaborates with our project, won the third prize of robotics within the category ‘technological projects’ in the contest ‘Robolot’. During the academic year the students were involved in an extracurricular activity associated with technological projects .In the first trimester the students programmed with...
BBC Earth: flying rays
27/07/2015
Mobula rays leap spectacularly from the sea when they gather in large groups, but scientists still don’t know why they do it. This behaviour –filmed in the Gulf of California, Mexico, as part of BBC / Discovery coproduction– can last for 24 hours and happens as many hundreds of rays shoal together to...
Edutopia
21/07/2015
Edutopia is the website of a virtual community created and managed by George Lucas Educational Foundation. The aim is offer information, strategies, practices and resources in order to improve learning practices at nursery and primary education. In addition, and thanks to the community members contributions –with their knowledge, strategies and...
“New Horizons” historic Pluto flyby
17/07/2015
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was launched into the space on January 19, 2006. The New Horizons mission will help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of the dwarf planet Pluto and by venturing deeper into the distant, mysterious Kuiper Belt...
Levadura. Residence program for artist-educators
14/07/2015
Levadura is an educational program of residencies for artists-educators was aimed to promote understanding of contemporary art by elementary students. The program focused on introducing creative projects in the elementary classroom where children were the protagonists. The program involved four artists-educators from four countries (Phase A: Chile and Poland, and...
CocoCiència: joves que divulguen ciència
CocoCiència és una associació formada per un grup d’universitaris catalans que té per objectiu apropar la ciència a tothom i impulsar la divulgació científica en català. Al seu lloc web es podem trobar continguts agrupats en diferents disciplines, també disposa de seccions específiques com ara «El científic del mes», «Enigmes»,...
John Dewey (1859-1952) and the permanent reinvention of the school
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the book Schools of To-morrow (1915) written by John Dewey and Evelyn Dewey. In this book the authors point out the necessity to reinvent the school under the challenges of society at the moment (early twentieth century). Probably the school is, has been...
Blood donation and citizen education
06/07/2015
The Banc de Sang i Teixits de Catalunya has conducted the project “Donació de Sang i educació per a la ciutadania” that aims to involve young children and minors in the task of spreading the need to donate blood. Thus, young people learn content related to blood donation and...
Team meeting at Girona
01/07/2015
In the team meeting on June 29th, 2015 we had an interesting and very intense agenda. We started discussing the focus of the papers that we will write to present the results of the first phase. The results are grounded in the information provided by the students, their families and...
Microbial Mats
16/06/2015
Rubén Duro Pérez is a graduate in biology from the University of Barcelona, Member of the Spanish Society for Microbiology and is devoted to scientific photography. Ricardo Guerrero is professor emeritus of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Barcelona, associate professor at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA and...
Learn.Genetics
15/06/2015
Learn.Genetics is an interactive website of the Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah -USA-. It offers a wide variety of activities on genetics for non-experts. The resources offered in the website can be useful for learning different concepts related to genetics, evolution, health, etc. For example, could be construct...
The search for planets beyond our solar system
09/06/2015
Every star we see in the sky has at least one planet orbiting it, says astronomer Sara Seager. So what do we know about these exoplanets, and how can we find out more? Seager introduces her favorite set of exoplanets and shows new technology that can help collect information about...
Love between dogs and their owners
The veterinarian Takefumi Kikusui with a research team from three Japanese universities (Azabu University, Jichi Medical University and University of Tokyo Health Sciences) recently published an article in Science about hormonal changes that dogs and their owners produce to each other. Researchers put 30 dogs to interact with their owners...
La Dinosfera de Coll de Nargó
03/06/2015
El Ayuntamiento de Coll de Nargó y el Instituto Catalán de Paleontología Miquel Crusafont son los organizadores del nuevo espacio expositivo que se centra en la reproducción de los dinosaurios. La Dinosfera quiere contribuir a dar a conocer el espectacular registro fósil de los yacimientos de dinosaurios de la zona...
Exposición de dibujos de Luis Feo
El Museu Blau inaugura la exposición temporal Dibujos de Luis Feo, unas sesenta obras que proponen una mirada insólita al mundo animal. El autor propone una mirada inspirada en la ilustración científica y también en los grandes maestros del dibujo, el grabado y la fotografía como Durero, José Hernández, Piranesi, Escher o...
Fiesta del Voluntariado Ambiental en el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente
En diciembre de 1972, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas designó el 5 de junio como Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente para sensibilizar a la opinión pública respecto de la necesidad de preservar y mejorar el medio ambiente. La fecha elegida fue en recuerdo al día en que se inauguró,...
Investigate with RecerCaixa! 2nd Scientific Congress for Young Researchers
02/06/2015
In the 2nd Scientific Congress for Young Researchers. Investigate with RecerCaixa! on June 2nd 2015, Carme Auguet school from Girona presented the project “What Young People do outside of School Related to Science and Technology” carried out by students. This project is based on our project “The Experiences of Young People outside of School Related to Science...
2015 International Year of Light and Light-based Technology
2015 has been declared by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technology (IYL2015). By proclaiming the IYL2015, the United Nations, together with 100 partners over 85 countries, is recognising the importance of light and light based technology in the lives of the citizens of...
El juego “ciènciaXciència” de la UdG, nombrada una de las mejores actividades de divulgación científica del 2015
27/05/2015
Con la finalidad de crear actividades de divulgación científica y de innovación, el juego ciènciaXciència ha sido elegido para aparecer en el catálogo de prácticas innovadoras en cultura científica del 2015 que edita la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT). El juego “ciènciaXciència” ha sido ideado y desarrollado...
UB Science Festival
15/05/2015
The University of Barcelona opens its door to citizens to celebrate the UB Science Festival. The main objective of the activity is to bring people closer to the research activity developed at the University in an amusing and innovative way. Throughout the day, UB campuses organise different science dissemination activities...
Jorge Wagensberg “Algunos años después”
08/05/2015
Jorge Wagensberg es un profesor, investigador y escritor español nacido en Barcelona. Creador y ex director del Museo de la Ciencia CosmoCaixa de la Fundación “La Caixa”. En su más reciente libro Algunos Años Después, basado en recuerdos de infancia, el autor explica cómo terminó en el mundo de la ciencia. La librería No LLegiu invita a...
BioBlitzBcn 2015
07/05/2015
BioBlitz es un evento dirigido a toda la ciudadanía interesada en observar y descubrir la naturaleza urbana con el acompañamiento de naturalistas expertos. En un periodo de 24 horas, científicos que estudian grupos específicos de flora y fauna, ayudados por voluntarios, buscarán identificar todos los organismos que se encuentran en un...
Greg Gage: How to control someone else’s arm with your brain
04/05/2015
Greg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscientist and TED Senior Fellow uses a simple, inexpensive DIY kit to take away the free will of an audience member. It’s not a parlor trick; it actually works....
Ciclo de conferencias “Ciencia abierta al barrio”
30/04/2015
La Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Barcelona ha organizado el ciclo de divulgación sanitaria Ciencia abierta al barrio. El ciclo consta de tres conferencias que tratarán sobre la malaria, la voz y la curación de los linfomas. Todas las charlas se realizarán en el Aula Magna de la Facultad de...
Exploratorium
29/04/2015
The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception located in San Francisco, California. They believe that following the curiosity and asking questions can lead to amazing moments of discovery, learning, and awareness and can increase the confidence in the ability to understand how the world works. They...
Jornada Tecnorepte 2015
27/04/2015
Tecnorepte es una iniciativa organizada por la Universitat de Girona y el Departament d’Ensenyament de la Generalitat de Catalunya. El objetivo de esta actividad es situar el progreso y la estima por la ciencia y la tecnología en un contexto escolar que permita el acercamiento a conocimientos especializados en beneficio...
Cosmobot 2015. Competición de robots inteligentes velocistas y combates de sumo
Cosmobot es la competición robótica más importante del Estado Español. Tiene como objetivo divulgar tres valores importantes: el trabajo en grupo, la investigación práctica y la orientación a resultados. La competición se realiza durante 2 días y a esta asisten los mejores ingenieros, investigadores y especialistas en robótica autónoma dedicados a...
Citilab – Center for social and digital innovation
21/04/2015
Citilab is an experimental centre for the active dissemination of technological culture and also is a citizens’ laboratory in which researchers, entrepreneurs, students and companies interact, experiment and collaborate on common projects. In other words, Citilab is a mix between a training center, a research center and an incubator for business and...
Concurso “Cuéntanos cómo ves Internet”
Con el tema “Los derechos humanos en internet”, el concurso Cuéntanos como ves Internet busca promover el buen uso de las nuevas tecnologías en los Centros Escolares y, a la vez, sensibilizar a profesores, alumnos y familias sobre la importancia de estas tecnologías en el desarrollo de los niños. El certamen está...
“La Festa” in the NOVUM Festival
On 25 and 26 April Plaza de las Glòries will be transformed into a laboratory for young and old, to experience science, technology and innovation in person. Participants will work with researchers, see science closely, participate in workshops, unique spaces, talks, discover La Gimcana as the party continues in museums and...
Wikimaratón de Ciencia Ciudadana
20/04/2015
Una wikimaratón es una actividad donde un grupo de wikipedistas se encuentran físicamente en un lugar para ampliar lo máximo posible un artículo y/o una temática determinada de la enciclopedia. Esta actividad, organizada en el marco del Festival NOVUM, está dirigida a todas las personas que quieran aportar a la...
Audiovisual Festival on Science, Technology and Innovation
17/04/2015
The NOVUM Festival invites at the Diseny Hub Barcelona to enjoy a selection of the best unpublished documentaries on science, technology and innovation on 17th, 18th and 19th April. Free admission with limited capacity as screening room. Location: Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, 37, 08018 Barcelona Alive Inside Date: 17th April, 20 h. Original...
“The Empty Classroom” Film
Under the creative direction of Gael Garcia Bernal, eleven award-winning directors tell the story of the high school dropout crisis in Latin America in an anthology of narrative and documentary film as beautifully diverse and complex as the region. The Empty Classroom is a feature film by GRADUATE XXI, an initiative to end...
Not only do Chameleons change color to camouflage itself, but also to flirt and fight
16/04/2015
The research team of Laboratory of Artificial & Natural Evolution, University of Geneva, led by Michel Milinkovitch, published this year in the Nature Communications Journal their latest findings on the dynamic color change of chameleons. The results of the research, based on the study of Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), indicate...
Workshop Gillian Wearing- CaixaForum Girona
What do the members of Gillian Wearing’s family have in common? What does she have inherited from her parents? In what do we resemble our relatives? Observing, deducing and experimenting, the treasure hunt game invites you to find answers to these and other issues. Date: Saturday, May 23th at 18.00h Duration:...
NOVUM 2015 Festival de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación
10/04/2015
La Dirección de Creatividad e Innovación del Instituto de Cultura de Barcelona organiza del 14 al 30 de abril de 2015 la novena edición de NOVUM, el Festival de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación de Barcelona, con el propósito de promover la Creatividad y la Innovación en la ciudad. Este festival pretende ser...
Inspiraciencia Concurso de relatos de inspiración científica
26/03/2015
Inspiraciencia es un concurso de relatos de inspiración científica que busca relacionar ciencia y escritura de una manera lúdica y participativa. Existe una modalidad única que consiste en la presentación de relatos cortos de una extensión máxima de 800 palabras. Las dos categorías de participación son: público general (a partir de...
Institute for Research in Biomedicine -IRB- Open house
El próximo sábado 18 de abril el Institute for Research in Biomedicine -IRB Barcelona abre sus puertas para recibir visitantes de todas las edades que quieran conocer de cerca el mundo de la investigación y a algunos de los científicos que trabajan estudiando enfermedades como el cáncer, la diabetes o el Alzheimer,...
Meeting of the research team
23/03/2015
Among the topics discussed at the meeting were the data already collected and the analysis of the interviews conducted during the first phase. We also presented a summary of the schools that were collaborating in the project and of the groups which had been interviewed (children / adolescents and families)....
XVI Exporecerca Jove
Exporecerca Jove es una muestra de trabajos de investigación que acoge la participación de jóvenes de 12 a 30 años. Los objetivos principales son: favorecer la investigación entre los jóvenes, potenciar el intercambio de experiencias y el conocimiento, y potenciar la participación en ferias y congresos de ámbito nacional e internacional. La...
Semifinal FameLab 2015
19/03/2015
El British Council y la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT), con la colaboración de la Obra Social ”la Caixa”, han seleccionado ya a los doce semifinalistas de la edición española de Famelab, el concurso internacional de monólogos científicos que competirán en la semifinal en Barcelona. Los...
20 Minutes of Science in Òmnium – Girona
16/03/2015
The University of Girona (UdG) and Omnium Cultural Gironès have organized the conference series “20 minutes of science” aimed to disseminate scientific knowledge. With a brief presentation and subsequent discussion, the conferences are an introduction to current news, innovative study or theme. The conferences will take place the second Thursday of...
Workshop “Building games”
10/03/2015
In this activity reproduce some architectural experiments: structures growing network, interchangeable parts, expandable buildings… Date: Monday, March 30th 2015 at 11.00 Tuesday, March 31th 2015 at 11.00 Wednesday, April 1th 2015 at 11:00 Duration: 1h 30min Location: Caixa Forum. Ciutadans street, 19,...
Workshop “The magic of periodic table of elements”
In this workshop we will review the elements of periodic table of elements with simple but intriguing and seductive magic tricks, which will be completed on stage with spectacular and quick chemistry experiments. A unique show that, using the historical relationship between magic and science, will mix enjoyment with...
Google Science Fair
09/03/2015
The Google Science Fair is a free and online science competition open to students ages 13 to 18 from around the globe. There are two age groups, 13-15 and 16-18. Students sign up for the Science Fair with a free Google account at the website. They’ll then carry out a test or...
Talentum Schools Workshop at Mobile World Centre
02/03/2015
School Mobile World Centre is a free program of open workshops and conferences at the Mobile World Centre in Barcelona. The school includes Talentum Schools program it offers activities for children to create their own projects, play with the robot ATTI, play with augmented reality as well as to be creators of...
Design for life. 99 projects for the real world
24/02/2015
The Museu del Disseny de Barcelona presents its first temporary exhibition dedicated to objects designed to make our lives better. The purpose of the exhibition is to show the key role that design can play in providing solutions to social and everyday problems of different types, improving the welfare of citizens both...
Mathematics Museum of Catalonia MMACA
23/02/2015
MMACA Association was founded with the aim to promote and create a Museum of Mathematics in Catalonia fostering the dissemination of mathematics. Through the experiences offered MMACA aims to change the idea of a distant and abstract mathematics, and enable a intuitive and manipulative closer look that promotes enjoyment through thinking...
Exhibition “Sputnik: the odyssey of the Soyuz 2”
19/02/2015
The Sputnik Foundation it is proposed to clarify many episodes of the soviet space program. One of the most intriguing is the epic of the Soyuz 2. This spacecraft was launched on October 25, 1968 with Colonel Ivan Istochnikov and dog Kloka on board. With the currently available data, the Foundation...
International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies
17/02/2015
The International Year of Light is a global initiative which will highlight to the citizens of the world the importance of light and optical technologies in their lives, for their futures, and for the development of society. In proclaiming an International Year focusing on the topic of light science and...
Scientific Perspectives: 2015 the International Year of Light
The United Nations and Unesco have declared 2015 the International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies. In proclaiming an International Year focusing on the topic of light science and its applications, the UN has recognized the importance of raising global awareness about how light-based technologies promote sustainable development and provide solutions...
«Papirobiologia»: dinosaurs, mammals, insects and reptiles made with paper
Dinosaurs, insects, amphibians, mammals, birds, reptiles, plants and fungi all created a small scale with the art of papiroflexia, also known as origami. This is the proposal of “Papirobiologia”, an exhibition of nearly two hundred works made by members of the Spanish Origami Association (AEP), an organization that brings together mathematicians, biologists,...
Today is the 206th anniversary of the birth of CharlesDarwin
12/02/2015
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change" Charles Darwin, 1809-1882. Darwin, a naturalist’s voyage around the world On the basis of Charles Darwin’s book “Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Surveying...
Citizen science project to fight Asian tiger mosquitoes AtrapaelTigre.com
10/02/2015
Tiger mosquitoes pose a problem that affects many people. The project takes a task traditionally delegated to technical services and professional scientists and it passes on to the public. Citizen science is based on the idea that common knowledge and participation by a large group can help to solve scientific...
Proyecto #Guappis
#Guappis es un proyecto colaborativo dirigido a compartir experiencias didácticas utilizando aplicaciones (Apps) para dispositivos móviles y tabletas. Es un proyecto abierto a la participación de docentes y de todas aquellas personas interesadas en la utilización de dispositivos móviles y sus aplicaciones (estudiantes, familias, etc.). El objetivo principal del proyecto es...
Animated Science. Episode 1. The Scientific Method
06/02/2015
The first episode of Animated Science project describes the scientific method and each of the phases that compose it. The main character observes the phenomenon that is going to be analysed, in this case the growth of a plant and factors affecting it. First, he makes a hypothesis. Then, together...
Audiovisual Project “Animated Science” by University of Barcelona
The UB divulga releases the project Animated Science which aims at creating a collection of audiovisual resources to bring children closer to scientific concepts in an amusing way. The site Animated Science will collect the episodes, as well as related clips and teaching materials. The project has been developed by the Scientific Culture...
Cycle science workshops for families. CaixaForum – Girona
01/02/2015
Activity 1: Workshop Planets and Stars (age +4) This activity aims to introduce little ones into the world of astronomy and foster an interest for observing the sky (the Earth, the Moon and the planets of the Solar System). Date: Saturday, March 7th 2015 at 18.00 h. Sunday,...
¿Hubo vacas en Marte?
22/12/2014
El editorial del diario el País del pasado sábado plantea una interesante reflexión sobre la presencia de metano en el plantea Marte, que reproducimos a continuación: “Hasta en los gases hay clasismo. Así tenemos a la aristocracia —por algo se llaman gases nobles— en la que podemos encontrar denominaciones que...
How can we avoid kelp beds turning into barren grounds?
15/12/2014
Urchins are marine invertebrates that mould the biological richness of marine grounds. However, an excessive proliferation of urchins may also have severe ecological consequences on marine grounds as they reduce algal cover and affect the survival of other marine species. To explore global dynamics and the factors that turn kelp...
Christmas in Museums 2014 – Barcelona
This Christmas be amazed by artworks and unique inventions, travel through history and dive into fascinating worlds, such as science, architecture or archeology. The museums invite you to enjoy a wide range of proposals designed for all ages. See the schedule here
6 Museus x Nadal 2014 – Girona
Vine al Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya-Girona, Museu del Cinema, Museu d’Art, Museu d’Història de Girona, Casa Masó i Museu d’Història dels Jueus i participa de les activitats que t’hem preparat per al Nadal. Dies: 24, 27, 29 i 30 de desembre, 2 i 3 de gener Horari: de 10:30 a...
Exhibition: “A billion eyes for a billion stars”
30/11/2014
Pre-doctoral and post-doctoral researchers of the Gaia UB research team, from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB (ICCUB-IEEC), offer guided visits to the exhibition “A billion eyes for a billion stars”. They will describe the technological challenge represented by the Gaia mission, which aims to know better the...
Wikispaces Classroom
13/11/2014
Wikispaces Classroom is a social writing platform for education. It offers teachers the possibility to create workspaces with students, propose projects writing in any field of knowledge -both individual or group-. The teachers can monitor their students’ work as it happens so they can give feedback, assistance, and encouragement as needed, while all...
Los caminos de la ciencia son infinitos
Un proyecto organizado conjuntamente por la Unidad de Cultura Científica e Innovación (UCC+i) y la Escuela de Doctorado de la Universidad de Barcelona pone en contacto a estudiantes de doctorado con escuelas de primaria y secundaria que quieran conocer de primera mano el día a día de un investigador. Con el nombre de Caminos Infinitos, porque...
MIT Open Course Ware
12/11/2014
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all Massachusetts Institute of Technology course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. Through OCW, educators can improve courses and curricula, making their schools more effective; students find additional resources to help them...
Centro Nacional de la Ciencia y la Tecnología -CIENTEC-
11/11/2014
La página web ha sido creada por el Centro Nacional de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (CIENTEC), declarada de interés nacional por el gobierno de Costa Rica por su contribución para el desarrollo de una cultura científica y tecnológica para la promoción de equidad. Ofrece diversos contenidos sobre ciencias y...
19ª Semana de la Ciencia en Cataluña
Del 14 al 23 de noviembre se celebrará en Cataluña la 19ª Semana de la Ciencia. En esta semana se llevarán a cabo una serie de actividades de divulgación científica, tales como: jornadas de puertas abiertas, exposiciones, charlas, juegos, talleres científicos, entre otras actividades. Los temas centrales de la edición de...
Space Place – Nasa
Space Place is a website designed especially for children and is maintained by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), the California Institute of Technology and ITEEA (International Technology and Engineering Education Association). Through the page content the visitors can access to activities about various topics related...
ESA-Kids
The European Space Agency (ESA) was started in 1975 and is constituted by 20 countries. ESA-kids is a portal created especially for young children in order to know the world of space travel, astronomy and earth sciences. The portal is organized by topics and resources. The topics explain aspects of...
ExperCiencia. Experimentando Ciencia
Experciencia es un blog creado por una licenciada en ciencias físicas con la colaboración de padres y educadores especialistas en ciencia para niños. En este blog se proponen y organizan actividades científicas que permiten desarrollar la creatividad, la imaginación, la curiosidad y el espíritu crítico de los niños, introduciéndolos en el...
Club GeoGebra Iberoamericano – Nueva convocatoria 2014- 2015
06/11/2014
La Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI) invita a los profesores y estudiantes iberoamericanos a incorporarse al Club GeoGebra Iberoamericano. Esta iniciativa cuenta con el apoyo e impulso de la Consejería de Economía, Innovación, Ciencia y Empleo de la Junta de Andalucía (España)....
19th Science Week in CosmoCaixa Barcelona
05/11/2014
From 18 to 23 November 2014 Cosmocaixa Barcelona organizes exhibitions and open workshops. Schedule Exhibition “X Science Book Fair”. From 18 to 23 November 2014. An annual meeting with the science book. An event to appreciate the significance of the book of science and its contribution to culture and the formation...
Enverinats
“Enverinats” gives us a close-up on the world of Nature’s venoms, with 50 live animals such as tarantulas, frogs and snakes, as well as a considerable number of plants, mushrooms and minerals. The exhibition shows us the workings and uses of poison, demystifying beliefs and revealing unknown aspects of this toxic...
News in El Punt Avui
03/11/2014
El pasado 2 de noviembre el diario El Punt Avui publicó la noticia de nuestras actividades con la escuela Carme Auguet de Girona en torno al programa ‘Investiga amb RecerCaixa!’. “La curiositat. Aquesta és la base que ha mogut el progrés científic i tecnològic de la humanitat. Ho va explicar dimarts el...
La escuela Carme Auguet investiga con nosotros
29/10/2014
El 28 de octubre de 2014 se celebró en el Caixaforum de Girona un encuentro entre los niños, niñas y maestras de la escuela Carme Auguet y nuestros investigadores del proyecto “Las experiencias de los jóvenes fuera de la escuela relacionadas con la ciencia y la tecnología y su impacto...
Science Perspectives: Big scientific questions
27/10/2014
Robots, Quantum Physics, Genetic Engineering… Scientific knowledge is making constant progress but there are still many unanswered questions, which will be discussed in the Libraries of Barcelona. On November mondays, Barcelona Libraries propose us to explore some of the biggest questions that science has raised, with the Visions of Science...
21è Festival Internacional de Cinema del Medi Ambient de Barcelona
25/10/2014
CaixaForum acollirà del 6 al 9 de novembre quatre de les pel•lícules del 21è Festival Internacional de Cinema del Medi Ambient de Barcelona, en el marc de l’exposició “Gènesi”, de Sebastião Salgado. Dijous 6 de novembre | 21.00 h Inauguració de la 21è Festival Internacional de Cinema del Medi Ambient...
Génesis de Sebastião Salgado
Con su proyecto Génesis, Sebastião Salgado busca los orígenes del mundo y del planeta que habitamos. Un mundo que ha evolucionado durante miles de años antes de verse enfrentado al ritmo de la vida moderna. Esta exposición presenta fotografías de paisajes, animales y personas alejadas del mundo moderno: regiones...
Pasado, presente y futuro de las ciencias y artes en los Centros Cívicos de Barcelona
24/10/2014
La Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona (RACAB) presenta un ciclo de conferencias en los Centros Cívicos para dar a conocer el conocimiento científico y las innovaciones tecnológicas que hacen mejorar nuestra vida. La propuesta, formada por seis charlas y dos visitas (en el Observatorio Fabra y la...
One more reason to get a good night’s sleep
19/10/2014
The brain uses a quarter of the body’s entire energy supply, yet only accounts for about two percent of the body’s mass. So how does this unique organ receive and, perhaps more importantly, rid itself of vital nutrients? New research suggests it has to do with sleep.
Measuring the Earth
> Documentary of the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya. It aims to show the evolution of the representation of the Earth since ancient times to the present day.The way to understand the Earth as a plan to be represented in spherical form, the first calculations to know the size...
World Wide Science
15/10/2014
World Wide Science is a federation of scientific portals developed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) of the Department of Energy of the United States. It encompasses 95 databases, approximately, which have open access and open domain belonged to more than 70 countries. From these databases it is...
National Geographic Kids
11/10/2014
This is a website specially created by the National Geographic Society with the purpose that children know and respect the fauna and flora of our planet. With abundant multimedia resources is a place for fun learning about animals, nature and science through interesting facts, funny videos, activities, games, photos and...
Science Kids. Fun science & technology for kids!
01/10/2014
Science for Kids és una pàgina que ofereix recursos educatius per a mestres i pares de família amb l’objectiu de fer la ciència divertida i atractiva per als nens, presentant els conceptes de manera que aquests els puguin entendre i gaudir. La pàgina conté molta informació sobre diferents temes i...
Code
16/09/2014
Launched in 2013 in the United States, Code.org® is a non-profit dedicated to expanding participation in computer science by making it available in more schools, and increasing participation by women and underrepresented students. The project proposes that computer science and computer programming should be part of the core curriculum in...
Scratch
15/09/2014
Scratch is a programming language and an online community where children can program and share interactive media such as stories, games, and animation with people from all over the world. When participating in the Scratch online community, members can explore and experiment in an open learning community with other Scratch...
Open Education Consortium
12/09/2014
The Open Education Consortium is a worldwide community of hundreds of higher education institutions and associated organizations committed to advancing open education and its impact on global education. They seek to instill openness as a feature of education around the world, allowing greatly expanded access to education while providing a...
National Geographic Magazines
National Geographic, formerly The National Geographic Magazine, is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. In addition to being well known for articles about the most distant corners...
NatGeo Education
12/08/2014
The NG Education website at NatGeoEd.org offers free geography, science, and social studies resources for K-12 educators and students. These highly engaging, multimedia materials maximize learning in and out of the classroom. The site features wide-ranging instructional content—spanning pre-kindergarten through post-secondary—that brings concepts and real-world events to life for our...
Brújula Educativa
11/08/2014
Brújula Educativa publica información sobre los proyectos de formación liderados por el Centro Internacional de Tecnologías Avanzadas -CITA- de la Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez. Los proyectos giran en torno a las tecnologías educativas, están destinados a profesores de cualquier nivel educativo, y tienen por finalidad ayudar a los docentes a...
Edudemic
The goal of Edudemic is to connect teachers, administrators, students, and just about everyone else with the best technology on the planet. A modest goal, to be sure. Started in April 2010 by Jeff Dunn, Edudemic has grown to become one of the leading education technology sites on the web....
Ocells dels jardins
10/08/2014
Ocells dels jardins is a project promoted by the Catalan Institute of Ornithology where you can learn to recognize and count the birds in your garden, in a public park or even on the balcony of your home. We encourage you to collaborate!
SciStarter. Science we can do together
28/07/2014
SciStarter is a place to find, join, and contribute to science through recreational activities and citizen science research projects. Citizen science is the public involvement in inquiry and discovery of new scientific knowledge. The SciStarter database of citizen science projects enable discovery, organization, and greater participation in citizen science. SciStarter...
Biblioteca Escolar Digital (BED)
07/07/2014
La Biblioteca Escolar Digital -BED- es una herramienta didáctica para profesores, alumnos, padres, pedagogos e investigadores del mundo de la educación creada por el Centro Internacional de Tecnologías Avanzadas -CITA- de la Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez (Salamanca- España). El propósito de BED es ser una herramienta útil y eficaz para...
Eureka: divulgación científica en las aulas
La Revista Eureka es una publicación mantenida por Omnis Cellula, entidad sin ánimo de lucro vinculada a la Universidad de Barcelona. La publicación está dirigida especialmente a jóvenes estudiantes de educación secundaria y bachillerato y tiene por objetivo fomentar el interés por la investigación y la vocación científica. Eureka combina...
Deveras
Deveras es una revista infantil de divulgación científica editada por el Consejo Mexiquense de Ciencia y Tecnología (COMECYT). Es una publicación que desde el 2012 está incluida en el prestigioso Índice de Revistas Mexicanas de Divulgación Científica y Tecnológica que promueve el Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, CONACYT. La...
Muy Interesante
Muy Interesante es una revista mensual de divulgación y ciencia popular, creada en España. Sus contenidos abarcan desde las ciencias biomédicas, la tecnología y la astrofísica hasta la psicología y la historia. La publicación se caracteriza por la riqueza visual, fotográfica e infográfica, así como por un estilo periodístico y...
Reportero Doc
Reportero Doc es una revista educativa para niños y niñas a partir de 9 años, que les ayuda a descubrir el mundo. La revista cuenta con cuatro secciones (“Maxi Doc”, “Súper Cómic”, “El animal” y “La sorpresa”) que tratan el tema central de cada número desde diferentes puntos de vista:...
L’aigua que no veiem, però sí que usem
27/06/2014
L’aigua subterrània constitueix la principal fracció d’aigua dolça disponible al nostre planeta per satisfer les necessitats de proveïment d’una població creixent que, a més, a mesura que augmenten el desenvolupament econòmic i el benestar social, demana una dotació més gran per càpita d’aquest recurs. L’exploració, el control, la modelització i...
La ciència de l’aigua: “Què fem amb l’aigua quan està bruta?”
In this session, Joan Mata, professor from the Department of Chemical Engineering of Universitat de Barcelona, speaks about the water cycle, particularly the management of waste water. He describes how is it generated and how it can be reduced. The activity is part of the series La ciència de l’aigua...
Science Books for Students
24/06/2014
Reading science trade books is the perfect way for students to build literacy skills while learning science content. The books that appear in these lists were selected as outstanding children’s science trade books. They were chosen by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and...
GeoGebra
GeoGebra is an interactive software for the study of arithmetic, geometry, algebra and calculus that offers multiple representations of mathematical objects from each of the possible perspectives: graphical views, algebraic and data sheets. Each representation of the same object is dynamically linked to the others in an automatic and mutual...
Tiching
Tiching is a school educational network that aims to be a benchmark in which the education community can find and share resources to learn and teach better. Its objective is to make accessible to teachers, students and families all educational digital contents available on the Internet and to disseminate them...
Learner at the Center of a Networked World
22/06/2014
The ASPEN Institute Task Force on Learning and the Internet (2014). Learner at the Center of a Networked World. Washington, DC: the ASPEN Institute. Retrieved: http://aspeninstitute.fsmdev.com/documents/AspenReportFinalPagesRev.pdf This report sets forth a vision that stems from the premise that the learner needs to be at the center of novel approaches and...
Started the first phase of the project
16/06/2014
We have started the first phase of the project youth experiences outside of school related to science and technology. In this first phase, from interviews of focus groups with children and young people from three age groups (11,13 and 15) and groups formed by their parents, we aim to identify...
TED Ideas worth spreading
15/06/2014
TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED covers almost all topics — from science to to global issues — in more than 100 languages. It also organizes events like TEDx known in order to share ideas on...
Ediciones iamiqué: libros científicamente divertidos
14/06/2014
Ediciones iamiqué es una pequeña empresa argentina manejada por una física y una bióloga empecinadas en demostrar que la ciencia no muerde y puede ser disfrutada por todo el mundo. Ofrecen libros informativos en un formato muy creativo y divertido, que aprovechan el gusto y la curiosidad de los niños...
Salvadoriana. The Barcelona cabinet of curiosities
Salvadoriana es una exposición de reliquias del patrimonio científico de Barcelona coleccionadas por diversas generaciones de la familia Salvador e incluye elementos del mundo mineral, vegetal y animal. Es una colección nacida de la curiosidad y de la pasión por atesora, pero también de una voluntad de investigación científica con...
To Space and back
13/06/2014
Esta exposición temporal de CosmoCaixa Barcelona, muestra cómo los avances científicos y tecnológicos para la exploración espacial han generado conocimientos y recursos utilizados en beneficio de la sociedad. Muchos de los aparatos utilizados en la medicina y en la vida cotidiana en general fueron desarrollados a partir de tecnologías pensadas...
Khan Academy
09/06/2014
Khan Academy is a non-profiteducational website created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan to provide “a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.” Students can make use of our extensive library of content, including interactive challenges, assessments, and videos from any computer with access to the web. The website features thousands...
Mediterranean Virtual Herbarium
The western Mediterranean Virtual Herbarium is a wide gallery of images of the plants in the western Mediterranean basin. The Virtual Herbarium has been structured in index entries or individual web pages for each vegetable species considered. The most important aim of each entry are the images of the plants;...
TeacherTube: videos, audios, photos and educational documents
TeacherTube is a video sharing website similar to, and based on, YouTube. It is designed to allow those in the educational industry, particularly teachers, to share educational resources such as video, audio, documents, photos, groups and blogs. The site contains a mixture of classroom teaching resources and others designed to...
Edu3.cat
Edu3.cat es un portal de radio y televisión educativas por internet impulsado por el Departament d’Ensenyament de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Dispone de más de 5000 materiales audiovisuales elaborados por el propio Departament, Televisió de Catalunya (TV3) y Catalunya Radio, entre otros, organizados por niveles educativos. En particular, ofrece secciones...
CmapTools, concept maps
The CmapTools program, developed by the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC), University of West Florida (USA), empowers users to construct, navigate, share and criticize knowledge models represented as concept maps. It allows users to, among many other features, construct their Cmaps in their personal computer, share them on...
FreeMind, mind-mapping
FreeMind is a free mind-mapping software written in Java. Using keywords, symbols and colors assists in brainstorming new outlines and projects as ideas are added around the mind map or semantic networks that provide a declarative representation of objects, properties and relationships. FreeMind is licensed under the GNU General Public...
Dipity, interactive timelines
Dipity allows users to create free timelines online. Users can create, share, embed and collaborate on interactive, visually engaging timelines that integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps. In addition to the free version, there are several modes of subscription for those who need access to...
Canva, to create presentations, posters, invitations…
Canva gives you everything you need to easily turn ideas into stunning designs. Create designs for Web or print: blog graphics, presentations, Facebook covers, flyers, posters, invitations and so much more. With one million images and thousands of fonts, there are endless combinations to choose from for your next project....
Visme, to create interactive presentations, infographics, banners…
08/06/2014
Visme allows users to create interactive presentations, infographics and other engaging content. Transform otherwise boring data into engaging visuals that will turn heads and get the point across. Visme is based on HTML5, which means all content works well on mobile devices too. The developers say it is “so easy...
Fundación Española para la Ciencia y Tecnología, FECYT
06/06/2014
La Fundación Española para la Ciencia y Tecnología, FECYT, es una fundación pública dependiente del Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad de España, cuya misión es impulsar la ciencia, la tecnología y la innovación, promoviendo su integración y acercamiento a la sociedad. En su web se pueden encontrar noticias, convocatorias de...
SINC, la ciencia es noticia
El Servicio de Información y Noticias Científicas (SINC) es la primera agencia pública de ámbito estatal especializada en información sobre ciencia, tecnología e innovación en español. El equipo de SINC produce noticias, reportajes, entrevistas y materiales audiovisuales (vídeos, fotografías, ilustraciones e infografías). Todos los contenidos producidos por SINC tienen una...
EXPLORA
05/06/2014
EXPLORA es un Programa Nacional de Educación No Formal en Ciencia y Tecnología, creado en 1995 por la Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, CONICYT, Chile. La misión del programa EXPLORA es contribuir a la creación de una cultura científica y tecnológica en la comunidad, y, en particular, en niñas,...
Cuéntame Ciencia. La ciencia en los cuentos infantiles
“Cuéntame Ciencia. La ciencia en los cuentos infantiles” es una exposición del Museo de la Ciencia de Valladolid (España) que muestra las conexiones existentes entre la literatura infantil y la ciencia. Una lectura atenta a los cuentos infantiles permite encontrar nociones científicas diversas, que pueden ser explicadas a los más...
Semana Nacional de la Ciencia y la Tecnología en Argentina
04/06/2014
Durante la Semana Nacional de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, del 9 al 20 de junio, museos, centros de investigación, bibliotecas, academias de ciencia, jardines botánicos, universidades, clubes de ciencia, escuelas, cines y teatros de toda Argentina, ofrecen un conjunto de actividades para que te acerques a la ciencia y...
Explorando el mundo marino
Los próximos 7 y 8 de junio en CosmoCaixa Barcelona se llevarán a cabo talleres para niños sobre temáticas relacionadas con el mar. En las actividades los niños y niñas podrán conocer la fauna y la flora marina, cómo funciona un submarino y la importancia del hielo antártico para el...
Fishing museum
El Museo de la Pesca quiere contribuir, como elemento de calidad, el desarrollo cultural, económico y social de la comunidad. Trabaja para afianzarse en el propio territorio y ayudar a provocar cambios y reflexiones hacia el patrimonio marítimo y pesquero que favorezcan la sociedad. Los objetivos que la han de...
Science
25/05/2014
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world’s top scientific journals. The major focus of the journal is publishing important original scientific research and research reviews, but Science also publishes science-related news, opinions on science policy and other matters of interest to scientists...
EducaLAB
24/05/2014
Conoce, conecta, crea, comparte, colabora Es una iniciativa del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte español que agrupa el Blog del INTEF (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado), el Blog del Cniie (Centro Nacional de Innovación e Investigación Educativa) y el Blog del Inee (Instituto Nacional...
La veu dels arbres
08/05/2014
Els dissabtes d’11 a 13 hores (durada aproximada de 2 hores) Dates: 26 d’abril, 10, 17, 24 i 31 de maig, 7 de juny. Consultar el calendari per veure’n la disponibilitat. Lloc: Finca Agustí Pedro i Pons de la UB, Av. Vallvidrera, 25 – 08017 Barcelona (Com arribar-hi). Destinataris: Adreçat...
Taller sobre Cristalografía
24/04/2014
Con motivo de la celebración del Año Internacional de la Cristalografía, los museos integrantes de la red Museos de Ciencia Ruta Norte, los museos científicos vinculados geográficamente al Camino de Santiago, organizan la celebración simultánea de un taller sobre cristalografía para un público infantil. Sábado 31 de mayo a las 11:30...
Comienza la inscripción para los Campus Científicos de Verano 2014
15/04/2014
La convocatoria de participación está abierta desde el día 2 de abril hasta el 26 de abril de 2014. El Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte y la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología, FECYT, con la colaboración de Obra Social “la Caixa”, abren este 2 de abril...