Enroll in the Mad about Earth Science course
For third year in a row, ICTA-UAB will train high school students on current environmental and sustainability challenges. Registration is open until October 25.
The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) will offer for the third consecutive year the Mad about Earth Science course within the framework of the Mad about Science program of the Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera.
The program taught by ICTA-UAB brings a group of young people closer to the great challenges that the Earth will have to face during the next century. Once again, a group of 24 first-year A-Level students in Catalonia with scientific vocation and talent will be able to learn about the multidisciplinary environment offered by environmental sciences and sustainability to solve problems related to the environment and climate change.
Enrollments can be formalized until October 25, and the program will take place from January to October 2022. During 16 theoretical-practical sessions that will be taught over different Saturdays, students will find out closely about research in major areas applied in environmental science and technology such as sustainability, resource use, recycling, biodiversity, environmental cooperation and behaviour and ecology, among others. In addition, they will be able to become familiar with processes such as photosynthesis, learn about the bioindicative role of macroinvertebrates, shore vegetation and aquatic mammals, how an urban vegetable garden grows, composting organic matter and explore the role of communities in the study of climate change.
They will work alongside leading researchers in their field to experience what science is like in an international research center. There will also be field trips and visits to research facilities. This will allow them to gain practical experience in the latest cutting-edge methodologies and better position themselves for a possible career in their chosen science of tech field.
This year the Mad about Science program celebrates its 10th anniversary and offers 13 different courses on different scientific disciplines ranging from supercomputing, nutrition, economics, mathematics and biochemistry.