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The students of the subject of Initiation to Research of the IES Romano García de Lorquí receive the fourth prize in the European contest of scientific divulgation 'Catch a Star' with his work 'Study of the movement of the sun through a shadow'.
This research project, carried out by students from the 1st year of ESO, has already been recognized and honored with the honor of rigorous and methodical observation and the construction of models that faithfully reflect the experience made in the last edition of Science In Action held in Algeciras in October.
The educational project, using a scientific methodology by inquiry, aims to study the shadow of the sun at different times of the school year.
With the data obtained a model is made in which combine the azimuth and the elevation of the sun every hour from the start to the sunset and studies concepts such as the meridian and the rotation of the earth.
These data are later transferred to astronomical windows to be able to explain in a practical way the movement of the shadow over the days studied.
With this model, we intend to explain the movement of translation of the earth and the seasons paying special attention to days as solstices and equinoxes.
The aim of the European astronomy contest 'Catch a Star' is to stimulate the creativity and independent work of European secondary education students and thus broaden and reinforce their astronomy skills as well as the dissemination of this knowledge.
It is a contest promoted by the European Association for Astronomy Education (EAAE) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
The fourth prize consists of a mounted image of the spiral galaxy NGC 247 located 11 million light years from Earth in the constellation Cetus (whale), in addition students will enjoy a video conference with a professional astronomer.
Other winners were the 'Santo Domingo Savio' school in Úbeda and the 'Jesús María' School in Burgos.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorquí
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