At Canigo School of Barcelona we celebrated the STEAM Day like every year; a day dedicated to STEAM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics), in which logical thinking and experimentation was the base of it all. February is always a month closely linked to the STEAM areas because, in addition to the celebration of the STEAM Day, it coincides with the participation of the robotics teams in the First Lego League and High School Biology Olympiads.
This is how the Canigó Kindergarten students celebrated STEAM Day
During the working day, the little ones had the opportunity to do different activities in the Scientific Workshop and project of Preschool in which students perform simple experiments in which they observe, manipulate and play with everyday objects that awaken their curiosity. They, thus, develop a taste for research and science in a playful and experimental way: the “manufacturing” of volcanoes in class, for example, was the experiment that the boys and girls of Preschool did on order to learn about how they work and how they erupt.
They also visited the Cosmocaixa and saw a part of the Amazon jungle in the flooded forest. They learned what land was like in times of the dinosaurs thanks to life-size replicas and fossil remains of large species of dinosaurs from Patagonia. They discovered some of the mysteries of the universe, the planets, the stars or the Solar System.
Science and experimentation in Primary
In Primary, each course carried out activities from various disciplines. In 5th and 6th grades they prepared a mathematical Gymkhana for 1st and 2nd grades. Other activities were related to the program Walking into English; a project that facilitates the acquisition of the English language through the contents of Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Artistic Expression. This is how they learned to make soap, create static electricity, design and build an electrical
Promoting STEAM areas in ESO and Baccalaureate
In Secondary and Baccalaureate, the different courses carried out mathematical and scientific activities. Just as if it was a game, they participated in experimental workshops and attended to a lecture series on relevant current topics.
The doctor Cristina Castellet, Canigó Alumni of the promotion Landa, offered the conference “From Canigó to the operating room. Facing ethical dilemmas that represent a personal and professional challenge” to the groups of Baccalaureate. Graduate in Pharmacy (University of Barcelona); graduated in Medicine (Hospital Clínic- University of Barcelona); specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics from the Dexeus University Hospital; Cumlaude PhD, from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, is currently a gynecologist at the Sagrada Familia Clinic.
In addition, the upper grades prepared mathematical gymkhana in which the 3rd and 4th graders participated and had fun. As well as activities and experiments for students of Preschool.
Laboratory work favors and promotes the learning of STEAM skills in an extraordinary way, proof of this was the exhibition and demonstration by a group of 1st graders of ESO, of the composition of various minerals that occur in nature observing the color of the flame they cause when they light them up.
All students have been able to enjoy a fun and enriching day, which has brought them closer to the world of science and where the little ones learn from the older ones.
The STEAM project at Canigó School
All these activities are framed within the STEAM innovation project, developed by Fomento. This project brings together different learning methodologies that work on logical thinking and experimentation.
The STEAM innovation project work is carried out in all stages from Preschool, and enhances transversal knowledge of STEAM areas.
