Annual Report 2014

STRENGTHENING THE PROPOSAL FOR RURAL SCHOOLS

also enables the children to use their mathematical knowledge to interpret the charts and work with variables in order to compare the data. Another example of the usefulness of this tool can be seen at School No. 19 in Las Margaritas. The 35 children attending this school studied the different types of soil in theory but also in practice. They began by looking at a video on the subject as part of the See to Learn programme (also by E.dúcate), which adapts to the presence of different year groups at the rural school. Then, with sensor in hand, they visited a nearby quarry to observe and measure the different characteristics of the soil through the variables of acidity, temperature and humidity. Once back in the classroom, they plotted and compared the measurements against those of their peers. The sensor, together with the kit from the Exploration Zone programme for conducting experiments, are the only materials for working in natural sciences. “Science materials didn’t exist in the schools”, explains the head of the Puntas de Santa Fe School, Marisol Reina, who has been a teacher in “The experience of working in the field is nice but sometimes you lack motivation. For this reason, the main contribution of this programme is to give you a reason to keep up-to-date and the option to review practices”, says Marisol Reina, director of the Puntas de Santa Fe School.

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