The Faculty of Science of the University of Navarra is organizing for the eighth consecutive year the 'Science Club', an informative activity aimed at students in the 2nd year of high school throughout Spain and whose main objective is to bring science closer to the new generations. "The main objective of this activity is to awaken scientific vocations by bringing science closer in a simple, practical and informative way, with the help of leading researchers and professors," says José Manuel Trillo, director of Development of the Faculty of Science.

More than 60 students from schools in Navarrawill participate in the classroom mode and another 110 students from the rest of Spain, who have been selected for their good academic record, will receive online sessions.   

Until next February, students from Navarra will attend seven Wednesdays at the facilities of the Faculty of Science to receive training in different areas. In these sessions, which last one hour, they will deal with topics on different disciplines such as physics, mathematics, biochemistry, genetics, zoology, plant biology and chemistry. "The sessions have a practical content, in addition to motivating students to reflect on the importance of the different branches of scientific knowledge," adds Trillo.

The sessions planned for this eighth edition are as follows: "Four hysterias about microbes: science, rigor and humor" given by Ignacio López-Goñi, director of the Science Museum; 'Chemistry, a natural science', by Professor José Ramón Isasi; 'Urban fauna, the animals you can find in the city and the most interesting: Why' by Enrique Baquero; 'Science against crime: analysis of genetic profiles obtained by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)', by Iñigo Izal; 'The solution comes through science: the deterioration of the environment', by David Galicia; 'Collective behavior' by Iker Zuriguel; and 'Looking for immortality?', by Guillermo Zalba.

These face-to-face sessions are videotaped and the students doing the activity remotely can access them a week later and ask questions to the researchers via e-mail.