The ninth edition of the Science Club will analyze the pandemic from different disciplines.
This course will be held online and is aimed at schoolchildren from all over Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
The Faculty of Science of the University of Navarra is organizing, for the ninth consecutive year, the "Science Club", an informative activity aimed at students in the 1st and 2nd years of high school from all over Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
"The objective of this course is to increase scientific knowledge in society, to bring science to the new generations through experts, and to awaken new scientific vocations," says José Manuel Trillo, director of Development of the Faculty of Science at the University of Navarra.
This year's sessions are oriented to address the pandemic from different perspectives. For example, physics, chemistry, zoology, microbiology, vaccines, aerosols, data analysis, PCR, social distancing or lifestyles, among others, will be discussed.
"These sessions are intended to stimulate young people to be able to reflect on the different branches of science, and the importance they have to understand certain global problems, their origins and consequences, as is the case of the current pandemic," adds Trillo.
The first session will begin on November 16 at 7:30 pm with the intervention of Professor of Microbiology and science popularizer Ignacio López-Goñi who will speak on "Covid-19. It is the time for science and cooperation". Other sessions planned for this new edition will feature the following experts: "The physicochemistry of viruses" by José Ramón Isasi; "Animals and human health" by Enrique Baquero; "What is a PCR, why does Covid detect and why does it do so well" by Iñigo Izal; "Are we able to move respecting social distancing?"by Iñaki Echeverría; "Anticovid (lifestyle)" by Pedro González; and "Data analysis in times of pandemic" by Francesc Pujol.
Students will be able to join the Science Club throughout the academic year and enjoy the planned sessions and other new ones that will be added. The course is free of charge and registrations can be made through the course web page or by e-mail at scaireta@unav.es. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the course.