Carnival, We miss U! February, 16th (IES Adeje)

 Blackout poetry to celebrate Carnival!

We celebrated in a different way: reading local newspapers and looking for messages or words related to carnival🎉 Hope you can visit us next year! 💞

Does science have gender? by Fátima Afonso ( INETE, Portugal)

 

Does science have gender?

Apparently it seems to be happening nowadays. This preponderance of male scientists in science-related positions led the UN to define February 11 as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science in 2016. This day has the great aim of marking gender equality in Science. For 15 years, the community has tried to increase the number of women in science and contribute to parity.
Throughout the OECD, Portugal stands out as an example, with 57% of Portuguese students choosing scientific courses, against 39% of the average. A significant fact, but it should not be surprising, since, in the general context of the country, it is also women who achieve the best academic rankings, far above male colleagues.

Not so long ago, and even in some communities and contexts, women were excluded, seen as elements who would not be able to exercise such a profession; received less funding than male counterparts. Being a woman in science does not mean the same as it did in the past. I believe that, thanks to the women who fought to be known in the past, today others can easily be recognized.
Here are some Women Scientists who became known in the field of science.

Branca Edmée Marques (1899-1986) was a student at the Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon University and was a scholarship holder, in the 1930s, at the institute created by Marie Curie in Paris. Despite the honorable work, her career in Portugal was adverse. Only in 1966 did she reach the chair, at the age of 67.

Branca Edmée Marques

Seomara da Costa Primo (1895-1986) graduated in Historical-Natural Sciences, in 1919, at Lisbon University. She worked until 1942 as a second assistant in Botany, receiving her doctorate in that year. Despite the great experience acquired over those years and having been the first extraordinary teacher hired in college, she would not reach the top of her career.

Seomara da Costa Primo

 

Elvira Fortunato (1964 -?) Currently, she is Full Professor at Universidade NOVA, Vice-Rector of NOVA and Director of the Materials Research Center at the Associated Laboratory. She graduated in Physics and Materials Engineering in 1987, with a PhD in 1995 in Microelectronics and Optoelectronics. She received a Czochralski Medal for Materials Science from the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Blaise Pascal Medal from the European Academy of Sciences. She was distinguished with several National and International Awards, among which the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in 2009 by Galati University stands out and the degree of Grand Officer of the Order of Infante D. Henrique o Navegador granted by the President of the Republic of Portugal in 2010. She is an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences since 2016, and of Lisbon's Academy of Sciences since 2017.

 

                             Elvira Fortunato

 

Women in Science in Brazil by Isabela Rocha ( INETE, Portugal)

 

 

Women in Brazil, no matter how important they are in science, are not as highly valued as men.  Nowadays in Brazil about 54% of students have a doctorate.  This number is similar to that of more developed countries like the United States.  Despite this number, women are not well represented at the highest levels of their careers.  A recent study shows that women represent only 24% of the scientists benefiting from the Brazilian government subsidy as the most productive.  Women scientists are only 14% of the Brazilian Academy of Science. Inequality comes from all professions.

 

Among one of the most important women in science in Brazil we can mention Suzana Herculano-Houzel who was born in 1972 (49 years old).  She is a neuroscientist, graduated in biology, has a master's, doctoral and postdoctoral studies in neuroscience.  She was well represented in the media like social networks, newspapers and television. Her findings include a method of counting neurons in human and other animal brains and the relationship between the area and thickness of the cerebral cortex (the most superficial layer of the brain) and the number of folds on its surface. In 2008 she was the host of a Brazilian television program “Fantástico” from the “Neurológica” board. In 2013 she was the first Brazilian to attend the TED Global conference.

 

In 2016 Suzana decided to return to the United States to complete the contract with Vanderbilt University.

She was the first Brazilian scholar from the James McDonnel Foundation to receive the Scholar Award.

In addition to publishing more than 25 scientific articles in 11 years considered one of the most important, published in Science.

 

 

 

 

Suzana Herculano-Houzel

Science helps everybody! (by IISS G. Torno)

 

Our video about "the researchers help all the people" is ready! Hope you like it! 😁

https://youtu.be/XjnmvHs-SP4

International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February, 11) 3º ESO B, IES Adeje

 Do you know that there are a lot of incredible women working as scientists? In the past they were not visible, fortunately the situation has changed! 

Our exhibition throughout the hall: 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/iMMjY6AQ937CXdzC9

https://photos.app.goo.gl/L5YCLkyWpt69M3kr5

*After researching on this topic...

https://www.instagram.com/nomorematildas/

http://www.lascientificascuentan.es/ 

*Be ready to listen to some of our podcasts about some Spanish women that are contributing to the scientific field! Enjoy! We also discovered and want to share a nice app to listen to podcasts! https://spreadthewordpodcasts.podbean.com/

https://jesustransformersmariobros.podbean.com/?action=openPodcast&podcastId=pbblog11078672&podcastIdTag=2z2ua&utm_campaign=a_share_pp&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=a_share

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ry8qF0K0bL23vA5KryFsDwBa6G9qPFZS/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IVPI9DW0dzjXVzxi9jh83SZDfxGmB-9Y/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BFgaiCct7M0PRzmumSSzsVqm15frF-_x/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SG4j1Gw7dikuHfBMHceciE2UnueDaqfK/view?usp=drivesdk

Do you know any of these awesome women?

Saint Valentine's Day (February, 14) 3 ESO IES Adeje

 Saint Valentine's Day! Let's celebrate friendship and love 💗😍

We are quite sure you have many friends, family and boyfriends or girlfriends that would like to receive a card with kind and sweet words inside. Come on, dare to express your feelings!!!

These are some cards done in class, do you usually write them? How do you express your LOVE?

Black-out Poetry in CIP Tafalla

Women's international day is a significant date in the year. In CIP Tafalla we have given a twist and we have merged it with Blackout Poetry. Have you ever heard about it?

It consists of searching hidden messages which are in already-finished texts! In our case, an article about the Spanish Women's Day marching during the outbreak of the Covid was given to students to black it out. During this engaging activity, students made every possible effort to find evocative words and then, trying to connect them by using other elements of the syntax to form sentences. Once they have their message, they decided to draw instead of blacking out the poem, which is a valid alternative of this method. It sounds challenging, doesn't it?

Here you have just four examples of students' work. What do you make of it?