As part of the activities developed by the PMI ULS 1401, the Ineergias team together with students from different careers held an educational day at this establishment for the second consecutive year.

Within the framework of the conference "Science visits your School" carried out by Ineergias Educa, part of the team together with students of different careers from the University of La Serena participated in different activities at the Luis Braille School, an establishment that serves about 60 boys, girls and young people with different degrees of visual impairment.

With the aim of promoting environmental education, arousing concern in students about sustainable development and raising awareness in the educational community, various activities were carried out, including the radio drama of the book "Lycal, Solar Parks in the Desert", next text to be published and that it was created by the Ineergias team for distribution in the educational establishments with which they work. Along with this, the students also learned about water, waste, territory and energy through the interactive game "Where are we going", they also put together educational didactic models of solar panels and learned about Non-Conventional Renewable Energies.

The teacher in charge of the environment area of ​​the establishment, Miriam Gonzales, highlighted the enthusiasm of the students and pointed out: “I think it is very good that these activities are carried out, they use a different methodology, they took care of all the areas that the children work here , auditory, sensory, interaction with others. In general, I found the day very educational and the reception by the children was very good”.

On the occasion, the Ineergias Team participated, a group of students from different University careers, who work together with Ineergias Educa, collaborating from their different academic areas to promote sustainability both outside and inside the ULS. They were the ones in charge of giving life to the characters of the story, in addition to being monitors in the dynamics and games prepared to entertain and educate the children throughout the day.

Marcela Pastén, in charge of the work with educational establishments at Ineergias Educa, highlighted the interest of the educational community in this day and commented that "the activity was quite playful and interesting, we were able to transmit to the children a different way of teaching science, I saw them very happy and we were able to integrate the work of students from the University. This workshop is important because it transmits the knowledge of the University to the community, for this reason, we decided as a team to take this knowledge to the classroom through games and dynamic activities”.

Yuditza Navea, student of Pedagogy in Biology and Natural Sciences at the University of La Serena and member of Team Ineergias since last year, highlighted that "it is a very significant and enriching instance to address other areas of my university education, it serves as an experience , knowing how children learn in the classroom, in addition to the importance of the learning strategies we use, Team Ineergias has been a great experience, being able to carry out what love and care for nature means to me and relate it to the educational community”.

Students and teachers highlighted the participation of Team Ineergias and the constant collaboration of Ineergias Educa with the establishment. In the coming months, Ineergias will continue to carry out activities and conferences in other schools in the region to publicize the importance of environmental education and sustainable development, bringing scientific knowledge closer to the classroom.  

Source: Ineergies Press