O programa STEMbach na Área de Bioquímica e Bioloxía Molecular da Facultade de Ciencias

Resumo

The program of the High School degree with excellence recognition in Science and Technology, STEMbach is a program of the Xunta de Galicia, aimed at first and second year high school students to promote science among students, based on scientific thinking and through an eminently practical approach. The role of the University is to provide students the possibility of carrying out scientific projects at UDC directed by specialist Professors in several subjects, bringing students closer to the world of scientific research in a realistic way. The Area of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Faculty of Sciences has participated in the last three editions, developing six different projects where four IES, public and private and 14 students have participated. Although the number of students who participated in the STEMbach projects is relatively low, surveys show that for most students the program is useful and interesting, especially the experimental part performed at UDC, emphasizing that they would like to spend more time at laboraroy. On the other hand, the high school teachers expressed their preference for the establishment of a stable collaboration between their center and the selected UDC project, repeating the same project year after year, allowing adjust the theoretical part to practice.