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On Saturday, 23 October, as part of the activities surrounding the SEK Stellar Programme Ven a dar la vuelta al mundo initiative , students connected live with the ship PROS which currently sailing around the world, emulating the first circumnavigation of the earth carried out by the navigators Magellan and Elcano.
The connection went up at 16:00 (Spanish time) and the students spoke with the ship’s crew to share this interesting journey and what life is like on board.
Likewise, Diego Fernández Casado, president of the Association of Spanish Naval and Ocean Engineers, a member of the Royal Academy of the Sea and of the Association of Friends of the Great Spanish Navigators and Explorers took part in the chat. Fernández Casado, at the moment, is part of the PROS crew.
SEK Education Group offers several initiatives to foster educational innovation, through SEK Schools, Camilo José Cela University and the Felipe Segovia Foundation, one of which was launched in March 2021 with the aim of sharing talent and entitled Ven a dar la vuelta al mundo.
This is a synchronous online enrichment programme (with tailored timetables), in which, over ten months, students take part in ten adventures corresponding to different stages of the journey of the first circumnavigation of the globe which is celebrating its 5th centenary.
In these adventures students learn about and participate in different scientific and cultural activities, with international experts, and carry out activities and assignments that will ultimately be presented and evaluated. Those selected will receive awards for their work.
The proposal, which is part of the SEK Stellar Programme, was aimed at Spanish-speaking girls and boys between the ages of 9 and 15 from any country in the world, offers participants fortnightly two-hour activities.
This programme aims to share experiences for the development of different talents; for students to learn about the first circumnavigation of the globe; to expand knowledge related to the geography of the places visited, the navigation techniques of the time, the technology used, etc., and interact with the contents in an active way, reinterpreting knowledge from different angles and expressing them with multiple languages.
