The seventh edition of the Gymkhana of the Seas and Oceans (Gymkhana de los Mares y Océanos) was held at the Cosmocaixa in Barcelona, a great activity to show highschool students the key role of the ocean currents in our planet.
Seas and oceans occupy more than two thirds of the planet surface of the planet and for this reason the Earth is also known as the 'Blue Planet'. The oceans constitute a global system and are interconnected through marine currents, which are essential for climate equilibrium and make life possible as we know it.
The seventh edition of the Gymkhana of the Seas and Oceans (Gymkhana de los Mares y Océanos) was held at the Cosmocaixa in Barcelona, a great activity to show highschool students the key role of the ocean currents in our planet.
Seas and oceans occupy more than two thirds of the planet surface of the planet and for this reason the Earth is also known as the 'Blue Planet'. The oceans constitute a global system and are interconnected through marine currents, which are essential for climate equilibrium and make life possible as we know it.
The Gymkhana of the Seas and Oceans is celebrated since 2014 in different cities such as Madrid, Seville and Barcelona. In its seventh edition, 422 students from different institutes of Barcelona have participated. During the day, they carried out activities, workshops and experiments at the CosmoCaixa museum, where they have learned about the biology, geology, ecology, chemistry and physics of the oceans. Students were divided into 12 groups, each one representing an ocean current, and they have collected water in each activity to put it together at the end of the day in the big global currents model.
"There is a whole marine world to discover" said in the final act Josep María Gili, researcher of the ICM and director of "El Mar a Fondo", the educational project in collaboration with the Obra Social la Caixa in which this gymkhana is framed. As a special gift, this year all participants have obtained a copy of "De Tierra o de Mar", a new comic that shows the journey of its protagonists through analogies between land and sea.