The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) reaffirms its commitment to STEAM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) by running its marine educational robotics project, EDUROVs, for the thirteenth consecutive year. Currently in the teacher training phase, this initiative aims to bring science and technology closer to the school environment through the construction
Students from the Advanced Vocational Training Program in Aquaculture at IES Profesor Antonio Cabrera Pérez, located in Telde (Gran Canaria), experienced a unique opportunity this week by visiting the renowned oceanographic vessel OceanXplorer, docked at the Port of La Luz and Las Palmas. This activity was organized by the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands participated in the Canary Islands Science and Innovation Weeks 2024showing how its work contributes to the knowledge of the marine environment and the development ofsustainable solutions for a cleaner energy future. As part of this scientific celebration, PLOCAN opened its facilities to more than 200 students from 7
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has had an outstanding participation in the 2024 edition of Macaronight, an event held at the Elder Museum of Science and Technology, within the framework of the European Researchers’ Night, which aims to bring science closer to the public, especially to the youngest. This year, PLOCAN offered
The facilities of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands in Taliarte welcomed almost a hundred participants on the occasion of the VI final event of the program ‘PrimROV: sea, science and robotics in Primary’ whose main objective is to promote and encourage scientific-technical vocations in children at an early age. During the 2023-2024 school
The onshore facilities of the Oceanic Platform Consortium of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) hosted the exhibition of the prototypes developed in the 12th edition of the Educational Marine Robotics Workshop (EDUROVs), in which seventeen schools in the Canary Islands took part. Eighty students from 10 secondary schools, 3 from Fuerteventura: IES Gran Tarajal, IES Vigán,
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands participated in the 13th edition of the International Marine Fair, held at the Sanapú dock in the port of Las Palmas, which attracted more than 15,000 visitors, as it is an event that brings together important sectors of the blue economy, nautical sport, research and science. At the
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands took part in the 2nd STEAM Conference held at the Teachers’ Centre in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria under the title “With the Future Present”. During the event, PLOCAN presented the educational initiatives it is developing at different educational levels to the island’s teaching staff. At its interactive
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands took part in the VIII Gambuesa Científica 2023, a school science and technology fair in which science and technology projects and experiments, carried out and displayed by students from different schools in Fuerteventura, are shown. This activity aims to promote scientific and technological vocations among students, as well
The “European Researchers’ Night” hosted the celebration of Macaronight 2023, whose main objective is to bring science and technology closer to citizens, especially the younger public, in order to raise awareness of the work of researchers in the Macaronesia region and its impact on everyday life. The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) participated