Tierra Blanca, Gto., November 15, 2018.- With the purpose to bring the science and technology generated at the University of Guanajuato (UG) and encourage the liaison of the college students to their environment; the Direction of Support for Research and Postgraduate (DAIP), through the Programs of Divulgation and Communication "eUGreka: tu conecte con la cience", held the eUGreka festival.

Promoting the social appropriation of science in sectors commonly far from academic knowledge, workshops were conducted which addressed topics of the training fields: Chemistry, biology, geology, mathematical thinking and communication.

This led to bring to the children the scientific topics that contribute to their integral formation, favouring the development of basic competencies such as: Linguistic communication, mathematical reasoning, knowledge and interaction with the physical world and Natural, digital and information-processing competence, autonomy and personal initiative, of coexistence and citizenship, of artistic appreciation and expression.

The event was held in Tierra Blanca's main square, where they offered 9 simultaneous workshops from 10:00 to 14:00hrs, addressing fifteen beneficiaries per table, in ten-minute cycles approximately.

The workshops taught were: Radio, to know the process to produce a program to divulge science; Origami, which contributed to the comprehension of spaces and dimensions, creating figures by folding paper; Rocks, through which they met the generalities of Geology through the presentation of the formation process, types and characteristics of rocks and minerals; Fossils, allowed to divulge knowledge and basic concepts of the bachelor's degree of a geologist engineer, through the recreation of the prehistoric species.

In addition, chemical and physical experiments were carried out, with the aim of stimulating the interest and participation of the children through demonstrative and interactive scientific experiments; Robotics, in which demonstrations of the devices generated by the students of the degree in Mechatronics were carried out; Microscopy, allowing the children to know the microscope, its functions and its use; and finally, "Popcorn Pop" workshop with which they were able to know the physical-chemical process by which the grains of maize are transformed into "popcorn", their nutritional value and health benefits.

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