The science fair oldest of Canary Islands and the second of all Spain returns this Sunday, November 13 to the Plaza del Quiosco in La Orotava. After two years of restrictions due to the Covid pandemic, this popular science exhibition is finally back as normal and with almost twenty participating entities. the village mayor, Francis Linares; the director of the fair, Juanjo MartinY Belen Machadoon behalf of the Cepsa Foundation, were in charge of unveiling this Monday, November 7, 2022, the poster, prepared using artificial intelligence from Googleand the program of this appointment with science for all audiences.
Linares stressed that “this unique fair is a reference in Spain and a unique sample in Canary Islands». In its almost two decades of history, it has had the participation of the main research centers on the islands, scientific associations and foundations. Previous editions in which it has received the visit of more than 55,000 people who have been able to participate in experiments, exhibitions, scientific demonstrations, astronomical observations or planetariums.
After two editions marked by health restrictions, this Sunday “the largest scientific outreach event on the islands returns to the central plaza of the islands with the edition with the largest number of participating entities in its history,” he stressed. Juanjo Martin. The fair will feature talks, workshops, demonstrations and experiments, magic and science, planetarium sessions, direct observation of the Sun, computational thinking games and novelties such as Eratosthenes’ experiment, Foucault’s pendulum or the space explorersa virtual visit to the International Space Station.
This year they participate in the fair Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islandsthe Official College of Chemists of the Canary Islands, la Canarian Orotava Foundation for the History of Sciencethe Telesforo Bravo Foundation, the Spanish Association Against Cancer, the Cassiopeia Cultural Hallthe National Geographic Institute, the Cultural Classroom for Computational Thinking, the Genetics Group of the University of La Laguna (ULL), the Materials and Chemistry Group (ULL), Goron of the Wind of the Cabildo of El Hierro, the Scientific and Technological Park of the Cabildo de Tenerife, the Fisquitos Mathematics Group, the Plant Ecophysiology Group, the Science and Cosmos Museum, the Interreg EELabs Project of the IAC, the Physical Geography and Environment Group of the ULPGC) or the Microplastic Pollutant Impact Assessment Group Emerging in the Coasts of Macaronesia (ULL).
Criticism of the Cabildo and the Canarian Government for not collaborating
Linares regrets that this fair does not have the support of the Government of the Canary Islands or the Cabildo de Tenerife in 2022: «It is inadmissible, inconceivable and unacceptable that both public institutions do not support an exhibition of this magnitude; unique in the archipelago. The mayor points out that “when supporting these rigorous and interesting initiatives, it should not matter where they are carried out.”
