Students from IES Ibaialde of Burlada have won the national phase of the contest 'Incubator of probes and experiments 16-17'. The first award was awarded ex aequo and also went to the C.P.I. of A Baña (A Coruña). This annual competition seeks to promote the development of statistics projects among students studying ESO, high school diploma or a Formative Cycle of Degree basic or medium in schools throughout Spain.

The group represented the region together with the IES Ribera del Arga after winning the Navarre phase, the first in the ESO category and the second, in high school diplomathe first in the ESO category and the second in the VET and Degree Medio categories. The initiative was organized by the Science Unit of the University of Navarra (ICS) data Institute for Culture and Society of the University of Navarra (ICS) and the department of Statistics and Operational research of the Public University of Navarra (UPNA), with the partnership of the Navarra Society of Mathematics Teachers "TORNAMIRA" - Matematika Irakasleen Nafar Elkartea, the Institute of Statistics of Navarra and the department of Education of the Government of Navarra.

Too much homework in Burlada?

Frederick Nuin, Sergio del Castillo, Luis Miguel Oliete and Alberto Navarro make up the winning team, which was tutored by teacher Sabela Vázquez. They developed the project 'Too much homework in Burlada?', in relation to the homework strike called by the Spanish Confederation of association of Fathers and Mothers of student body in November 2016.

Specifically, they wanted to find out whether in their town, Burlada, students do not have enough free time because of homework, extracurricular activities or a combination of both, or whether the first statement is not true.

In the Navarre phase of the competition 38 students participated, divided into 11 groups from schools in Pamplona, Burlada (IES Ibaialde), Peralta (IES Ribera del Arga), Garralda (high school de Garralda), Tudela (high school San Francisco Javier, IES Benjamín de Tudela), Bera de Bidasoa (Berako Toki Ona Institutan) and from Training Cycles of Degree Medium Educational Centers in Navarra. Of all of them, six teams were selected.