A team of scientists is asking us for help to find out if Espai Cràter is really inside a volcano. We will be acting just like geologists and carrying out scientific research, putting scientific method into practice. To perform  our investigation, we’ll be collecting samples in the field, before analysing them in the laboratory, where we will go on to look at the properties of the minerals found (their porosity, magnetism, electrical conductivity, fluorescence, etc.) and so be able to confirm our hypothesis.  After that we will look into the work of volcanologists, how they work and what tools they use, and we’ll see how a seismograph works. Finally, we’ll look at why it is so important to look after the environment and find out about social movements like “Salvem els volcans” (Save the volcanoes), before making a short video to help promote sustainability.

What colors do we find in nature? We observe our environment to discover them, reveal how natural pigments were extracted in the past and we will experiment to extract our pigments from fruits and vegetables. Then, we will see paintings of volcanic landscapes made by renowned artists from La Garrotxa and we will become artists to make a work of art with our natural paints. An activity where science and art go hand in hand.

You’ll feel what it is to be a volcanologist, to discover through experimentation, what a volcano is like, its different parts and that not all volcanoes are the same. You’ll then get the chance to create your own volcano and make it erupt. After that we’ll be looking at a traditional drystone wall, and we’ll play with creating constructions from volcanic materials, just like the people of La Garrotxa did, many years ago; the idea is to show the close relationship between volcanoes and people that has formed part of this region’s identity.