How does it work?

Mission Alba in 10 steps:

1 SIGN UP

Register by clicking on the Access/Register button on the main menu. At this point, you’ll be asked to choose which challenge you want to participate in with each of your class-teams.

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2 RECEIVE CONFIRMATION

Within 48 hours, you’ll receive an email confirming your place in the mission and giving you access to the platform.

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3 CREATE YOUR PROFILE

Complete your teacher profile with your contact details.

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4 REGISTER YOUR TEAMS

Enter the class groups you want to participate with. A team and a mission will automatically be created for each of them. Remember, each class will participate as one single team. Each team participates in one challenge only.

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5 DOWNLOAD THE TEACHING MATERIALS

In the Teaching Guides section of this website, you can download the teaching guide for each of the challenges adapted to your region’s educational curriculum. Each guide features a calendar, methodological guidelines, complementary theory, and information on curricular correlation. You can access the materials from the platform. The two challenges are divided into four stages. For each stage, you’ll find an explanatory video and a downloadable PDF work plan with instructions on how to carry out an experiment that will help your students answer certain questions and pass that stage.

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6 TRAINING FOR TEACHERS

We offer a virtual training session for registered teachers. We explain how the project works and the content you will work on in the labs.

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7 START THE MISSION

In the first lesson, the group familiarises itself with the mission and the platform. After, you can start with the Lab 1.

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8 LIVE CONNECTION WITH THE ALBA SYNCHROTRON

Once you have introduced the project to your students, we offer you the chance to meet us and talk to us live through a video call.
All schools will be able to join the session, and we will show you the synchrotron on screen. Thanks to the live chat, you’ll be able to ask us anything you want :)

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9 RECEIVE THE

¡Well done! You've successfully completed the first lab. Now, we’ll send the school a Mission Activated Kit for each of its participating class groups. The package contains some of the materials necessary to carry out the other labs of the mission and a few surprises that we can’t reveal right now. The remaining materials specified in the work plans are everyday or common objects found in schools.

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10 TAKE ON THE CHALLENGES

During each stage, you’ll be guided by two members of the ALBA Synchrotron team. The two guides will reveal the scientific challenge or enigma you need to resolve. To decipher it, you’ll need to download the PDF work plan and carry out an experiment in the classroom. At the end of the experiment, you’ll have to fill out the lab report to prove you’ve completed the challenge successfully.

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11 REACH YOUR GOAL

When you’ve completed all four stages, you’ve reached your goal. You’ll be able to download a Final Mission Report and Diploma for each student to help them remember the experience.

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12 CLOSING EVENT: YOUTUBE LIVE AND BRACELETS FOR EVERYONE

At the end of the school year, we will hold another virtual session, where students will be able to meet and chat with some of the ALBA staff members they got to know during the Mission. All participants who reach the final goal will also receive a commemorative bracelet.
In addition, after each lab, among all the teams that complete it within the suggested timeline, a prize bundle —shown on the homepage of this website— will be raffled.

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