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Did you know that the monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial has inside 36 fountains and water

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reached up to the second floor? When Philip II designed the monastery, he had already thought

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about having there clean water through canals. Our project is mainly aimed in investigating in

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San Lorenzo del Escorial, this worldwide known welfare and in studying the cycle of water,

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its quality, canals and usage, together with the wildlife and flora which surrounds the area

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thanks to water, including tourists. For this aim, we have developed some activities

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within the Steam Abbey methodology, which starts with an excursion whose starting point is the

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original fountain of water, goes through every arc, casket, fountain, and dam till it reaches

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its destination, the Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial.

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We are supported by our high school Juan Herrera, the local council, National Heritage, Luis

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Ceballos Arboreto, the College of Education of Complutense University, Isabel Segunda

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channel and experts in geography who know firsthand about the paths of water.

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We learn what is a canal, build artifacts which analyze the quality of water, build

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up maps of the arcs to check their efficacy, and last but not least, we learn how to be

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responsible for the usage of this viral resource.

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we communicate our project to the whole educational community

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to our city and to all those who are interested in the issue

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believing that social media are a crucial tool

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to broadcast our project

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and we use Instagram, Facebook and Twitter

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because we are engaged in subjects

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such as biology, technology, arts, TICO

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and English language, our interdisciplinary team

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can develop a large-scale range of points of view

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about the importance of water in San Lorenzo de la Escoria.

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We also count on the unconditional support

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received by our high school and the necessary resources

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to carry it out next year. We are enjoying with the

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STEAM Abbey project and need to share our enthusiasm

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for this wonderful adventure.

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Thanks.