Barcelona Rocks: an App to discover the world of Geology around the city
Discovering the types of rocks from the façades and pavements in the city and combining interest in geology, architecture and history are the main aims of the App BCN Rocks, an app for smart phones which enables discovering Barcelona from a new scientific and cultural perspective. The App BCN Rocks is a new educational proposal based on new uses of urban territory and it is driven by the Faculty of Earth Sciences of the University of Barcelona and the Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera of the Spanish Scientific Research Council (ICTJA-CSIC), with the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) – Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO).
Picture:A group of students discovers the new app with the expert Xavier Delclòs, from the Faculty of Earth Sciences and the Biodiversity Research Institute of the UB (IRBio).