Cordovan at the Olympiad of Latin American Astronomy

Nuria Plebani has the best average of her school, standard bearer, her hobby is reading and has just been selected to participate in the 11th Latin American Olympiad of Astronomy and Astronautics, to be held in Mexico City next October.

At the age of 17, Nuria has a well-known average of 9.66 in five years of high school at the Private Institute of the Sacred Heart of Oliva City, in the department of Tercero Arriba.

It is the only Cordoba chosen for this international event, which is among the best exams of the competition organized last year at the national level, organized by the Astronomical Observatory of Córdoba and the national universities of San Juan and La Plata.

Monica Oddone and Martín Leiva, astronomers from the Cordoba Observatory, are the coordinators who will accompany the Argentine delegation. Besides Nuria, two students from the National School of Buenos Aires and one from the Polytechnic Institute of Santa Fe are added.

Pride of Cordoba

"It's a very important experience, very strong for me, and I'm delighted to be able to participate in the Latin American contest thanks to my performance," Nuria told La Voz. The teenager lives in a rural area, 40 kilometers from Oliva. For this reason, her parents pick her up and pick her up every day at school.

"Even though it's raining at sea, my parents still do it and they support me constantly," he said.

In rainy weather, rural roads in this area become almost impbadable. But Nuria has almost no flaws, despite these 40 kilometers.

The teenager said that she had studied for the national competition of this competition with a borrowed book, about three hours a day, for a month. Now he will repeat this preparation and also know about the Cordoba Observatory.

Raquel Perasolo, Oliva's teacher who accompanied her in this preparation, stated that Nuria's profile was "unusual", emphasizing that she "likes to study, know, know and is pbadionate about the universe ". He mentioned that the knowledge he needed to acquire for these competitions "is complex and advanced" and is not part of the mid-level curriculum.

"What I love most is reading and studying." I love astronomy, but when I finish high school, I will follow a branch of chemistry. at the National University of Córdoba ", concluded Nuria with a youthful enthusiasm.

Internationale

Astronomer Oddone said the meeting in Mexico City would involve delegations from Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Ecuador, Colombia and Panama. Each student will have theoretical and practical evaluations, individually and in groups.

The organizers pay the cost of stay for the whole week of the competition, but the travel is done by the coordinators and the students. He added that efforts were being made with regard to the Ministry of Education.

Promises of researchers

A stimulus to detect the talents of scientific profile.

The Latin American Olympiad for Astronomy and Astronautics is an annual competition for secondary school students. Its objectives are to promote exchanges and to offer students a contact with the research and teaching of these sciences. Its first edition took place in 2009 in Rio de Janeiro.

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