Ever since the beginning of FTP, our mission has been to unlock the wonders of the cosmos. Through providing schools with free access to remote telescopes, our platform ignites a passion for science among countless pupils, ushering them into a world of endless discovery.

It’s a feeling of indescribable joy when our users from around the globe update us on their work and how our tools manage to shape the world and the minds of the future!

Going to Catalonia this time, FTP in Catalan High Schools is a project coordinated by Toni Santana-Ros from the University of Barcelona. Their aim is to leverage all the resources provided by FTP not only to offer unique experiences for their students, but also to create educational material for their subjects. This enables the student to improve a varied set of skills from Maths, Physics and Computer Sciences to teamwork, listening and writing.

Currently, the project encompasses 6 high schools (Institut D’Alcarràs, Institut Dr. Puigvert, Institut d’Altafulla, Institut Guindàvols, Institut Josep Lladonosa, Institut-Escola Les Vinyes), but they expect more to join over the next period of time. Since the project started in 2021, more than 400 pupils from the selected high schools have taken advantage of our platform by either making their own observations or using the LCO data repository. Some of the intriguing work the students carried out last year can be seen in detail here. They also engage in different campaigns that we run such as the Outburst Campaign of Comet 29P.

As the FTP network grows in Catalonia, bi-annual meetings are being organised in order to discuss the work done and future plans.

Picture taken after the last meeting of the group.

Here at FTP, we are thrilled to see their work coming together and what their students manage to accomplish! Looking forward to hearing about their future achievements!