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Bioeconomy at School: It is not a dream… It is Carton School

In our School we have a very large space, where we do robotics and design. It is a quite empty space to which we should buy furniture: Standard furniture? Or furnish it with the premises of a new eco-sustainable idea? Students and teachers decided that the best idea would...

Agorà 3D Urban Creativity as an Innovative Path for Future Jobs

The project originates from the observation that most of the time, urban spaces are designed and built without analyzing the needs of new generations. This probably happens because the culture of listening and interpretation is lacking in students and they are not directly involved in the conception/transformation of urban...

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“The Little Prince” book as an environmental education tool

Image: pixabay “The little prince” is a contemporary fairy-tale, translated in 300 languages. It is the most translated book in the world. The author (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) wanted to show us modern ages problems. The author’s message can be interpreted in many different ways, depending on the reader. The...

Crisis in scientific vocations? Italy and the Scientific Degrees Project

Image: Shutterstock/Sentavio_jpeg (2) Italy and Europe as a whole need more scientific culture. For that matter, the Alghero High School participates and collaborates with the University in order to develop its potential and plan the future of its students. The project was launched with the goal of increasing the...

When a dream comes true- RESEt project: bringing a whole class of girls to the Arctic

The RESEt project (Research and Education Svalbard Experience www.resetsvalbard.it) is an Italian educational scientific project aimed at fostering interests in geoscience topics in a class of high school students. The project is targeting a class of 20 girls attending a high school (Liceo Filzi, Rovereto. Trento) with a primary...

Choose a faculty scientific or humanistic? It is a big problem but UNISCO project can help me.

A bridge to facilitate the students to the università Project UNISCO (‘portmanteau’ of UNISS and School) was born from the desire to create a tool to strengthen and institutionalize the relationship between school and university, favoring integration between the training school and basic training activities of the early courses...

Experiencing scientific journalism as a stimulus for young students to choose science careers

Image: Costantina Cossu Ten of my students attending the 4th class of Liceo Scientifico Alghero, together with other students from Sardinia have taken part in the best research centres in Sardinia. It has been a real stage in the Porto Conte Research center laboratories in Alghero, CRS4 in Pula...