School information
- School name
- Scuola Secondaria di Primo grado "2 Giugno"- IC "Rita Levi - Montalcini", La Spezia - Porto Venere
- School year
- 2024-2025
- School website
- City
- La Spezia
- Country
- Italy
- Sea basin
- Mediterranean Sea
- Region
- Coastal: <20 km from the sea
Project information
- Project name in native language
- PERCORSI NEL BLU
- Starting date of the project
- End date of the project
- Level of education
- Middle school
- Project website
- Project contact
Website of Istituto Comprensivo n° 2, “Rita Levi-Montalcini”
https://www.istitutocomprensivoisa2laspezia.edu.it/
Facebook profile of IC2 School Institute https://m.facebook.com/Isa2Sp/- Categories
- Biodiversity
Percorsi nel Blu is an Aquamarine Blue School project (2024) of integrated ocean literacy (OL) and marine citizen science (MCS) in school curricula. It is yearly effective since 2011 at the “ISA 2” School Institute, an institute composed of schools of different levels. Currently it involves 2 Kindergarten, 3 Primary schools and 1 Secondary school, all part of the ISA 2, in addition to 3 other High schools. The project related to secondary schools of ISA2 is the leading one that shall be registered for this application.
Objectives: implementing a long-lasting literacy in marine biodiversity safeguard and coastal monitoring; setting up a network among schools, institutions, and researchers for citizen science activities within coastal sites in the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian seas; encouraging students to disseminate experiences and support the change towards a sustainable environment; creating an early-warning system for alien species’ invasions; scheduling operative surveillance plans.
Activities: survey on the field for monitoring marine litter and marine dead specimens on the beach; survey by snorkelling for monitoring the distribution of indigenous and alien species on rocky seabed; experimental and inclusive laboratories at school and on the field; Citizen Science “BioBlitz” events; local, national, and European disseminating events. Vertical approach: Kindergarten for 3 to 5-year-old children (introduction to OL): edutainment by using kid-friendly bio-guides, sea tales, writing exercises designed by secondary school students’. Primary school for 6 to 11-year-old pupils (OL schooling and introduction to MCS): exploration on the beach while introducing the scientific method; microscopic analysis; reports for editing kid-friendly bio-guides. Secondary school for 11 to 14 -year-old students (gradual development of OL and MCS): survey on the field with digitals tools; data recording by snorkelling or at the beach and marinas; microscopic analysis and report; disseminating events; data validation with the cooperation of researchers during international congresses.