Registration is now open to participate in INGV training courses dedicated to teachers and thus discover new methods and tools for teaching marine sciences in schools
There is time until Sunday 9 March 2025 to join the training activities that l 'National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) dedicated to teachers of primary and secondary schools.
The modules for teacher training, developed within the initiatives that INGV organizes every year to celebrate the World Oceans Day, scheduled for June 8, 2025, are designed to allow them to enrich their CV with new experimental tools and methods in the STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
The training course is organised in six modules dedicated to marine sciences and aims to support teachers in strengthening of ordinary school activities and in development of more engaging and effective teaching methodologies, establishing a direct and bidirectional relationship with the world of scientific research.
The courses will be held on the afternoons of March 10, 14 and 21 in streaming mode and, at the end of each day, certificates of participation will be issued.
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Below in detail the training modules proposed by INGV.
A sea of sustainability
edited by the Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, Center for Sustainability and Ecological Transition, University of Palermo & National Interuniversity Consortium for Marine Sciences
This module aims to provide teachers with tools aimed at increasing students' knowledge and awareness of the importance of protecting and managing marine ecosystems and their resources in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Furthermore, "educating about the ocean" is one of the objectives of the Decade of Marine Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), to make everyone understand the importance and role of the oceans in our lives. Teachers will be introduced to the main threats that today affect our oceans with a particular focus on the Mediterranean Sea. Case studies of successes or challenges related to marine sustainability will also be presented to stimulate the analysis of the factors that contribute to the success or failure of sustainability initiatives, with the aim of providing teachers with a new vision useful for promoting STEM teaching that strengthens the link between school and the world of research.
An Ocean of Measures
A module designed to provide teachers with ideas and resources to develop and implement a STEM teaching approach focused on the theme of the oceans. The goal is to engage students in hands-on, exploratory and interdisciplinary learning, focused on scientific measurements related to the oceans. The goal is to develop a multidisciplinary methodological approach, integrating science, technology, engineering and mathematics within an oceanographic context. This module aims to prepare teachers with the skills and resources needed to create a stimulating and real-world STEM learning environment, focusing on the fascinating theme of ocean exploration and measurements.
Disinformation and Climate Change: Truth or Fake News?
This training module aims to highlight how the study of climate change requires a multidisciplinary approach that starts from natural phenomena with scientific bases. Through an interactive writing and reflection workshop on the phenomena involved in climate change, their causes, their impact and good sustainability practices, teachers will have the opportunity to clarify misconception and address in a participatory way complex and current topics of relevance to Society. This activity will provide the tools to recognize the fake news and the authoritativeness of sources, as well as problems associated with the manipulation of information.
Ride the Wave: Tsunami Risk Education!
The module aims to transfer to teachers a methodology aimed at increasing students' knowledge and awareness of the risk induced by tsunamis (or tsunami). This risk is particularly difficult to manage in the Mediterranean, mainly due to the relative rarity of the phenomenon, which leads to an underestimation of the danger. In fact, even in the Mare Nostrum over 200 tsunamis have occurred: for example, the one that occurred in Crete in 365 AD, which affected our coasts, the one in Reggio Calabria and Messina in 1908, and the most recent one that occurred in Stromboli in 2002. The proposed methodology involves the active involvement of students through the administration of an interactive questionnaire, already tested in some schools, and the use of multimedia material useful for understanding the dynamics of the phenomenon.
Let's play with marine science
The course aims to offer innovative tools to teach Earth sciences in a fun and effective way. INGV has been developing educational games for all ages for years. In particular, this course will illustrate those that deal with marine sciences. Among the many topics covered by the games, we will talk about the marine food chain, tides, climate change and much more.
From the classroom to the sea: participatory science to combat marine pollution
in collaboration with the Institute of Marine Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR-ISMAR)
The module aims to help teachers transform students into real marine scientists! In this course, projects of citizen science which involved schools and volunteers in collecting data and raising awareness on the problem of waste in the sea. During the course, various protocols will be illustrated, to be implemented both in situ that remotely, for the acquisition of data for the monitoring of macro- and micro-waste washed up on the beach. In addition, a project will be presented that involved students in the creation of “Marine Litter Tracker”, a waste tracking tool that, thanks to a GPS and an acquisition and transmission system, provides data on waste dispersion at sea in real time.
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