Meeting in Italy for Erasmus+ Project "Let the Science Discover Us" from 5 to 11 March 2017

1. ERASMUS+ PROJECTERASMUS+ PROJECT
LET THE SCIENCE DISCOVER USLET THE SCIENCE DISCOVER US
TEACHER TRAINING MEETINGTEACHER TRAINING MEETING
AT PARTNER SCHOOLAT PARTNER SCHOOL
ISIS VALDARNOISIS VALDARNO
SAN GIOVANNI VALDARNO ITALYSAN GIOVANNI VALDARNO ITALY
MARCH 05 2017 - MARCH 11 2017MARCH 05 2017 - MARCH 11 2017

3. MultilateralPartnershipProjectMultilateralPartnershipProject
“LetTheScienceDiscoverUs”
FiveschoolsfromfivedifferentcountriesmeetingandworkingtogetherFiveschoolsfromfivedifferentcountriesmeetingandworkingtogether
IstitutoTecnicoCommercialeStatale"F.Severi"
C/oISISValdarno
SanGiovanniValdarno
Tuscany
Italy
Officialschoolwebsite

4. LEARNING AND TRAINING
EVENTS FOR TEACHERS
●
Visit to the three schools making up ISIS Valdarno inVisit to the three schools making up ISIS Valdarno in
S. Giovanni Valdarno, to the town and area ofS. Giovanni Valdarno, to the town and area of
Valdarno, Chianti and TuscanyValdarno, Chianti and Tuscany
●
Visit to geotechnology science university faculty in S.Visit to geotechnology science university faculty in S.
Giovanni and to the main science museum ofGiovanni and to the main science museum of
Florence universityFlorence university
●
3 days of meetings, team work and presentations at3 days of meetings, team work and presentations at
ITE Severi school about Pisa 2012 results and aboutITE Severi school about Pisa 2012 results and about
innovative teaching methods on sciencesinnovative teaching methods on sciences

5. Day 1 arrivals
● On day 1 the four groups of teachers arrived in
Florence, at the Hotel Universo, just a few
hundred metres from Florence's main train
station, Firenze Santa Maria Novella and opposite
the Cathedral by the same name. Its position was
chosen as it's strategical in reaching the main
destinations in Tuscany that we added to the
program. Art, History and Science are
indistinguishable in Tuscany, the homeland of
Leonardo and Galileo.

6. 4 groups 2 different travelling modes
While the Czech and the Hungarian group
found more convenient to travel by van from
their towns and around Tuscany, our partners
from Barcellona and Hatay came by plane and
travelled by train or were kindly hosted on the
partners' van whenever possible

7. Day 2 visit to the town and school

8. The schools
ISIS Valdarno is an institution composed of
three different schools. The system imposes to
the schools that have less than 500 students to
merge in order to share basic services for
reasons of spending reductions.
So San Giovanni Valdarno is home to three
secondary education institutions called ITE
Severi (business and administration school),
IPSIA G. Marconi and ITIS Ferraris.

9. Day 2 visit to vocational school
IPSIA Marconi

10. The schools have so many laboratories in all
three with equipment of all types. The partner
groups visited ITE Severi first, where the teachers
and students taking part in the project are based
and then they were led through the mechanics,
electronics and tailorship laboratories at IPSIA
Marconi and then visited the chemistry, robotics
and electronics laboratories at ITIS Ferraris, many
times competition winners in the field of advanced
technologies. There they could admire little robots
being programmed by students, 3d printers,
earthquake detector and a solar panel that follows
the sun. All designed and built by students.

11. ● At ITIS Ferraris they were
received by our headmaster,
Mr. Lorenzo Pierazzi who led
them through the facilities
and introduced his team of
collaborators. Six teachers
help him in the difficult task of
managing ISIS Valdarno, two
collaborators for each school

12. Day 2 visit to ITIS Ferraris

13. Technical training an teaching
ITT Ferraris is one of the many secondary
schools that form and train technicians for
various industries. The facility is rich in
equipment such as Electronics, ICT, Chemistry,
Mechanics laboratories.
The school was eager to show our group its
resources and assets as well as its teaching
methods, mainly belonging to the learning by
doing approach.

14. Hi Tech
Some of the most recent
developments of technology
were on display, like a 3d
printer, an interactive alcohol
tester with mobile phone
connection a seismometer, a
solar panel with sun follower
etc.

15. High technology on display
The 3 D printer designed and built at
ITIS Ferraris.
Mr. Pierazzi entertaining our guests
The 3 D printer designed and built at
ITIS Ferraris.
Mr. Pierazzi entertaining our guests

16. Chemistry and technology
laboratories
● The laboratories we can use
are very large and well light.
The equipment is judged as
sufficient for the experiments
that are made. We can't say
they are not used by the
teachers. The school can
boast dedicated technicians
that take care of them.

18. ● The youth are our future and we must prepare
them for their future, that is “terra incognita” to us.
We don't know what the future may bring to the
next generations and yet we do our best in
planning our teaching. Our school system allows
institutions a certain degree of autonomy in
planning. So our school has implemented
courses in robotics, personal care and in other
professions that can be very useful to society.

20. Robotics
● In our robotics class the student were working
on the programming of small robots that
perform different actions according to the
indications inserted in their software. A
demonstration on how they work was given to
the groups. The robots come in kits and are
assembled by the students themselves.

21. Day 2 experiments at school
On our second day of activities we performedOn our second day of activities we performed
some practical lesson demonstration withsome practical lesson demonstration with
various experiments. The setting for thisvarious experiments. The setting for this
activity was our laboratory at ITE Severi.activity was our laboratory at ITE Severi.

23. A golden occasion for learning
● Our partners were showed some examples of
how we perform our teaching activities. They
sure looked very interested and attentive. It's
always interesting to see others do the same
things we do every day and to be able to
compare, exchange and share experiences
and knowledge

24. Interviewed by the local press
Our project attracted the interest of theOur project attracted the interest of the
Local media that came to interview theLocal media that came to interview the
Participants. Our interview was recordedParticipants. Our interview was recorded
And broadcast by a couple of local TVAnd broadcast by a couple of local TV
Articles also were written on variousArticles also were written on various
Blogs.Blogs.

26. Day 2, afternoon visit to the
geotechnology centre of Siena
University in S. Giovanni Valdarno

27. Welcome by the Mayor, Mr. Vigilardi
● The Mayor of San Giovanni welcomed the
groups with a speech in English at the Geo-
technology centre.

28. Presentation of the centre

29. A state-of-the-art centre
● The researchers at the
University centre for Geo-
technology were welcoming
in illustrating their work and
the latest developments of
geology and geomatics. A
drone for probes from the air
was also shown to the groups

30. Researchers illustrating their work

31. The era of drones

32. Science and History
● Afte the lunch at a local self
service restaurant the groups
set of for a visit to the nearby
town of Loro Ciuffenna and to
Arezzo through a 30 km trip
along the famous seven
bridge road that in ancient
times was part of the Roman
Cassia road

33. Day 3Visit to

34. Science and History
● Afte the lunch at a local self
service restaurant the groups
set of for a visit to the nearby
town of Loro Ciuffenna and to
Arezzo through a 30km trips
along the famous seven
bridge road that in ancient
times was part of the Cassia
Roman road

35. The Gioconda Background
● The seven bridge road is said
to contain some sights that are
present in the background of
Leonardo da Vinci's Gioconda,
namely the barren landscape
made of clay and earth
excavated by the rain called
“Le balze” and the bridge on
the river Arno called Ponte a
Buriano

38. The cradle of science
● Florence in the renaissance is one of the main
centres of scientific and philosophic
investigation in Europe. The museum of La
Specola with its collection of specimen from
the past represent the progress of science
throughout the centuries till the end of the
nineteenth century when its role changed from
a centre of research to a museum

41. The astronomic turret
● The astronomic turret in particular contains lots
of interesting instruments and documents
about the exploration of the sky in the past
times and of the slow but inexorable progress
of the knowledge of the Universe obtained also
thanks to the great scholars that lived and
worked in the town of Florence.

42. Day 3, group presentations

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