An Approach Path to Earth Science. Geosciences: a tool in a changing world

The guidelines actions of DM 976/2014 consider “to put at system the practice of the lab" for the teaching of basic sciences, in particular for the training orientation of students of the last three years of secondary school”. The DM 976/2014 regards the Scientific Degree Course Plane (PLS) to impassion to Science and to increase the number of university students. Earth Science Department proposed at I.I.S. “A. Meucci” of Massa an approach path to Earth science for third classes students of Scientific High School and Quantity Surveyors. The sequence envisages a first knowledge about Earth science and then labs to deepen some aspects of geology for the two further years. First year was organized in three segments: a meeting in class to know better the Earth science, a field trip on Apuan Alps for a day and a lab with the georadar. The activity began in classroom with a brief funny test about some aspects about geologists’ employment. This was the icebreaker for talking about branches of Earth science together with students and discover opportunities of job. The appointment was to the successive Saturday with only interested students at geology. Seven students (six males and one female) got at the meeting. Students were led at Campocecina in Apuan Alps for an excursion. The field trip consisted of a backwards travel in the geological time: from the current anthropization of landform for marble quarries to the deposition of Jurassic carbonatic platform. Last segment was the use of Georadar in the garden of the school looking for something buried. The students participated to the experiment using the Georadar with the help of the teachers and after that the teachers introduced them to the processing of the collected data using the Georadar software in the classroom. The experience was positive for Department of Earth Science and for I.I.S. "A. Meucci" because it showed that put together synergies leads at an active participation of students in an important propose regarding their future lives.