The proposed route intends to try to learn about an environment often seen, certainly loved by many, but perhaps sometimes looked at only in passing, with superficial eyes. Thus one will look at it from land and from offshore to recognize the different characteristics of beaches and coastlines, to identify the features of a gulf, to search for those links (physical and climatic conditions) that allow certain organisms, plants and animals, to “find a home” in an environment that is inhospitable only in appearance.
One will meet men who thanks to the sea work and live, so much so as to know its “character” and respect that voice that is never the same but always full of Mystery…
Purpose
Operational objectives
Cues for interdisciplinary connections
Children will learn the secrets of navigation and winds. Splendid views from the sea over the Bay of Saracens, Varigotti, with its small medieval nuclei clinging to olive trees, and Noli, where many families make their living from fishing still practiced with traditional methods. (proposed da La nostra Liguria)
Visit the Galata, the museum of the Sea and Genoa. I n the medieval "carruggi" evocative glimpses open up, such as Piazza S. Matteo with the houses of Branca D'Oria (whom Dante meets in Inferno), the magnificent Cathedral of S. Lorenzo, and the many trompe l'oeil facades that make the Maritime Republic a painted city (Genua picta). Some clues will guide children on the trail of Marco Polo (a prisoner of the Genoese, he wrote The Million here), Christopher Columbus (splendid flower beds representing the three caravels). (proposed da La nostra Liguria)
At the beach, children will build a small Mediterranean aquarium by collecting pebbles, sand, shells, seaweed....to glue together to create the bottom. Then silhouettes of fish, starfish, seahorses... will be made to color and hang in the most suitable habitat inside the aquarium.
Materials each child should bring: pencil case with colored pencils, scotch tape, vinavil, glue, scissors. (proposed da La nostra Liguria)
The activity takes place on the beach: through fun riddles, the children, divided into teams, will have to recognize fish and marine organisms and attribute them to the relevant environment (sandy seabed - stingrays, soles...-, rocky seabed - octopuses, moray eels, starfish...- , open sea - sharks, swordfish, dolphins, jellyfish, turtles...-, seagrass bed - seahorse...-). (proposed da La nostra Liguria)
Children will be taken to the beach where they will be able to learn more about various topics related to the world of the sea: orienting themselves through the stars and the compass, storm forecasting, sea winds, and mariners' tools. (proposto dalla Sibilla Società Cooperativa)
Visit the historic center of the ancient Maritime Republic of Noli and observe and meet fishermen on the beach. (proposed by the Sibyl Cooperative Society) and Our Liguria
proposed by the sibyl cooperative society
Proposed by the Sibyl Cooperative Society
Children will learn together with a biologist about the physical and chemical properties of the sea, the main animal and plant species of the Mediterranean marine environment, and the factors that regulate the balance of the sea ecosystem. (proposto dalla Sibilla Società Cooperativa)
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