Friday, June 6 from 10:30 AM at the Lazzaretto of Cagliari (via dei Navigatori), the final event of the three-year scientific education project “The Port and the Star, the Journey of Discovery” will take place, which since 2011 has guided 120 elementary students through a three-year learning journey from third to fifth grade.
The project is linked to a series of initiatives supported by Sardegna Ricerche along with other public and private entities, aiming to promote the spread of scientific culture among the young and to combat high school dropout rates. In the last year, the project partnered with the Observatory of Cagliari, which guided students and teachers into the world of astronomical observations in visible and radio frequencies.
For the students, the final event will be a celebration, where each class will set up a demonstration space to share the results of the three-year journey with parents and schoolmates. The children will be the scientific hosts of the event and, through the reconstruction of environments and study objects, as well as small experiments and interactive games, they will try to convey the knowledge they have gained over these three years.
The project
“The Port and the Star” was born from an idea by CDO Opere Educative in partnership with Sardegna Ricerche (an entity of the Sardinia Region that manages the Pula Technology Park and funds projects for the dissemination of scientific and technological culture), CRS4 (Research and Development Center, Higher Studies in Sardinia located in the Pula Park), Contship Italia Group (a company that manages the Cagliari Canal Port and develops the “Port Lab” Project in collaboration with the school world), National Institute of Astrophysics-Cagliari Astronomical Observatory (INAF-OAC) and in collaboration with Laboratorio Scienza (a private company that promotes scientific and technological culture in schools and society), Val.Or (Agency for evaluation and orientation), Cagliari Port Authority, Sardinia Region Transport Department and ARST (Sardinian regional transport company).
The numbers of The Port and the Star.
3 years of the project (2011-2014)
120 students and 10 teachers involved
5 classes from primary schools in the province of Cagliari (Primary School “A. Casula Montanaru” of Cagliari; Private Primary School “I Pini” of Cagliari; Private Primary School “Umberto e Margherita” of Cagliari; Comprehensive Institute “Benedetto Croce”, Primary School of Pula and Primary School of Domus de Maria)
30 total stages: 10 stages for each school year, of which:
12 stages in class
18 stages at research centers, entities, and various subjects: Pula Science Park and Macchiareddu site; Cagliari Canal Port; Astronomical Observatory Selargius site; Sardinia Radio Telescope of San Basilio; Planetarium of Unione Sarda; Cagliari Maritime Station; Nora archaeological site; Monteclaro Park of Cagliari.
All information about the project is available on the Port and the Star web page