Exposing high-school students to Geosciences through seminars, laboratory and field demonstrations

Mauro Giudici (a), Patrizia D'Orsi (b), Valeria Caironi (c), Fulvia Baratelli (a), Laura Cattaneo (a), Alessandro Comunian (a), Giovanna De Filippis (a), Diana Dell'Arciprete (a), Cinzia Durante (a), Silvia Inzoli (a), Mauro Mele (a) & Chiara Vassena (a)
(a) Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "A. Desio", Università degli Studi di Milano, via Cicognara, 7, 20129, Milano, Italy. E-mail: mauro.giudici@unimi.it (b) Liceo Scientifico "Giordano Bruno", Melzo (MI). (c) Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "A. Desio", Università degli Studi di Milano, via Botticelli, 23, 20133, Milano, Italy.

To familiarize high school students with the richness of geosciences and their practical applications, Università degli Studi di Milano has been conducting a number of activities in co-operation with the Liceo "G. Bruno" (Melzo, MI, Italy). This contribution discusses the number of activities conducted including classroom seminars, laboratory experiments and in-the-field demonstrations.

geosciences, methodologies, teaching.