GNGTS 2013 - Atti del 32° Convegno Nazionale

the General Directorate for the Third Sector and Social Formations - Ministry of Labour and Social Policies funded ERiNat 2013 for the activities in which towns identified by Decree of the Chief Commissioner n. 3973 of n. 2/2011 with the aim to promote preparedness and the active role of citizens in its mitigation. This foundation allows the Province of La Spezia to finance Cloudy with a Chance of ideas! as part of the ERiNat Project. Cloudy with a Chance of ideas! is an active path designed and built by ConUnGioco non- profit organization and INGV of Portovenere that manages the organization of Cloudy with a Chance of ideas! It was shown during Scienza Aperta (Open doors to Science) , an INGV scientific venue aimed to disseminated knowledge, to create curiosity around the world of research and to stimulate interest in the understanding of scientific phenomena that surround us. Cloudy with a Chance of ideas! is intended primarily for the latest years of primary and for secondary schools and involve children in building the exhibits and scientific games. Since children share with the community the tragic event, their own fears and thoughts on the floods that hit their lives, the prevention strategies experiment is carried out together with children between 8 and 14 years old living in the towns most hit by the catastrophic floods from theMagra and Vara rivers on October 25 th 2011 (i.e.: Borghetto Vara, Brugnato, Monterosso, Vernazza, Riomaggiore, Pignone, Riccò del Golfo, Aulla and Ragnaia) together with a reference sample of 6 classes of “V. Alfieri”, “U. Mazzini” and “J. Piaget” secondary schools (respectively ISA 1, 3 and 6) of La Spezia. Fig. 3 – Piovono idee! (Cloudy with a Chance of ideas!). “The risk” totem (topmost left); “The society of yesterday and today: the same pollution?” scientific games; an overview of Cloudy with a Chance of ideas! active path; “The river” exhibit; another overview of Cloudy with a Chance of ideas! 450 GNGTS 2013 S essione 2.3