GEOclimHOME: an Erasmus+ strategic partnership Alessandra Magagna, Mikko Kiuttu & the GEOclimHOME team T8 Regional and International UNESCO Global Geopark Collaborations GEOclimHOME: an Erasmus+ strategic partnership for geoscience education within the UNESCO Global Geoparks

IDEA!

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS EXCHANGE: November 2014 April 2014 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS EXCHANGE: A PILOT PROJECT IN 2014

Year of recognition: 2013 Geopark’s area: 213 959 ha Elevation: 190 to 4 554 m asl Municipalities: 85 Population: 152 813 Year of recognition: 2013

Alpine geodiversity and cultural heritage

Year of recognition: 2010 Geopark’s area: 1 320 km2 Elevation: 11 to 194 m asl Municipalities: 3 Population: 20 000 Main theme: Heritage of the Ice Age Year of recognition: 2010

Finnish heritage of the Ice Age

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET KNOWLEDGE ABOUT A NEW TERRITORY FROM THE SCIENTIFIC AND THE CULTURAL POINTS OF VIEW

Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices Key Action 2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices Action Type: Strategic Partnerships for school education Identifier: 2015-1-FI01-KA201-009038 Deadline for submission: 31.03.2015

Geoheritage and climate change opening the secrets of home September 2015 GEOclimHOME Geoheritage and climate change opening the secrets of home 36 months project, until September 2018

Vaalan kunnan sivistyspalvelut COORDINATOR Vaalan kunnan sivistyspalvelut Local Public body Local Public body Università degli studi di Torino Higher education institution (tertiary level) Humanpolis Oy Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise School/Institute - General education (secondary level)

7 days of exchange with: 3 phases of students exchanges Alternate Italy/Finland exchanges are organised by the project for groups of high school students (aged 16-18). OCTOBER 2015 IN FINLAND and APRIL 2016 IN ITALY SEPTEMBER 2016 IN ITALY and MAY 2017 IN FINLAND JANUARY 2018 IN FINLAND and APRIL 2018 IN ITALY 7 days of exchange with: hosting in local families performing scientific research activities communicating in English

PARTICIPATION TO THE EXCHANGES SCHOOL YEAR ITALIAN STUDENTS FINNISH STUDENTS 2013/2014 22 16 2015/2016 21 2016/2017 18 10 2017/2018 25 15 FOLLOWED BY: A TEAM OF TEACHERS (science and language) A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS A TEAM FROM THE GEOPARK STAFF AND WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES (administrators, museums, associations, guides etc.)

by using digital and traditional tools MAIN GOAL To improve general perception of climate and environmental changes and the appraisal of geoheritage … … by using innovative methods Teamwork & Problem solving ACT AS RESEARCHERS by using digital and traditional tools

OBSERVATION & QUESTIONS Scientific method OBSERVATION & QUESTIONS HYPOTHESIS EXPERIMENT ANALYSE THE RESULTS CONCLUSION SHARE QUESTIONS, RESULTS AND IDEAS !!

DAYS 3, 4, 5 / TUESDAY – WEDNESDAY – THURSDAY A typical week DAY 1 / SUNDAY arrival and hosting DAY 2 / MONDAY presentations and introductions Afternoon: beginning of the scientific research activities DAYS 3, 4, 5 / TUESDAY – WEDNESDAY – THURSDAY scientific research activities DAY 6 / FRIDAY processing of data and presentation of results to families, teachers, and local community DAY 7 - SATURDAY departure

WE ARE LEARNING BY DOING FIELD AND LAB RESEARCH TO COLLECT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DATA: SOME EXAMPLES dendrochronology, soil profiling, peat analysis, mire drilling, biodiversity and ecological studies, historical maps study, digital data collection, georesources evaluation, glacial retreats, weather series, pioneer flora, geomorphological landscape interpretation, reflection on anthropocene WE ARE LEARNING BY DOING

Concepts explored = New knowledge Geological time Plate tectonics Petrography Geomorphology Mires Volcanism Geology & Culture Biological indicators Georesources Ice ages & glacial environment But also: language training (English, and local)

The cooperative and peer-learning approach develops new key-competences to respect the role and the different function of the other partners to be able to work in group to be able to have good relationships with the other partners to be able to communicate in a foreign language to be able to make decisions on complex issues to be able to cope with problems and find solutions (problem solving) to respect the timing of the tasks received to accept the others and their diversity

EVALUATION PROCESS Useful experiences for understanding climate change as a multidimensional phenomenon and for recognising both the natural and the human induced aspects of it. The hosting of students in families and the use of social media improve language and social skills. Final satisfaction questionnaires filled in by students reveal that they appreciated the experience, considering it interesting.

UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARKS are … unique areas for enhancing relationships between scientific, educational and local institutions territories with educational and cultural values based on Geodiversity the ideal destination for international study tours based on the concept and practice of sustainable tourism an opportunity for sharing both Earth Science knowledge and appraisal of intangible and tangible heritage the appropriate places for testing and practicing innovative educational strategies, shareable in an international context

WE ALREADY ENLARGED THE NETWORK … From one side to the other of the Alps

GEOclimHOME GLAD FOR YOUR ATTENTION Pictures by: Ilaria Selvaggio, Marco Giardino, Alessandra Magagna, Mikko Kiuttu, Camilla Cappelletti, Patrizia Balzarini & other participants