1. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… THE 2° C.D. “F.GIAMPAGLIA”PUPILS PRESENT: PICTURES OF THE TRIP TO THE VESUVIO VISITING OUR FRIEND VESUVIO THE MOST STUDIED,VISITED, PAINTED AND CONTROLLED VOLCANO OF THE WORLD

2. The Vesuvius: the good giant This activity is born from the consideration: “The children can’t have relations with their own town if they don’t know its geographical and geological structures and its history … as the knowledge has respect and love for what is around us.” After reading books on the characteristic of volcanos and in particular of the Vesuvius, the pupils made a two days excursion on the top of the Vesuvius: they walked on the lava stones as for as the crater, they walked along the paths in the National Park to observe closely the different species of fauna and flora living there The pupils had a meeting with the vulcanologist F.Dobran who reassured them that the area around the Vesuvio is always controlled night and day by precision instruments of the Vesuvian Observatory and we don’t have to worry as in case of danger we will have time to go away. The overnight stay on the Vesuvius under the tents, during the excursion in the silence of the volcanic nature interrupted only by the singing of some birds, has been useful for our pupils to overcome their fear for the “Good Giant” The final products of this activity as drawings, written and oral observations and the representations of the Vesuvians fauna and flora have been useful objects for the teachers to evaluate the acquisition of the objectives fixed for this activity

3. The most studied volcano by the botanists for its vegetation that grows from the ashes WHAT A SLOPE !

4. ARE YOU READY TO GET TO THE TOP ?

5. How many kind of plants!l Look at that yellow flower:the “ginestra”

7. The meeting with the vulcanologist:dr.F.Dobran The vulcanologist reassured us:the area around the “Vesuvio”is controlled and we don’t have to worry.The meeting was interesting :we asked questions and we expressed our opinions. We hope our friend “Vesuvio”will never erupt!

8. Pay attention PAROLA DI SCOUT

9. ARE YOU READY TO SLEEP HERE? WELL!! LET’S PITCH THE TENT !

10. A TENT IS DONE !

11. IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE IN “AMAZZONIA “. INSTEAD WE ARE ONLY WALKING ON A PATH..

12. LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT KIND OF PLANTS !!

13. THE NATIONAL PARK OF THE VESUVIO THE NATIONAL PARK OF THE VESUVIO WAS BORN IN 1995 TO PROTECT THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND ALL ITS VEGETAL AND ANIMAL SPECIES. WITH ITS 8482 ETTARS IT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY UNESCO A WORLD RESERVE. The park is a enormous green expance at the volcano’s feet. In the reserves we can find wild animals like:fox migrator birds like :hoopoe and eagle, different butterfly and turtle-dove species.The park is the only place where there is no man interference. Please come and visit it soon

14. THE NATIONAL PARK OF THE VESUVIO

15. A kind of plant