River integration to the urban space

Objective: 

  • Learning about blue infrastructure (rivers, streams, canals, etc.) and ways of urban planning to integrate it in the urban space, and the benefits.
  • Carrying out online research skills and develop their field research and interview skills 

This learning unit includes activities using GIS software.

School subjects: science, informatics.

Total time estimated: 8 hours.

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The symbiosis between river and people. Sarno example

Objective: 

  • Learning about the evolution and changes concerning the river and its area in relation to people’s lives and activities.
  • Learning how to get information from the analysis of ancient texts and interviews to local people.

This learning unit includes outdoor activities for interviews and surveys to citizens and experts but also an analysis of maps from different times. 

School subjects: literature, science, informatics.

Total time estimated: 7 hours.

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Seasonality in water courses

Objective: 

  • Learning about different types of water courses in the region and the seasonal variations of the water course and properties.
  • How to search and download free environmental data from the web. 

This learning unit includes activities for analysing the water properties and mapping using GIS software. 

School subjects: science, biology, pedology, chemistry, informatics.

Total time estimated: 3 hours.

 

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Depiction of rivers in cultural and popular images through time

Objective: 

  • Learning about rivers as factors of human history that reveal how rivers deal with human life and culture.
  • Underlining the consequences of the burial or the daylighting of a river but also discovering how the memories of people are lost or brought to light along with the rivers.

This learning unit includes activities for understanding ancient texts but also making observations and interviews, finally for producing a Location Based Game. 

School subjects: literature, science, informatics.

Total time estimated: 9 hours.

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Influence of soil texture and structure on overland flows

Objective: 

  • Learning about the properties of water, the water-soil interaction, soil texture and structure, water retention.
  • Doing practical work and laboratory analysis but also developing skills in using GIS software.

This learning unit includes outdoor activities for sampling data from literature review, interviews and surveys to citizens and experts. 

School subjects: science, biology, pedology, chemistry, informatics.

Total time estimated: 6 hours.

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River pollution and economic impact

Objective: 

  • Learning about the relationship between pollution and economy: economic impact of river pollution on industry, farm yields, livestock, fisheries and tourist activities.
  • Learning about the economic impact of river pollution on the human health and economy.

This learning unit includes outdoor activities for gathering data through observations and interviews. 

School subjects: science, economy, informatics.

Total time estimated: 7 hours.

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Institutional analysis

Objective: 

  • Learning about the main laws, policies and institutions/organisations affecting river management in a selected river basin
  • Increasing analytical skills and developing skills in using GIS software.

This learning unit includes outdoor activities for sampling data from literature review, interviews and surveys to citizens and experts. 

School subjects: science, informatics.

Total time estimated: 8.5 hours.

 

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The risk of flood hazards: the hydraulic aspects of rivers

Objective: 

  • Giving students the knowledge on how to investigate on landscape using Math and Physics
  • Knowing about hydraulic risk meaning and management, risk and hazard and covered rivers 

This learning unit includes activities on hydrogeological risks area mapping and it may include GIS.

School subjects: science, informatics.

Total time estimated: 4 hours.

Age of the students: 16-18 

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The ecosystem of the estuary of the river and the eutrophication

Objective: 

  • Learning the relationship between chemical nutrients (nitrates and phosphates) in algal development 
  • Carrying out chemical analysis and species identification

This learning unit includes activities on water sampling and analysis but also species identification. 

School subjects: science, biology, chemistry.

Total time estimated: 7 hours.

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River ecosystems: animal biodiversity

Objective: 

  • Plan and carry out a research project following the steps of the scientific method
  • Learn about animal diversity on the studied ecosystems and water quality

This learning unit includes outdoor activities for the identification of animal species in the river.

School subjects: science, biology, chemistry.

Total time estimated: 9 hours.

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