From non-earthquakes to flamenco shocks, up to the discovery of the new volcanic cone on top of Etna. These are just some of the ScienzAperta initiatives organized by INGV from 10 April to 21 May. This year the offices of Rocca di Papa, Rome, Milan and Catania will participate in the event
The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) will open its doors to the public from 10 April to 21 May with scientific aperitifs, conferences, educational tours and screenings in the Rocca di Papa, Rome, Milan and Catania offices. The occasion, ScienzAperta 2016, now in its sixth edition.
For the first time to open the event, Sunday 10 April, the Rocca di Papa headquarters with guided tours of the Geophysical Museum and for the little ones a Hunt for the... Treasure of the Castles. Followed by the screening of the documentary film Don't call me earthquake, dedicated to the earthquake that hit L'Aquila in 2009, a meeting on terrestrial magnetism with Aldo Winkler, INGV researcher and uA journey from the first compasses to modern theories on the earth's core. At the end,the inauguration of the exhibition itinerary Earth attraction.
Let's talk about Geophysics, Geoactivity, Geofilms are the educational courses for schools, organized from 11 to 16 April at the Rome office. Children will be able to discover how to locate an earthquake and explore the secrets of volcanoes through seismology and volcanology laboratories. The Lazio volcano and its territory is the title of the meeting conducted by researchers from the University of Rome 3, Massimo Rinaldi and Luca Tarchini. 'Sopen day, on April 16 will take place at the same time guided tours, laboratories and scientific aperitifs: from Mission to the South Pole to the Ustica massacre and Earthquakes-non-earthquake, up to Flamenco shakes with the intervention for the first time of the choreographer and dancer Dario Carbonelli who for the occasion will hold a free flamenco lesson, monitored by the seismic sensors of the INGV.
If nail can save your life will be the motto of the activities that will be held from 12 to 13 May at the Milan Section. The 2016 edition of ScienzAperta is dedicated to KnowRISK (Know your city, Reduce seiSmic risK through non-structural elements), a project born from the collaboration between Portugal, Iceland and Italy, with the aim of reducing the damage caused by earthquakes to the non-structural elements of buildings, furnishings, false ceilings, partitions, panels and systems. For schools, seminars and team games to understand what preventive measures to adopt in this regard.
Lastly, from Monday 16 to Saturday 21 May, the Etna Observatory, Catania Section of INGV, is organizing a series of school visits and seminars to find out how volcanologists are following the rapidly growing new volcanic cone on top of Etna and how instruments to measure gas emissions, earthquakes and deformations del soil. The KnowRISK project will also be present here, with a special exhibitanimated about the effects of earthquakes.
The complete calendar can be consulted on the website:www.scienzapertainingv.it The events are by reservation until seats are exhausted.