Teaching in schools
Teaching Science full time in high school since 2016. Starting from 2017 teaching with a permanent position at “Liceo Scientifico Fermi” high school in Padova (Italy)
Experiences in various Schools
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Courses to improve the scientific knowledge of high school students
School years:2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018
Schools:IIS “Pietro Scalcerle”, Padova (PD); ISISS “Dal Cero“, San Bonifacio (VR)
Courses: learning biology using bioinformatics (didactic material is available at sperimentando web site); learning science in the kitchen; solve a mystery and learn about chemistry (didactic material is available at sperimentando web site) ; solve a mystery and learn about molecular biology (didactic material is available at sperimentando web site); learning about evolution and about the evolution of populations by playing a game; selfish genes and evolution + the extraordinary voyage of human kind throughout the world (didactic material soon available at sperimentando web site)
School year: 2014-2015
School: “E. Majorana” High School, Orvieto, Italy; ISISS “Dal Cero“, San Bonifacio (VR)
Topic of the activity: Bioinformatics for beginners: DNA sequences are string of characters! The lecture is available on line in english at the blog “sperimentando”; the full program of the lecture is available as a pdf at this link.
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Laboratories of Science for primary school children
School years: 2009-2010; 2010-2011; 2011-2012
School: “La Salle” Primary School, Rome, Italy
Link to the Program of the laboratories
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Invited Lectures for High School Students
School year: 2009-2010
School: “E. Majorana” High School, Orvieto, Italy
Topic of the lecture: the never-ending adventure of life science research, what is the next frontier?
School year: 2007-2008; 2008-2009; 2009-2010
School: “F.A.Gualterio” High School, Orvieto, Italy
Topic of the lectures: Newton: the composition and decomposition of light and what rainbows are; Jaques Monod: “Chance and Necessity”; Defining science: from the Greek philosophers to Karl Popper and beyond.
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Collaboration to a project for High School Students consisting in the publication of short articles to spark the interest of the students for the scientific literature
School year: 2007-2008; 2008-2009
School: “F.A.Gualterio” High School, Orvieto, Italy
The articles were published in italian