04 May 2017
Engaging students and teachers in meteorology and atmospheric sciences: the LaMMA activities
LaMMA Consortium, Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Institute of Biometeorology, Italian National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, Florence, Italy
Giorgio Bartolini
LaMMA Consortium, Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Riccardo Benedetti
LaMMA Consortium, Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Giulio Betti
LaMMA Consortium, Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Institute of Biometeorology, Italian National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, Florence, Italy
Valerio Capecchi
LaMMA Consortium, Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Institute of Biometeorology, Italian National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, Florence, Italy
Bernardo Gozzini
LaMMA Consortium, Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Ramona Magno
LaMMA Consortium, Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Institute of Biometeorology, Italian National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, Florence, Italy
Andrea Orlandi
LaMMA Consortium, Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Luca Rovai
LaMMA Consortium, Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Institute of Biometeorology, Italian National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, Florence, Italy
Claudio Tei
LaMMA Consortium, Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Institute of Biometeorology, Italian National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, Florence, Italy
Tommaso Torrigiani
LaMMA Consortium, Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Institute of Biometeorology, Italian National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, Florence, Italy
Federica Zabini
LaMMA Consortium, Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Institute of Biometeorology, Italian National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, Florence, Italy
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This paper presents the educational activities on meteorology carried out by LaMMA Consortium, official weather service for Tuscany. Since 2011 every year more than 1200 students come to visit LaMMA to follow one of the proposed modules. Students have also the opportunity to visit the LaMMA weather operations room and meet the forecasters. Furthermore, an educational module on climate change based on a participatory approach was proposed to more than 500 teachers in the last two years.
This paper presents the educational activities on meteorology carried out by LaMMA Consortium,...
