Galileo and Experimental Research

Area:	Educational department
Start:	1 October 2007
End:	31 May 2008
Description:	The Institute and Museum of the History of Science re-proposes, for the coming scholastic year, the project "Galileo and Experimental Research". Conceived within the European Project Pencil (Permanent EuropeaN resource Centre for Informal Learning), it is now in its third edition. "Galileo and Experimental Research" is addressed to secondary school teachers and students. It is a hybrid between research and didactics, focusing on the experimental research carried out by Galileo in the field of natural motion. The project, included in the programme "Costruttori di Cittadinanza" of the Provincia di Firenze, was presented on the 27th and 28th September at the Stazione Leopolda during the event "La stazione delle idee", organized by the provincial administration.
Link:	www.provincia.fi.it/urp/costrdicitt.pdf

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