Istituto: S.M.S. “Armando Diaz” - Monterusciello - Pozzuoli
Classe: III D – sede succursale
Scientific Itinerary: Museum of Natural Science Center
REPORT
On November 24, 2008 our class, accompanied by Professor of Science, went to visit the Museum of Natural Sciences Centre, University of Naples, which includes four museums: the Royal Mineralogical Museum, Zoological Museum, the Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Anthropology, unfortunately due to time we could not visit them all, but we could only admire the Mineralogical Museum and the Zoo. The Mineralogical Museum was inaugurated in 1801 during the reign of Ferdinand IV of Bourbon as a place of special architectural and artistic value. In this museum are preserved some twenty thousand specimens of minerals and rocks.
The Zoological Museum was established in 1815 but in the room on the first floor of the Jesuit College, now university library. The present site was opened in 1845. Almost all the collections suffered considerable damage during the Second World War, however, the museum has a wide range of collections. Before the visit we were already documented on many issues because my class is part of the WWF and because previously they had come to school two young journalists to "City of Science" that we had explained that, during the event we had Futuro Remoto 2008 the opportunity to visit the free museums and science to address alcune domande ai ricercatori che vi lavorano, perciò con loro abbiamo preparato queste domande. Inoltre la professoressa Ardimento, che insegna Scienze, durante le sue lezioni, aveva portato il suo computer e ci aveva fatto conoscere meglio anche il museo di Paleontologia e Antropologia, infatti eravamo ben preparati. Dopo tutta questa preparazione teorica, con le professoresse delle varie sezioni di tutte le terze, siamo partiti con il pullman che ci ha condotti in piazza del Gesù, poi abbiamo proseguito a piedi verso l’Università. La visita si è svolta in due gruppi, due classi con una guida e due con un’altra. All’entrata del Real Museo Mineralogico, sulla sinistra, c’erano i minerali fluorescenti, che cambiano colore con la luce, mentre sulla destra c’erano i grandi cristalli.
Nel nostro percorso abbiamo ammirato tanti minerali, tra cui la malachite, un carbonato di rame che le donne egizie usavano come ombretto e l’acquamarina, usata in gioielleria perché molto dura, come anche il diamante; abbiamo osservato anche l’oro allo stato grezzo, poi anche l’argento e il rame. La professoressa di scienze aveva affidato un compito ad ognuno di noi, alcuni erano stati incaricati di porgere le domande alla professoressa “guida”, altri invece dovevano scattare foto e altri ancora prendere appunti. Abbiamo chiesto da cosa dipende il colore delle rocce e ci è stato risposto che dipende dal chimismo, ci è stato said that the rocks are classified according to the process of formation, while the hardness of a mineral is classified with a special scale. Our guide was very good, and he explained very fully. The Zoological Museum for the first time we've seen up close many stuffed animals: hippo, which did not imagine it was so great, the giraffe, who was taller than a horse, a shark that seemed true because his skin was rough and his were very sharp teeth, a pair of lions with their lion. Our guide explained that the ostrich can not fly because his bone structure is very large. We also saw the skeleton of the two great whales, the guide told us that one of those whales was killed long ago because you thought it was a monster, in fact expounded on the beach and was later donated to the museum.
Then we admired the skeleton of an elephant that belonged to Charles I of Bourbon, died at only sixteen years because he was not fed well. There were also many birds of each species, and about the owls, the guide explained to us that do not bring bad luck, as is believed, indeed have an important ecological role, because it eliminates the weak and sick animals. Finally on display there were also some individuals at risk of extinction, like the monk seal, sea turtle el'okapia.
It was great. This visit has enabled us to better understand science and at the same time when we learned we had fun. Although it was sometimes a bit 'difficult to understand what the guide explained, because it uses scientific terms that do not yet know, overall it was all very interesting. This experience has made us discover new things on both minerals, animals that did not previously know, was great and if you could do it again, to visit the other two museums, one of Paleontology and Anthropology immediately accepted.
Classe: III D – sede succursale
Scientific Itinerary: Museum of Natural Science Center
REPORT
On November 24, 2008 our class, accompanied by Professor of Science, went to visit the Museum of Natural Sciences Centre, University of Naples, which includes four museums: the Royal Mineralogical Museum, Zoological Museum, the Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Anthropology, unfortunately due to time we could not visit them all, but we could only admire the Mineralogical Museum and the Zoo. The Mineralogical Museum was inaugurated in 1801 during the reign of Ferdinand IV of Bourbon as a place of special architectural and artistic value. In this museum are preserved some twenty thousand specimens of minerals and rocks.
The Zoological Museum was established in 1815 but in the room on the first floor of the Jesuit College, now university library. The present site was opened in 1845. Almost all the collections suffered considerable damage during the Second World War, however, the museum has a wide range of collections. Before the visit we were already documented on many issues because my class is part of the WWF and because previously they had come to school two young journalists to "City of Science" that we had explained that, during the event we had Futuro Remoto 2008 the opportunity to visit the free museums and science to address alcune domande ai ricercatori che vi lavorano, perciò con loro abbiamo preparato queste domande. Inoltre la professoressa Ardimento, che insegna Scienze, durante le sue lezioni, aveva portato il suo computer e ci aveva fatto conoscere meglio anche il museo di Paleontologia e Antropologia, infatti eravamo ben preparati. Dopo tutta questa preparazione teorica, con le professoresse delle varie sezioni di tutte le terze, siamo partiti con il pullman che ci ha condotti in piazza del Gesù, poi abbiamo proseguito a piedi verso l’Università. La visita si è svolta in due gruppi, due classi con una guida e due con un’altra. All’entrata del Real Museo Mineralogico, sulla sinistra, c’erano i minerali fluorescenti, che cambiano colore con la luce, mentre sulla destra c’erano i grandi cristalli.
Nel nostro percorso abbiamo ammirato tanti minerali, tra cui la malachite, un carbonato di rame che le donne egizie usavano come ombretto e l’acquamarina, usata in gioielleria perché molto dura, come anche il diamante; abbiamo osservato anche l’oro allo stato grezzo, poi anche l’argento e il rame. La professoressa di scienze aveva affidato un compito ad ognuno di noi, alcuni erano stati incaricati di porgere le domande alla professoressa “guida”, altri invece dovevano scattare foto e altri ancora prendere appunti. Abbiamo chiesto da cosa dipende il colore delle rocce e ci è stato risposto che dipende dal chimismo, ci è stato said that the rocks are classified according to the process of formation, while the hardness of a mineral is classified with a special scale. Our guide was very good, and he explained very fully. The Zoological Museum for the first time we've seen up close many stuffed animals: hippo, which did not imagine it was so great, the giraffe, who was taller than a horse, a shark that seemed true because his skin was rough and his were very sharp teeth, a pair of lions with their lion. Our guide explained that the ostrich can not fly because his bone structure is very large. We also saw the skeleton of the two great whales, the guide told us that one of those whales was killed long ago because you thought it was a monster, in fact expounded on the beach and was later donated to the museum.
Then we admired the skeleton of an elephant that belonged to Charles I of Bourbon, died at only sixteen years because he was not fed well. There were also many birds of each species, and about the owls, the guide explained to us that do not bring bad luck, as is believed, indeed have an important ecological role, because it eliminates the weak and sick animals. Finally on display there were also some individuals at risk of extinction, like the monk seal, sea turtle el'okapia.
It was great. This visit has enabled us to better understand science and at the same time when we learned we had fun. Although it was sometimes a bit 'difficult to understand what the guide explained, because it uses scientific terms that do not yet know, overall it was all very interesting. This experience has made us discover new things on both minerals, animals that did not previously know, was great and if you could do it again, to visit the other two museums, one of Paleontology and Anthropology immediately accepted.
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