The permanent program Ocean Schools begins in the autumn, with the start of the school year, with free training sessions both live via webinar and on-demand, aimed at teachers of all levels.

The year-long course is developed through thematic in-depth analysis, theoretical reflections, and practical suggestions for the most urgent issues affecting our time: climate and environment, humankind and the blue planet, and biodiversity.

After the initial phase dedicated to teachers, which continues throughout the entire school year, the program directly involves students with proposals for workshops to be carried out independently, directly at school, through video lessons and instruction kits.

The interdisciplinary program dedicated to the pressing theme of biodiversity for students aged between 3 and 19 years also continues this year. Biodiversity is not just a variety of life forms, but a dense network of invisible conversations. Sounds, colors, vibrations, and chemistries weave a language that connects plants, animals, and microorganisms, but which often remains imperceptible to human beings.

The project invites the school community to discover and reinterpret these communications through aesthetic-poetic practices and scientific tools. Four paths for different school levels guided by the artist Claudia Losi will conclude in May with a final event, in person at Ocean Space and online.
 

BIODIVERSITY. CACCIA ALLE FORME
Course designed for Kindergarten classes (3–5 years old)

BIODIVERSITY. ESPLORARE IL VISIBILE E L’INVISIBILE
Course designed for Elementary School classes (6–10 years old)

BIODIVERSITY. SEGNI, FORME E NARRAZIONI DELLA NATURA
Course designed for Middle School classes (11–13 years old)

BIODIVERSITY. TRAME, ADATTAMENTI, METAMORFOSI
Course designed for High School classes (14–19 years old)

• Wednesday, December 3 | “Voci della natura” with Gianumberto Accinelli, entomologist, professor, writer, and science communicator

• Wednesday, December 10 | “Messaggi dal tempo profondo: interrogare e ascoltare i fossili” with Nicola Vuolo, researcher at CNR-IBE Institute of BioEconomics, Communication and Public Engagement LTER-Italia, the Italian Network for Long-Term Ecological Research

• Wednesday, December 17 | “RAP 4 STEM” with Domenico D'Alelio, ecologist, senior researcher at the Anton Dohrn Zoological Station

• Wednesday, January 14 | “Chi sarà? Somiglianze, relazioni e trasformazioni nel mondo dei viventi” with Paola Vitale, biologist, science communicator, school principal

• Wednesday, January 21 | “Quanto è profonda un’ombra? Osservare, interpretare e raccontare” with artist Claudia Losi

• Wednesday, January 28 | “Arte e Scienza in dialogo: processi creativi e linguaggi accessibili” with Valeria Bottalico, Education Manager at Ocean Space

• Wednesday, February 4 | “Contribuire alla ricerca ecologica: i dati di lungo termine della Rete LTER italiana e il contributo di iNaturalist” with Caterina Bergami and Simona Armeli Minicante, researchers at CNR-ISMAR

• Wednesday, February 11 | “Vita nel legno morto: insetti saproxilici e biodiversità delle foreste” with Alice Lenzi and Alessandro Campanaro, researchers at the Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of Agricultural Economics (CREA)

The educational program proposed for the 2025/2026 school year is part of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) launched by UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and in collaboration with researchers from the National Research Council, artists, and science communicators.