EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT IN CULTURAL, ARTISTIC AND LANDSCAPE HERITAGE OF A WETLAND

In 2018, the high school Lyceum Salutati in Montecatini (Tuscany) implemented the project "Education enhancement in cultural, artistic and landscape heritage" funded by the National Operative Program "For the School" 2014-2020. The project aimed at raising awareness on the importance of the local cultural heritage and at promoting the natural protected area of the Fucecchio wetland for its environmental and cultural importance, being the biggest inner wetland in Italy, protected under the EU Birds Directive 79/409 and Ramsar convention. The project was an extra-curriculum activity organized in three modules and was implemented by three classes of 15 students: Module 1 was on the development of a Location Based Game (LBG) to know and promote the Fucecchio wetland; Module 2 was about the assessment of the people's perception on Cultural Ecosystem Services of Fucecchio wetland and Module 3 promoted and increased students' skills on waiving the wetland grasses as traditional activity especially until mid-1900. The project allowed students to explore aspects of their territory that were probably unknown or partially known. It gave them the opportunity to develop manual skills, technological skills, communication skills and apply scientific method all in relation to the knowledge of the local cultural heritage. We are hopeful that all these experienced increased the students' sensitiveness toward the place where they live and their awareness about the importance to communicate these values to the public.