A holistic experience, a result of collaboration between school and university, to raise young people’s awareness about management, development and protection of mountain areas.

As part of the educational and networking activities of the Italian Mountain Lab project, a Summer School with over 50 students and teachers took place at the Garibaldi Refuge in Val d’Avio – Valle Camonica (BS) from 15th to 17th June 2018^.

Teachers and students experimented educational paths (history, economy, science,…) of citizen science and, with the help of professionals and experts from the universities involved, also worked on proposal of “Education and training at high altitudes”, in direct contact with the mountain and its peculiarities and using digital learning material.

This Summer School has been a very important occasion to develop and increase the awareness of teachers and students of the opportunities of mountain areas on a local, regional and national scale and to show how to bring research into classrooms, starting from real-life and local problems in order to provide practical experiences in scientific inquiry, critical thinking, and problem solving so students can learn the importance of formulating hypothesis, analyzing data, and interpreting their own observations as well as of using innovative digital tools.