Any city or natural habitat can be an open-air classroom, where students can learn from direct experience. 

Key skills such as scientific observation, data collection and analysis, critical thinking, group behaviour can be easily reinforced in outdoor education, together with the appreciation of the world aorund us and on how to respect and protect it.

Science: an excursion along the River Tevere in Rome offers stunning views but also teach a lot about aquatic environment and their fragility. The completion of the tour in the archaeological site of Ostia Antica can add up a link to the preservation of artistic and historical  heritage