By the end of the first year TPPF project's activities
children of the Pre - primary school in Petriolo
show the parents' community what they learned
about the Means of Transports in the Present and
in the Past.
About the Bike
YOU KNOW THAT...
...there are more or less 1.000.000.000 bikes all over the world.
...the biggest bike's factory is the "GIANT".
...in 1924 Alfonsina Stratta was the first and the only woman in the "Italian Tour" and the municipality of Milan intitled a street to her memory.
About the Motorbike
YOU KNOW THAT...
...it was Enrico Piaggio who gave the name "VESPA" to his
scooter because of its noise like that of the bee.
About the Car
YOU KNOW THAT...
...Carl Benz built the first car.
...he made the first journey on his car with his sons
running 194 km.
...the first sanction was in 1904 for high speed...19 km/h.
...the "jeep" was used by the USA army during the second
world war.
About the Train
YOU KNOW THAT...
...all the trains run on the left side except in Germany.
....the "Transiberiana" is the longest railway in the world.
...the japanese trains are the most punctual trains in the
world.
...the most beautiful train in the world is the "Panoramic
Berliner Express" that cross over 6 bridges and runs
under 55 tunnels.
About the Ship
YOU KNOW THAT...
...the fastest ship is a catamaran called "Destriero" built
in the FINCANTIERI that travelled over the Atlantic sea.
...in Cina there is a museum dedicated to the ship"Titanic".
...the most famous, ancient and admired school sailing ship is the Amerigo Vespucci.
About the Plane
YOU KNOW THAT...
...each day 90.000 planes are flying in the world.
...in 1909 the first plane flight on the Manica channel.
...Ramon de la Roche was the first woman to get the
airplane pilot's license on March the 8th 1910.
