https://www.scientix.eu/it/c/message_boards/find_category?p_l_id=1321859&mbCategoryId=1816024 2026-03-08T07:59:17Z 2026-03-08T07:59:17Z COSTANTINA COSSU https://www.scientix.eu/it/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=1321859&messageId=1983623 2025-05-25T21:33:59Z 2025-05-25T21:25:03Z

Linking <strong>Nature-Based Solutions (NBS)</strong> to <strong>sports</strong> can be a powerful strategy to help children and youth grasp environmental concepts in an engaging, active, and memorable way. Here’s how, enriched with ideas drawn from the plant knowledge specific to the <strong>Laguna di Tortolì</strong>: Why link NBS to sports?<ol style="list-style: decimal outside;" start="1"><li><strong>Kinesthetic learning</strong>: Many students, especially children, learn best through movement. Sports naturally activate the body, making it easier to associate physical action with ecological ideas.</li><li><strong>Real-world challenges</strong>: Sports often take place outdoors. Turning the natural space into part of the learning environment helps kids understand how ecosystems function and how to care for them.</li><li><strong>Teamwork and problem-solving</strong>: Just like in NBS, sports require collaboration, strategy, and adapting to complex, changing environments &#8212; perfect metaphors for ecological thinking.</li></ol> Example Activity: “Eco-Sports Day in the Lagoon”<strong>Objective</strong>: Teach students about local plant biodiversity and their ecosystem services through team games, using the vegetation of the Tortolì lagoon as inspiration.<strong>Setup</strong>: A trail or field near the lagoon, divided into stations named after local plants:<ul style="list-style: disc outside;"><li><em>Salicornia Sprint</em> &#8211; a relay race where each team must identify a real sample of <em>Salicornia europaea</em> before passing the baton.</li><li><em>Limonium Puzzle</em> &#8211; a matching game connecting flower images (e.g., <em>Limonium vulgare</em>) to their ecosystem role (pollination).</li><li><em>Tifa Toss</em> &#8211; soft beanbags representing <em>Typha latifolia</em> seeds are “planted” in eco-zones marked on the field.</li><li><em>Cannuccia Balance</em> &#8211; a walking challenge simulating how <em>Phragmites australis</em> stabilizes soil and water edges.</li></ul>These activities could be paired with recognition cards or nature journals based on the <strong>&#34;Scheda di Riconoscimento della Vegetazione della Laguna di Tortolì&#34;</strong>, encouraging observation and deeper connection to each species. Learning Outcomes<ul style="list-style: disc outside;"><li><strong>Understanding ecosystem services</strong>: Kids learn how plants like <em>Tifa</em> and <em>Giunco</em> help with water purification and erosion control &#8212; real NBS examples.</li><li><strong>Linking movement to memory</strong>: Associating physical tasks with specific plants and their uses improves long-term retention.</li><li><strong>Environmental empathy</strong>: By “playing in nature,” students are more likely to value and want to protect it.</li><li><strong>Empowerment through action</strong>: Children experience themselves as part of the solution, not just observers.</li></ul>Link folder image https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1diPD26yakrgejq9SMc5Q-5PxEta6wdvy?usp=sharing

COSTANTINA COSSU 2025-05-25T21:25:03Z Anonimo https://www.scientix.eu/it/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=1321859&messageId=1816026 2024-08-14T13:41:56Z 2024-08-05T13:44:47Z

<strong></strong>​​​​​​How can linking<strong> NBS </strong>to <strong>sports</strong> help kids grasp <strong>environmental concepts</strong>?

Anonimo 2024-08-05T13:44:47Z