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AquaMEA
What is the context of your innovation?
AquaMEA fits into the context of environmental conservation and STEM education. The project uses technologies such as Arduino to create accessible environmental monitoring stations. Currently, many environmental monitoring solutions are expensive and complex.
What is your project about?
AquaMEA aims to democratize access to these technologies, enabling more people to actively contribute to environmental conservation. The stations detect key parameters of the aquatic environment, contributing to scientific research and environmental conservation
What are the next steps?
The environmental monitoring station has been completed and installed in Procida. We plan to expand the project, creating additional stations to expand our environmental monitoring network. Furthermore, we are exploring opportunities to involve more students and schools in the project, promoting STEM education.
AquaMEA team - LSDV
The AQUAMEA project, born as an evolution of the previous SE+A (Submarine Exploration with Arduino) project, is an ambitious initiative of the Liceo Scientifico Leonardo da Vinci in Florence. Launched last year, the project saw students try their hand at designing and building an underwater measuring instrument for environmental monitoring. During the initial testing phase, which took place in Camogli and Crete, the students used a simple fishing rod to dive the instrument to different depths, facing and overcoming significant challenges.
This year, the team refined the initial instrument by implementing a solar panel for power and a SIM data connection for real-time monitoring of environmental parameters. The new measurement station, now more efficient and autonomous, was installed at the Chiaiolella marina in Procida, thanks to the collaboration with the island's municipality. The objective of the project, however, is much broader than a single station: AQUAMEA aims at the creation of a real monitoring network distributed over different geographical areas. Thanks to this network, it will be possible to obtain a more complete and detailed picture of the state of health of aquatic ecosystems, providing valuable data for scientific research and environmental protection.
The commitment to the AQUAMEA project reflects the desire of the students and teachers of the Leonardo da Vinci High School in Florence to put into practice the knowledge they have acquired in the STEM field, actively contributing to the protection of our planet. The project, which is part of the students' school-to-work alternation course (PCTO), also benefits from the valuable technical and scientific support of the National Research Council (CNR) e della PpqSense.
