9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
PRIMARY SCHOOL WORKSHOPS | TARGET: Primary school
TRAMARE
From Penelope to chaos, following the thread with which Mary tied a mountain
Edited by Elena Vacca, author and performer
The Science of Harry Potter
· The Candle and the Bell Jar
· Balloons in Love
· Suspended Trains
· The Magic of Colors
· Jellies… and Other Experiments
By the ScienzaSocietàScienza Association
THREADS THAT UNITE
The magic of carded wool
By the Marianna Osa educational farm in Cuglieri
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Presentation of the “A Christmas of Science” event
Institutional greetings
Vice President of the ScienzaSocietàScienza Association, Mayor/Councilor for Culture of the Municipality of Cuglieri, Local Associations.
INTERTWINING SCIENCE AND TERRITORY
Moderator: Maria Del Zompo, neurologist and professor of Pharmacology, the first female rector of the University of Cagliari
SCIENCE MEETS POETRY
Su lumeru zero
Poem by Sandra Paddeu (Orani)
TARGET – Secondary schools of 2nd and 3rd grades, first secondary school
9:00 – 10:00 AM – THE THREADS OF LIFE
Lecture by Roberta Vanni, former professor of Genetics at the University of Cagliari
10:00 – 11:00 AM – SHORT CIRCUITS AND SYNAPSE DECEPTION
Lecture by Maria Del Zompo, neurologist, former Rector of the University of Cagliari
11:00 am – 1:00 pm – WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITIONS
WHAT FIBER… WHAT INTERLACES!
By the ScienceSocietyScience Association
CANDLES, LIGHTS, AND LUCERNES TO LIGHT UP YOUR CHRISTMAS
By the ScienzaSocietàScienza Association
CODED MESSAGES
By the ScienceSocietyScience Association
PROPERTIES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT TEXTILE MATERIALS
Edited by Anna Musinu and Mariano Casu, former professors at the University of Cagliari and representatives of LEGAMBIENTE
THREADS, WOMEN, EQUATIONS, ART
Exhibition curated by the ScienzaSocietàScienza Association and local textile artists
Guided tour of the Fara Sisters’ Loom Museum
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Local School Workshops
Middle School Workshops
FINAL GREETINGS
FOR RESERVATIONS:
Prof. Giuseppina Rosa (340 84 16151) – Prof. M. Cristina Fodde (3246943445)
Experiments with humble materials. The ScienzaSocietàScienza Association opens its 2026 program with a special meeting with Professor Ugo Galassi, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, from 4:30 to 6:30 PM in Cagliari, at the Aula Magna of the Pacinotti Scientific High School. Free admission.
On Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 10:30 a.m., in the Aula Magna of the Rectorate at Via Università 40, the Christmas Lecture “Critical Materials, Critical Decisions: The Future of the European Battery Industry,” given by Professor Silvia Bodoardo of the Polytechnic University of Turin, will be held.
On November 27, 2025, the Members’ Assembly of the ScienzaSocietàScienza Association elected the officers for the three-year period 2026-2028.
Il Consiglio direttivo e i soci dell’Associazione ScienzaSocietàScienza sono affettuosamente vicini al Presidente Davide Peddis e a tutta la sua famiglia per la scomparsa della cara madre Antonina Onnis.
In 2025, 12 candidates submitted their applications. They were joined by nine candidates from the 2024 edition, as required by the call for applications. The
