Transcript Document

Bucharest, 22nd February 2012
CHANGING WITH CLIMATE- OUR
SCHOOL’S MAIN OBJECTIVES
• teachers to introduce climate change as a main topic during their lessons
concerning sustainable development
•Inter- disciplinary approach
•Use of interactive methods and techniques in order to raise interest in climate
change issues among students.
• a “Code of Manners” to be implemented in our school during the following years,
which should include behavioral changes such as:
- a rational use of energy
- a School Energy Saving Plan
- unplugging devices ( TVs, faxes, computers,etc) at the end
of school programme
- turning off the lights whenever they aren’t needed
- finding school partners over Europe in order to exchange
ideas, opinions and create common activities
- encouraging community involvment and develop life skills
BEFORE BARCELONA MEETING ( OCT.
2011)
LESSONS
Students involved: 75
The lessons focused on the following topics:
• CLIMATE CHANGE: CAUSE AND EFFECTS
• CLIMATE CHANGE IN ROMANIA
•UPDATE OF THE SCHOOL’S ENERGY SAVING PLAN
•ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT HOME
SCHOOL SUBJECTS INVOLVED: English, Science, Art
METHODS AND TECHNIQUES:
•Pair& group work
•Brainstorming
•Debates
•Observation and reflection
•Project work
•Photo taking, interviews& surveys, energy invoices study and comparison
OUTCOMES: MINI- PROJECTS, POSTCARDS, POSTERS, QUESTIONNAIRES,
VIDEOS
OUR FIRST LOCAL ACTION: RAISING AWARNESS
UPON CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES AMONG TEACHERS
AND STUDENTS
ACTIVITY 1:
• students
created
questionnaires about climate
change
• they interviewed colleagues
throughout the school as well
as teachers
•They assessed the answers
and came with conclusions
on how interested students in
our school are in climate
change and also on their
acknowledge of the topic.
• students presented their
projects to colleagues and
teachers
OUR QUESTIONNAIRES
OUR FIRST LOCAL ACTION: RAISING AWARNESS
UPON CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES AMONG TEACHERS
AND STUDENTS
ACTIVITY 2:
• students designed postcards
in which they illustrated the
effects of climate change .
• the postcards were exposed
so that any visitor could see
them.
POSTERS, POSTCARDS AND PROJECTS
AFTER BARCELONA
MEETING
Barcelona meeting was a very interesting experience for all the teachers, as we
shared previous experience in European projects as well as our work in Changing
with Climate project. The posters and cards done by our students were presented
and appreciated. What is more , we found valuable partners for future activities and
discovered common points of view.
OUR PARTNERS
After further communication via e-mail, we decided to develop a
partnership with SCUOLA VIROLAI BARCELONA. So far ,we’ve done
the following activities:
-Introduced each other ( students sent electronic letters introducing
themselves and their schools).
- sent Christmas cards in order to become closer friends.
- took a common decision for the next activities:
- presenting ( on Skype) short sketches created by
students on climate change topics and deciding the best ideas and
performance.
- celebrating Earth Day on April 22nd ( both schools will
have the same workshops and experiences will be shared online).
Our work in images !
A sample
Spanish
Christmas
card
A sample
Romanian
Christmas
card
Getting to know each other !
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SPAIN
My name is Marc Serrano, from Barcelona, and I am eleven years old.I´m tall and thin, I´ve got short hair and brown eyes. I like wearing
cap and t-shirts.I live with my dad and mom. I´ve got one sister. My favourite sport is football, and I like playing padel. I love playing with
the PS3.At the weekend I go to my town with my family and I ride my bike.
Hope to hearing from you soon.
ROMANIA
Hello Alice!
My name is Anastasia Florea and I’m eleven years old.Thanks for your lovely card!It’s really nice! I’m studying at ,,Titu
Maiorescu” school in Bucharest.I’m in the sixth grade.I study Math,Romanian,P.E.,Music,German and other subjects but my
favourite one is English. I have a sister,Anna.She is 23 years old.I also have a dog,Torry,two cats,Ashley and Otto,and two
hamsters,Pupsi and Chit.
My hobbies are dancing,drawing,ice skating and writing different kinds of stories.I like singing and science-fiction books. I also
like music,films,books .My favourite food is cupcakes.My favourite book is ,,Gorge:a journey in the universe’’ by Stephan
Hawking and my favourite song is ,,Cover my eyes’’ by La Roux.
Those are some things about me.There are much many but I’m too lazy to write them.I hope I’ll receive a message from you
soon!
Best wishes,
Anastasia