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Nordplus horisontalt projekt, der i 2009 fik tildelt midler under fokusområdet "klima":
Koordinerande skola: Københavns universitet, Det Biovidenskabelige Fakultet (http://www.life.ku.dk/)

Bülowsvej 17
1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Kontaktperson: Torben Roug

Syftet med projektet:
1) At etablere et nordisk netværk grundskoler-gymnasier-universiteter, der deler viden om good practice og videreudvikle den biovidenskabelige skoletjeneste/besøgsordning

2) At få ekspertviden om klima ud I klasserna. Biovidenskab er bade en illustrative, konkret og kompleks videnskab, der med eksperimenter kan bidrage til at give bade AHA-oplevelser og læring om klima og bæredygtighed.

 

Andre projekter, der i 2009 fik tildelt midler under fokusområdet "klima":

 

1) Baltic School exhange – Salacgriva/Hoerup
Koordinerande skola: Hoerup Centralskole Compulsory school (www.hoerup-skole.dk)

Vestervej 42, Kirke Hoerup
DK-6470 Sydals, Denmark
Kontaktperson: Birgitte Bjoern Petersen

Application
Baltic School exhange – Salacgriva/Hoerup

Syftet med projektet:
1. The main goal - focus on climate issues by investigating which consequences a climate
change can have in Latvia and in Denmark.

2. The main form - a class exchange where the students can work with different kind of
possibilities to solve the actual problems, and put up theories about how to solve and
stop the changes.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
This application is concerning cooperation between a Latvian and a Danish school. As a part of the cooperation focused on climate a class exchange is important. Understanding the consequences in each country, and working together to solve it - person to person – can be essential for realizing the necessity of acting upon this issue.

 

 

2) Sundhed og Klima i SimCity
Koordinerande skola: Mercantec Upper secondary school (www.mercantec.dk)
H C Andersens Vej 9
8800 Viborg, Denmark
Kontaktperson: Ulla Hjulmand

Application
Sundhed og Klima i SimCity

Syftet med projektet:
Formålet med dette projekt er at øge elevernes forståelse af hvorledes klima og sundhed spiller sammen, og hvordan "grøn" indretning af både en hel by og et individuelt hjem kan konstrueres sådan, at det har minimalt co2 fodaftryk.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
Vores samarbejde med Sisimiut HTX går ud på, at fagene Teknologi B og Dansk A for næste skoleårs klasse 2.3 skal hægtes op på Klimakonferencen i København i år. Vi ønsker at samarbejdet drejer sig om Sundhed og Klima i SimCity for at bibringe dem en forståelse af at samarbejde på tværs af landegrænser ikke skal ses som et isoleret fænomen, men tværtimod som en kontinuerlig og nødvendig proces, hvis verdens co2 forbrug skal minimeres.

Vi vil gerne illustrere overfor eleverne, at man ved hjælp af IT kan et virtuelt samarbejde om et globalt emne, og få de to landes elever til at reflektere og erfaringsudveksle om, hvordan netop deres livsstil influerer på miljøet og folkesundheden, og hvad hvert enkelt land kan gøre for at nedbringe den globale opvarmning.

 

 

3) Climate, energy and Iceland
Koordinerande skola: Johannesskolen Upper secondary school

Troels-Lundsvej 15
DK-2000F
Copenhagen, Denmark
2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Kontaktperson: Hanne Birgitte Bærentzen

Application
Climate, energy and Iceland

Syftet med projektet:'
To be acquainted with the energy issues in Iceland and how they have been dealt with and compare with the Danish projects along the same lines.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
The project includes various types of altenative energy forms. Having worked with several of these both theoretically and in the lab in our own school we intend to let our pupils share their experiences with the Icelandic pupils and vice versa.

 

 

4) Unges perspektiver på klimaforandringer
Koordinerande skola: Lille Vildmose Efterskole Other (www.denlillevilde.dk)

Møllesøvej 12
9280 Storvorde
Danmark
Kontaktperson: Bodil Hansen

Application
Unges perspektiver på klimaforandringer

Syftet med projektet:
Formålet med projektet er ved selvsyn at give unge i 15 årsalderen et indtryk af, hvad klimaforandringer betyder ikke kun for et lands flora og fauna, men også for ungdommen, som bor i landet, og de perspektiver og rammer som klimaet lægger på deres fremtidsplaner. Gensidige besøg, kommunikation over nettet, udveksling af viden og tanker er elementer i projektet, som skal bidrage til de unges dannelsesproces som global borger og medvirkende til at give de unges holdninger til den aktuelle klimadebat tyngde og personlig bevidsthed.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
Projektet indeholder
- samarbejde mellem to efterskoler i henholdsvis Grønland og Danmark
- gensidige besøg udvider de unges horisont
- udveksling af informationer og viden
- fælles projektopgave
- udvikle sociale og personlige kompetencer såsom kulturforståelse, tolerance, etik, moral og egne grænser og formåen.
- fremmer de kommunikative kompetencer i skrift, tale og medieformidling
- skaber nye læringsmiljøer, der giver mulighed for læring i og om naturen på en ny måde

 

 

5) Reducing changes in climate by producing right products in the right way
Koordinerande skola: Føroya handilsskuli á Kambsdali Upper secondary school (www.fhk.fo)

Kambsdalur
530 Fuglafjørður
Faroe Islands
Kontaktperson: Margit Fromm Petersen

Syftet med projektet:
I det kommende år har vi følgende prioriteringer:
1. Climate issues
2. Entrepreneurship
Gennem samarbejde mellem skoler i de forskellige nordiske lande ønsker vi at udbrede kendskab til foranstaltninger, der finder sted i andre nordiske lande, til minimering af miljøskadende virksomhed. Gennem dette samarbejde nås det mål, vores samarbejde altid bygger på: At stimulere interessen for, kundskaber om og forståelsen af de andre nordiske kulturer, sprog og levevilkår og derigennem styrke den nordiske dimension blandt eleverne. For at bibeholde deres nordiske identitet er dette vigtigt for de unge, der hver dag påvirkes stærkt af globaliseringen. Det er af største vigtighed, at læreren er i stand til at give eleverne gode og velbegrundede idéer til nyskabelser og nytænkning.

Gennem lærerudveksling får læreren viden om miljøvenlige produkter og produktionsmetoder i de andre nordiske lande – både ved diskussioner med nordiske kolleger og besøg på virksomheder, der aktivt går ind for tanken om et renere miljø.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
Etelä-Savon ammattiopisto inviterer lærere fra hver samarbejdsskole til Nordisk Uge samt til deltagelse i skolens undervisning. Deltagelse i undervisning indebærer bl.a. informering om samfundsmæssige og kulturelle forhold i gæstelærerens hjemland. Foruden at deltage i undervisningen vil de deltagende lærere udveksle idéer og viden fra deres respektive hjemlande om miljøvenlige produkter og produktionsmetoder, der ikke er medvirkende til ændringer af klimaet. Der udveksles og diskuteres desuden undervisningserfaring indenfor emnet. Etelä-Savon ammattiopistol arrangerer besøg hos virksomheder, der tager klima- og miljøproblemet meget seriøst.

 

 

6) People and climate – competition and cooperation
Koordinerande skola: Uhtna Põhikool Compulsory school (www.uhtna.edu.ee)

Uhtna Sõmeru vald
44202 Lääne-Virumaa
Estonia
Kontaktperson: Marge Salumäe

Syftet med projektet:
The purpose of our project is to become aware of and acknowledge the common environment of Baltic Sea and Scandinavian countries. Children will start from the local environmental problems and see them as a part of global ones. The project will support sustainable values and create the sustainable value judgments. During the mobility children learn and improve their English language, communication and teamwork skills; intercultural and intergenerational learning possibilities develop.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
The partner schools create a common weather and environmental observing plan according to their curriculum and abilities in different classes. Common observation and research activities will lead us to an (virtual) environmental file completed by all the parties. The file will introduce and represent all the partnership countries and schools, their natural environment; their lifestyle caused by it and the variety of traditions, nature protection activities. While working with the project children learn and improve their English language; intercultural and intergenerational learning possibilities develop.

 

 

7) Miljöarbete i och runt Östersjön
Koordinerande skola: Vikingaåsens skola Compulsory school (www.jomala.ax)

Skolvägen 3
22150 Jomala
Aland
Kontaktperson: Bernt Gustav Isaksson

Syftet med projektet:
• Få eleverna medvetna om miljöarbetets betydelse för Östersjön och våra regioner.
• Göra barnen intresserade av det lokala miljöarbetet, göra dem medvetna om att arbetet bör ske gemensamt och över gränserna.
• Medvetandegöra språkliga och kulturella likheter och skillnader.
• Stärka samhörigheten i Norden.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
Flera års förberedande brevväxling per post och e-post, presentation via dvd, boende hos brevvän, förberedande undervisning om vänortens särprägel och språk, samt ämnesundervisning på plats, musik, drama och idrottsutbyte, föräldrakväll med lokala maträtter samt information om hemorten.
Information även till vänskolans lägre klasser. Insikt i varandras skolsystem, privat/kommunal skola.
Miljövänligt resande mellan utbytesorterna - allmänna färdmedel (tåg, buss, båt)
Få kunskap om det lokala miljöarbetet (återvinning, sophantering, energisparåtgärder, kompostering, hållbar konsumtion).
Det rena havets betydelse för Fyn och Åland.

 

 

8) Hur påverkas klimat och ekosystem av människors attityder till hållbar utveckling?
Koordinerande skola: Gymnasieskolan Knut Hahn Upper secondary school

Blasisus Königsgatan 27
37235 Ronneby
Sweden
Kontaktperson: Anders Ulf Thomsson

Syftet med projektet:
Syftet med utbytesprojektet och det prioriterade temat ”klimatfrågor” är att undersöka människors attityder till hållbar utveckling och få en förståelse för hur dessa kan leda till klimatförändringar samt förändringar i ekosystemet.

Att göra studier om hur människors attityder kan påverka klimatet, hur ekosystemet förändras blir givna inslag i temaarbetet. Detta syftar till att öka människors kunskap om att rätt attityder till hållbar utveckling är ett måste för att minska klimatpåverkan och därmed förhindra allvarliga konsekvenser i ekosystemet.
Kunskapen skall ge lärare och elever möjligheter att påverka den enskilda individen samt beslutsfattare i frågor om hållbar utveckling och dess klimatpåverkan.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
Människors vardagliga ställningstaganden baserade på goda kunskaper om ekosystemen kommer att bli avgörande för att förhindra större klimatförändringar. Med detta projekt mellan Gymnasieskolan Knut Hahn, Ronneby och Höyanger vidaregåande skule, Norge vill samarbetsparterna undersöka hur klimat och ekosystem påverkas av människors attityder till hållbar utveckling.

 

 

9) A comparative study of different resources in the two countries, Sweden and Iceland, and how they affect society and climate.
Koordinerande skola: Calmare Internationella Skola (www.cis.se)

Malmbrog. 11
39235 Kalmar
Sweden

Syftet med projektet:
The purpose of the common project is that the Swedish and Icelandic pupils together learn more about how resources influence society. Society and people’s way of living affect the global climate today. It is important for the pupils to learn more about the importance of the climate and its variation. How can we influence climate and environment through our life style? The pupils will also find out if there are any differences in the youth’s awareness of climate changes and environmental issues in both countries. Also if media have different approaches? It is also important for the pupils to meet people in the same age from other countries, especially from neighbouring Nordic countries.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
This project concerns how the resources in a country influence society and also how the activities in society can affect the climate and its variations. The pupils work in mixed groups, each group work with a special theme. The pupils visit each other both in autumn 2009 and in spring 2010. At the last visit the project is finished and the pupils show their work to each other and the teachers. The project’s results will also be distributed to other pupils, parents, teachers and others at the home school.

 

 

10) Skrald som ressource
Koordinerande skola: Rödovre Kommunale Undgomsskole

Nørrekær
Rødovre
Denmark
Kontaktperson: Jesper Lohmann

Syftet med projektet:
Vi ønsker at skærpe elevernes bevidsthed omkring det enorme ressourcespild, der finder sted i vores forbrugskultur, ligesom vi vil fokusere på de miljø- og klimamæssige konsekvenser, dette forbrug har. Vi vil belyse, hvad det er i samfundsudviklingen, der har gjort, vi har fået denne køb og smid væk kultur, og hvad der kan gøres for at ændre denne.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
Projektet tager udgangspunkt i den "brug og smid væk" kultur, vi oplever idag. Denne tendens har store konsekvenser (allerede på kort sigt) for miljøet og (på lidt længere sigt) for klimaet. Eleverne skal derfor lave "skraldekunst" af skrald, de selv indsamler. Med udgangspunkt i dette meget håndgribelige arbejde skal vi kigge på sammenhængen mellem de klima- og miljøproblemer, vi ser idag, og det ressourceforbrug, vi alle deltager i. I dette arbejde vil det interkulturelle perspektiv spille en central rolle, da det netop kan være med til at pege på, at ressourceforburget kan være anderledes. Samarbejder med Grönland.

 

 

11) The effects of the change of climate in the Nordic region
Koordinerande skola: Jelsnes skole

Jelsnesveien 820
Sarpsborg
Norge
Kontaktperson: Inge Nybø

Syftet med projektet:
The ongoing changes in climate will affect the way everyday life will appear within the Nordic region. It is important to prepare the next generation for the challenges this will cause.
The participants are characterised through
- much the same tradition of language, geography and history
- long term tradition of political co-operation
- traditions which are considered to be of great value in order to develop a common approach to present and future challenges

Sammanfattning av projektet:
The project involves Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweeden. Four twin towns will co-operate with pupils and teachers who are in the 5th grade autumn 2009. In the next three years the involved five schools will plan and effectuate the necessary activities in order to reach the purpose of the project (see above). The project includes the exhange of pupils, teachers and headmasters, and will also focus on the quality of teaching and learning.

 

 

12) Climate features in the different countries around the Baltic Sea
Koordinerande skola: Sigulda primary school Nr. 3

Skolas street 3
Sigulda, Latvia
Kontaktperson: Elita Cirule

Syftet med projektet:
The purpose of the project is humans’ influence on climate change, which includes studying the weather and climate on a global scale.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
We would like to share our ideas with partnership countries about climate change. We will investigate weather change on a wide range of activities over different time scales and places. Pupils can be involved in measuring and recording the weather around them and so begin to understand its impact on their lives and humans impact on the climate. Cooperation with Denmark and Lithuania.

 

 

13) Being an ecocitizen
Koordinerande skola: Hurup skole (www.hurupskole.dk)

Idrætsvej 11
Hurup Thy
Denmark
Kontaktperson: Dorthe Vestergaard

Syftet med projektet:
The main purpose of the project is to create a global conscience about environmental problems and make the students aware og the necessity to act daily at their own level.
Furthermore we wish to promote language learning and linguistic diversity and finally to encourage tolerance and respect for other peoples and cultures.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
The main object for the project will be working with the students about sustainable development concept and the means of environmental protection. Hereunder look at what is done at a local, regional and national level and compare the actions of the two countries.  The students will work in groups at the own school but also together exchanging productions and discuss about them in differnet ways such as: internet ( emails, chats, videoconferences …) but also telephone, traditionally mail, fax …and during transnational meetings.

They will make questionnaires about the different issues such as: soil and air, energy, food, packaging, water and biological diversity. The work will be in 3 fases: 1. Local and regional 2. National 3. Compare the 2 countries and perhaps get ideas from the other country about what could be done.

During the project the students will produce different products to be handed out at their schools and also to the people responsible for the work with the environment local, regional and national. Cooperation with Lithuania.

 

 

14) People and climate – competition and cooperation
Koordinerande skola: Uhtna Põhikool (www.uhtna.edu.ee)

Uhtna Sõmeru vald
Lääne-Virumaa
Estonia
Kontaktperson: Marge Salumäe

Syftet med projektet:
The purpose of our project is to become aware of and acknowledge the common environment of Baltic Sea and Scandinavian countries. Children will start from the local environmental problems and see them as a part of global ones. The project will support sustainable values and create the sustainable value judgements.
During the mobilities children learn and improve their English language, communication and teamwork skills; intercultural and intergenerational learning possibilities develop.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
The partner schools create a common weather and environmental observing plan according to their curriculum and abilities in different classes. Common observation and research activities will lead us to an (virtual) environmental file completed by all the parties. The file will introduce and represent all the partnership countries and schools, their natural environment, their lifestyle caused by it and the variety of traditions, nature protection activities.

While working with the project children learn and improve their English language; intercultural and intergenerational learning possibilities develop.

 

 

15) Studying renewable energy sources
Koordinerande skola: Veingeskolan F-6 (www.laholm.se/veingeskolan)

Laholms kommun, Veingeskolan F-6
Laholm
Sweden
Kontaktperson: Ulf Svensson

Syftet med projektet:
We want the young students to think about that our way of living in the present will effect their future. We will give them the opportunity to communicate and cooperate with students in our neighbour countries.
We want the students to develop knowledge and good attitude so they will learn to love and to take care of the nature and use it as a source for recreation and good health.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
The theme of the project is renewable energy sources. The students will be educated in several energy sources and each country will specialize in one area. Norway’s main field is solar energy and Sweden’s is windpower.

During the teacher exchange meetings the guest teachers will teach the host students in their main field and also tell them more about their projects.
The schools will communicate through Skype, e-mail and the upcoming website. We are also want to create a wiki-page or a platform where our students can meet in a convenient way. The main purpose is of course the renewable energy project but we also want them to reflect of the way of living in our nieghbour contries and the opportunities the new technology will provide.

 

 

16) Is there any evidence of climate changes in Finland and Estonia
Koordinerande skola: Palokka school

Koivutie 5
Jyväskylä
Finland
Kontaktperson: Markku Tossavainen

Syftet med projektet:
The aim of the project is that the students and teachers get to know the examination work of climate and weather. Both schools have made weather measurements over ten years, and that`s why there is a lot of material about the weather conditions of both schools area.  During visiting Rongu school the students of our school make measurements together with Rongu school students and compare the results.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
Students of Palokka school visit Rongu school (Middle Estonia). Students make there together field work concerning Rongu weather conditions and environmental circumstances. Students and teachers can do environmental examination together. It`s aim to compare Palokka and Rongu  field work results with each other.

 

 

17) From willow to geysers
Koordinerande skola: Sorø Friskole (www.soroefriskole.dk)

Løvegårdsvej 2
Sorø
Denmark
Kontaktperson: Mathilde Klinge

Syftet med projektet:
This project aims to bring a group of school children from Denmark (Sorø Friskole) and a group from Iceland (Fellaskoli School) together in an exchange programme focusing on the learning and development of the children within a nordic context especially focusing on the similarities and co-existence we share with each other. The children will share knowledge and perspectives on how we can deal with the climate changes in our own lives and share cultural and nature ressources with each other.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
A school class of 10 children and 1 teacher from Sorø Friskole will travel to Iceland and meet 10 children and 1 teacher from Fellaskoli School. Both groups will meet in Reykjavik and stay at a youth hostel. The exchange program will last seven months with a preparing period in June-August, the physical exchange in September and a follow-up part in October-December. During the program the children will compare and share knowledge about the willow water cleaning plant at Sorø Friskole and the Thermic heating energy from the geysers and underground of Iceland. Other aspects of the program will be nature experiences, science experiments, innovative sessions and art sessions. Subsequent to the exchange program the idea is to have a re-visit in Sorø in 2010

 

 

18) Production and consumption of energy in Northern Ostrobothnia aand Lithuania – comparative study
Koordinerande skola: Raahe Business School (www.rpkk.fi)

Merikatu 2
Raahe
Finland
Kontaktperson: Olli Kuure

Syftet med projektet:
Description and comparison of manufacturing windmills and production of wind power in Raahe region in Northern Ostrobothia in Finland and Siauliai in Lithuania.
Sammanfattning av projektet:

A group of business students on secondary vocational level collect information on the local windmill factories in Raahe. The students visit the companies and present the companies to their fellow students in Lithuania. Furthermore, the students describe and compare the markets of energy, with the focus on wind power, in both partner countries.

 

 

19) Miljøvenlig energi på Island og i Danmark
Koordinerande skola: Varmalandsskóli

Varmaland
Borgarbyggð
Iceland
Kontaktperson: Berglind Guðmundsdóttir

Syftet med projektet:
Vedligeholde og styrke tilknytning mellem de to lande, Island og Danmark.
Styrke interesse og kunnen på det danske sprog.
Præsentere miljøvenlig energi og nytte.
Styrke bevidsthed om miljøet og miljøbeskyttelse.
Belære om energi i Danmark.
Forøge kendskab.
Hovedhensigten med projektet er at formidle børnenes kendskab på miljøvenlig energi i begge lande. På Island er miljøvenligt energi vores særstilling. Vi er meget heldig med mange varme kilder som bruges ved opvarming i huser, svømmehaller o.s.v.  Alt elektricitet på Island er lavet på en miljøvenlig måde i kraftværker rundt om landet. Børnene i den islandske klasse skal lære hvordan elektricitet er lavet i Danmark med f.eks. affaldbrænding og vindmøller. Børnen har oplyst hinanden om forskellige måder for at lave energi.

Vi vil i forbindelse med besøget arbejde med miljøvenlige energi i Danmark og Ísland. I Ísland har vi varme kilder som bruges ved opvarming i huser, svømmehaller o.s.v.  Alt elektricitet på Island er lavet på en miljøvenlig måde i kraftværker rundt om landet. Vil vi gernen lære om hvordan elektricitet er lavet i Danmark med f.eks. affaldbrænding og vindmøller. Vi vil meget gernes se hvordan vindmøller ser ud og hvordan de funkerer.

Vil vil gerne tage til Danmark til at ve vores danske sprag, øge vores nysgerrighed og at forbedre vores indsigt i naturen igennem det vi ser og opliver. Danmark er meget forskelligt fra Island og det vil være interessant at sammenligne de to lande og se på hvordan naturen er blived udnyttet på foreskellige måde.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
Vi ønsker at tage til Danmark for at udvide vores undervisningsrum og for at give eleverne en unik oplivelse af en anden kultur med en helt anden natur end vores egen. Eleverne får en oplivelse af hvordan danskerne er, hvordan de liver og hvilken natur de er omgivet af og hvordan de bruger den. Vi tager til Danmark til at øge vores nysgerrighed og at forbedre vores indsigt i naturen igenem det vi ser og opliver. Danmark er meget forskelligt fra Island og det vil være interessant at sammenligne de to lande og se på hvordan naturen er blevet udnyttet på foreskellige måde.

Natur, biologi, teknik, historie og dansk er de fem fag vi vil kæde tæt sammen under turen til Danmark hvor vi får gode muligheder for at udforske det vi skal undersøge vindmøller og affaldbrænding. Vi skal også bo hjemme hos eleverne fra Kongevejens skole og lære om dansk kultur. Eleverne skal også kommunikere på dansk og på den måde lære at kenda dansk vs. islandsk kultur.

 

 

20) Nordic project – Energy and Sustainable development
Koordinerande skola: Bruksgymnasiet (www.bruksgymnasiet.se)

Gymnasievägen 1, Box 42
Gimo
Sweden
Kontaktperson: Stefan Edelsvärd

Syftet med projektet:
The purpose of the project is to increase the knowledge and understanding of the students what neccessary steps and measurs which must be taken to find good energy- and environmental solutins in the future for a sustainable development in the society.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
The students will work in different groups through a website and will present their results in a final report in december. They will meet 2 times one in in Sweden and the other on Iceland where they will do excursions and investigations related to their project.

The teachers will supervise the students in the project and during the meetings they will also teach and exchange knowledge in teaching methods in the projectrelated subjects.

 

 

21) Renewable energy – how and where to use it properly
Koordinerande skola: Eisberghus efterskole (www.eisbjerghus.dk)

Eisbjergvej 2
Nr. Aaby
Denmark
Kontaktperson: Jakob Jensen

Syftet med projektet:
The purpose of the project is to make students acquainted with the different renewable energy sources, to give the students an opportunity to cooperate and communicate with young people from another country, and not least to give the students an opportunity to learn about other ways of living and looking at things.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
When the students meet in Denmark in October for their first exchange, they will get to know each other and use four days working on the project including two project excursions.
They will work in groups of two Lithuanians and two Danes.
1. Each group must develop their own invention on how to use their renewable energy source:
For example to create a wave machine, how to use the solar and wind energy etc
A. Describe your invention and picture it
B. Describe how it functions and where it can be used
C. Make an advertisement as a poster for your new product to be published at each school
E. Prepare a presentation (for fellow students)

During the first meeting each group will make a desription of their project and make a plan of whom to do what and when.
Skype, e-mail, blogs, and a forum on eTwinning will be introduced and used for the students to communicate between the two visits.
On 1st of December 2009 and 1st of March 2010 each group has a deadline and they will publish their information on their blog. For last deadline and second meeting in Lithuania the students will finish their work and present for the other students.

 

 

22) The nesting box project
Koordinerande skola: Gamlegrenåsens skole

Christian Sindingsvei
Kongsberg
Norway
Kontaktperson: Eirik Winsents

Syftet med projektet:
To make pupils more of aware of their neighbourhood environment.
To create interest of environmental issues.
To develop skills in mathematics and statistic.
Learn to communicate in English.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
The project is divided in two parts:
In summer observation ofthe breeding of local birds. By making nesting boxes and place them nearby home and school the pupils will learn the different species using the boxes, observe the nesting, count the eggs and the number of young birds able to leave the sest. All the results shall be reported to a joint webpage of the participating schools.
In winter the pupils shall fed birds in order to observate which species who are present only during winter and which who are present all the year. By communicating this to a joint website pupils can observate the migrating system of birds.

By collecting this kind of statistics over a longer period changes in patterns can indicate possible changes in local climate. Some birds may stay for longer periods or take the chance tostay over winter due to warmer winters. For further information a full description is attached to te application. Cooperates with Lithuania.

 

 

23) SOS Polar Bears
Koordinerande skola: Kursenai Laurynas Ivinskis Gymnasium

V. Kudirkos 33
Kursenai
Lithuania
Kontaktperson: Roma Albrikiene

Syftet med projektet:
- to encourage mutual understanding and tolerance between young people from Lithuania and Finland
- to know the partner‘s country‘s culture and maintain the dialogue between Lithuanian and Finnish cultures.
- to educate town communities about the changes in climate and ecology.

Sammanfattning av projektet:
During the project „SOS Polar Bears“ two groups of young people from two EU countries situated by the Baltic Sea will investigate the changes in climate, their impact on environment, people and their health, flora and fauna. A questionnaire will be prepared, in which they will ask their town people about the changes in climate, together with professionals from the department of environment will measure the amount of traffic fumes in the air, will watch and take pictures of photochemical smog phenomenon in industrial areas.

The participants of the project will analyse the data of the questionnaire and research, compare them, draw the conclusions and present the results to their town communities. Lithuanian and Finnish students will enhance their school knowledge of Natural Science about the hothouse effect, photochemical smog, acid rain, erosion of soil, thickenning of the ozone layer. The accepted knowledge, threats, feara and encouragement to save our environment and health will mirror in students‘ produced comic-strips, which are believed to stimulate their contemporaries, parents and teachers to think about the possibilities to influence the reasons of the changes in climate.

The symbol of the project and the main hero of the comic-strips has been chosen the Polar Bear, a representative of endangered because of the changes in climate species.  The students‘ created comic-strips will be used to shoot short video films with Lithuanian and Finnish music as the background which will be chosen by the youth. The videos on CDs will be one of the project products, and will be used in teaching and learning Natural Sciences and in various lectures.

Another project product will be a 2011 calendar with the illustrations from the comic-strips on the topic of climate changes and summarised data from the research. The calendar as a product was chosen not accidentally because Kuršenai Laurynas Ivinskis gymnasium was named after the first compiler of Lithuanian calendar Laurynas Ivinskis.
Moreover, we think it will be more meaningful to use not only the official project communication language (English), but also Lithuanian and Finnish for the expression of the two countries‘ cultures.  Much attention in the project will be paid to Lithuanian-Finnish intercultural education and ability to live together in the enlarging EU.  Different figurative techniques will be used to develop knowledge about the countries and their citizens, to analyse and measure the changes in climate.