The aim of the project is to increase pupils’ awarness of the need to protect the natural environment as well as encourage them to live ecological friendly.

• Subjects: Environmental Education, Foreign Languages
• Languages: EN
• Pupil's age: 7 - 12
• Tools to be used: e-mail, Forum, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Project Diary, Twinspace, Web publishing
• Aims: The aim of the project is to increase pupils’ awarness of the need to protect the natural environment as well... read moreThe aim of the project is to increase pupils’ awarness of the need to protect the natural environment as well as encourage them to live ecological friendly. Taking part in the following project creates also a good opportunity to widen students’ vocabulary knowledge concerning ecology and the environment. When participating in the project pupils will have an opportunity to make friends with their peers from different European countries. hide
• Work process: 1) Introducing ourselves (students participating in the project are going to get know each other by exchanging information on the... read more1) Introducing ourselves (students participating in the project are going to get know each other by exchanging information on the students’ forum). 2) Carrying out ecological campaigns in your school (preparing PowerPoint/Photo Story/Prezi/video presentations reporting on the ecological campaigns that are organized at the project participants’ schools). 3) Supporting international ecological campaigns (presenting in what way you involve your pupils to participate in the international ecological actions). In order to realize this task you can: - engage pupils to actively participate in the “Clean up the world” campaign, - engage pupils to actively celebrate Earth’s Day (on this ocassion you can: prepare posters, a school academy or competition viewing pupils’ knowledge concerning ecology and the environment). 4) Promoting environmental education through: - preparing special classes for pupils during which they will have an opportunity to widen their awarness of the need to protect the natural environment, - encouraging pupils to live and eat healthly (by organizing “Days of healthy food” and “Sports days”). 5) Ecology promotion in your region (find out what steps are taken to protect the environment in your region). In order to realize this task: a.ask pupils to make their own observations and report them to the other project participants in the form of pictures/posters/PowerPoint/Photo Story/Prezi/video presentations or written information attached on the forum, b.organize the trips to places where recycling is conducted (e.g. wastewater treatment plant). hide
• Expected results: 1) make pupils sensitive about the need of natural environment protection, 2) involve pupils to protect the environment actively, 3)... read more1) make pupils sensitive about the need of natural environment protection, 2) involve pupils to protect the environment actively, 3) widen pupils vocabulary knowledge concerning ecology and environment, 4) develop pupils’ skills in using ICT tools. hide

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