With this project, “Travelling through the seas of Europe,” we try to educate our students about the importance of our seas and encourage them to think of different ways that we can appreciate and protect our seas for the future. The project involves learning about the various seas of Europe: history, geography, legends, the influence of the sea, resources, communication, environment, living things and their relationships, problems and precautions relating to the pollution of these valuable treasures, culture, music and more. At the same time we need to create a consciousness that is sensitive to the formation of, and contribution towards, a sustainable environment with the seas ... in the end bring the sea to our schools and utilize it as a motivating element in education. We will use an education line based on the story of the sardine traveler "ENIDRAS" who wants to learn many things about the seas of Europe and who will teach us, on each imaginary trip, a variety of fun sequences. Several schools in Europe, near the coast, have come together in this project to encourage students from 3 to 12 years old to work and learn together, utilizing new technologies to obtain information for the project, and looking for improved communication through English, ultimately finding similarities and differences through the comparison and exchange of information. Each country will focus on one of the thematic blocks which will comprise the various activities carried out by all of the countries: 1. Many seas and one Europe, 2. A sea of stories, 3. A sea of cultures, 4. A sea of education, 5. A sea of light and 6. A sea of music Furthermore, the project also aims at improving the communication skills of students and teachers to promote educational exchanges between schools in Europe. When students realize the importance of our oceans for the future of Europe, it will help to promote tolerance and understanding amongst nations. The project will also focus on "best practices" with the incorporation of habits, attitudes, behaviors, etc. For a better European education, with the participation of all elements of society and the educational community, seeking cooperation and exchange of good practices in education in order to improve its quality.

• Subjects: Citizenship, Drama, Environmental Education, Foreign Languages, Media Education, Music, Natural Sciences, Pre-school Subjects, Primary School Subjects
• Languages: EN - ES - FR
• Pupil's age: 3 - 11
• Tools to be used: Audio conference, Chat, e-mail, Forum, MP3, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Video conference, Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes, ...), Web publishing
• Aims: Our interest is to work in a Comenius multilateral partnership to achieve the following objectives: • Improve the quality of the... read moreOur interest is to work in a Comenius multilateral partnership to achieve the following objectives: • Improve the quality of the school, in its educational aspects, through the achievement of objectives which improve educational performance of students and which improve initial and continuing training of teachers, trainers and managers of our education centers. • Promote educational efforts to reinforce the values of equality, solidarity, non violence, non discrimination, and training for Peace and for the improvement of educational behavior, good manners and civility to the project "Good Education", increasing awareness that a good education in attitudes, habits and behaviors are necessary for life in society. • Improve the quality and participation in school activities for students with special needs: immigrants, and students unmotivated by school life. • Improve understanding of European social reality we live in, cooperate with the environment, and acquire a set of values and attitudes which promote key basic skills through education and training system. • Create intercultural dialogue through the experience of each individual discovering new knowledge, promoting the improvement of the environment and promoting a positive atmosphere in the classroom, school and the European contexts. • Seek cooperation between education and the world related to the sea that can contribute to improving the focus of studies and the professional orientation of our students in the future. • Promote the use of computers as a teaching tool, reinforcing the use of technologies in school. • Promote measures for learning English as a second language as a communication tool, with skills to seek, obtain, process and communicate information by encouraging students to come into contact with other cultures through oral and written language. • Eliminate communication barriers caused by language differences, bringing to perfection the techniques and working methods that contribute to the development of social skills among students • Develop various contents related to the knowledge and interaction of the physical world, in this case the sea, within the primary education curriculum. • Create a communicative approach by the implementation of various educational activities along with the teachings of our mascot, the sardine "ENIDRAS," which he will bring when we go through all the seas of Europe, learning something new every day. •We can achieve these objectives through the use of interactive multimedia lessons, group work in different subjects: science, environmental education, first language, music education. Artistic education, games and more. ... hide
• Work process: The coordinating school of the project will oversee the work and promote the participation of each school by maintaining permanent... read moreThe coordinating school of the project will oversee the work and promote the participation of each school by maintaining permanent contact with the other partners. Each school will record the activities undertaken during the project meetings: CDROM, DVD, Video, PPS ....,. There will be a bulletin board where we will publish all information received from the partners and prepare a pet traveling exhibit that will be exchanged at each meeting and which will travel through Europe. A digital album of each meeting will be developed. The host country will deliver 10 natural elements from their own sea to every school library (shells, coral, etc ....) The creation of a Web site project will be the digital workspace for the collection of all information and materials as provided in the draft 1 .- MANY SEAS AND ONE EUROPE In Spain, each school will take their pet along with the PPS information and presentations about the school and the sea of each country, including the materials collected by students for permanent exhibition. The theme of the seas of Europe will be an ongoing topic at schools until this meeting. It will develop the story line: “The sardine ‘Enidras’ learns to .... .... " At Christmas, there will be different Christmas cards sent to each school to be exhibited on their bulletin board and typical food recipes with seafood will be prepared. 2 .- A SEA OF STORIES In Turkey, each school will present the work done in their schools on the subject of stories through legends, songs, traditions from different countries on the sea and bring the album of recipes developed in order to show students. There will be an instructional guide to learning about your own sea: geography, living things, the sea as a source of wealth, the culture of the sea with crafts related to the sea, fish, etc. Preparation of an alphabet based on the sea in different languages. Small dictionary. 3 .- A SEA OF CULTURES In France, the participating schools will present various traditional playground games, and will celebrate Europe Day with a dossier on PPS. The project will be evaluated to organize activities for the second year. The murals about the sea done in the different schools will be presented. Writing: poems about the sea: Essays. Exhibits on the sea. Ecology: Let’s take care of our sea, “Keep the Sea Clean” campaign, and videoconferences will have taken place. 4 .- A SEA OF EDUCATION In Germany, each school will work on theater, drama, and dance activities, using the seas of Europe as the main theme. In a "Multicultural Festival on the Sea," a presentation will be made of the activities that have been undertaken in recent months. Murals on the sea will be prepared and each school will build a small aquarium or will draw one. 5 .- A SEA OF LIGHT In Italy, the work developed in the classroom teaching of each country on issues relating to the conservation, care and improvement of the seas will be presented: boats, sailing, history, sport in the sea, educational activities ... Each school will prepare the song "Seas of Europe" as their anthem in their own language. 6 .- A SEA OF MUSIC In Poland the children will sing songs and listen to the other schools on a DVD. They will construct a large mural of fish ("European Aquarius") with pictures of all participating students as a permanent reminder of the project. Songs about the sea, popular songs, children’s songs. Exchange of different products from the sea. hide
• Expected results: DIGITAL BOOK ENIDRAS SARDINE ON THE SEA WALL COLLECTION OF SHELLS CURRICULUM TEACHING SHEETS BLOG: THE SEAS OF EUROPE EUROPEAN AQUARIUM

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