We want to celebrate The International Year of Creation and Innovation in a project entitled “Inventors of the Light”. We intend to stimulate children’s imagination and offer them the possibility of revealing their scientific and especially artistic skills. We think that LIGHT is a very generous theme. We can establish as topics the great inventors (or “inventors”) of light: gods (God, Zeus, Apollo), stars, animals and insects (the fly light, for instance), prehistoric man, modern scientists (Edison), artists whose works are somehow connected to the idea of light. On each topic, our students may use in order to express their ideas and feelings paintings, graphics, original or translated poems, simple scientific references, short plays, short movies or anything else. By doing all these, they will enforce their abilities in IT. Art on the computer is one of their choices. This project is supposed to offer the spectacle of student’s intelligence, sensitivity and creativity.

• Subjects: Art, Astronomy, Biology, Drama, Foreign Languages, History of Culture, Informatics / ICT, Language and Literature, Music, Natural Sciences, Physics, Religion
• Languages: EN
• Pupil's age: 14 - 19
• Tools to be used: Chat, e-mail, Forum, MP3, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings)
• Aims: Our general aim is to give our students a great field of freedom of innovating, starting from some given topics.... read more Our general aim is to give our students a great field of freedom of innovating, starting from some given topics. In particular, we intend to verify their skills in organizing their work round about one theme and create simple, but original scientific presentation and different works of art (drawings, paintings, graphics, original poems, translations, short plays, short movies, art on the computer and others). Other aims are reinforcing their cultural understanding, their abilities to organize a team and the project work, their social skills, their spirit of competition and their joy to make new friends. hide
• Work process: The project starts in March 2009 and finishes in October 2009. The work process will take into account the topics... read moreThe project starts in March 2009 and finishes in October 2009. The work process will take into account the topics chosen by the two founders of the project. Each team will chose its part of contribution. (For instances, on the topic “Edison”, a team may offer an accessible presentation of the problem of electricity and the other one may paint or make a short movie). We will organize the work on some topics: What is light Gods – inventors of Light The light of stars Bioluminescence (animals and insects, “inventors” of light) Prehistoric man Modern scientists (Thomas Edison, the inventor of the bulb) Light in arts (literature, painting etc) Ending and evaluation of the project hide
• Expected results: - exchange of ideas and impressions on the forum - establishing relations of friendship, elective affinities - understanding that art and science... read more- exchange of ideas and impressions on the forum - establishing relations of friendship, elective affinities - understanding that art and science may be an universal language, able to connect people - drawings, pictures, short movies or plays, photos, videos, Power point scientific or artistic presentations, a Web page for all the partners.. hide

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