Cooperation among schools

Best practises from schools

(at local level)

Realized by Maria Pia Coceano and Graziella MocellinITI Malignani 2000 – Cervignano del Friuli (Italy)

AMBIENTE E QUALITA’

A LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL

EDUCATIONAL NETWORK

ISIS MALIGNANI ITI MALIGNANI 2000 Cervignano del Friuli Italy

Leading School: ITI“Malignani 2000” part of ISIS“Malignani”- Cervignano del

Friuli - Italy

Department of Chemistry

Spring 1994: first experience with other local schools in environmental educational topics (water quality)

Spring 1997: creation of network of six local schools, in relation to lichens as bio-indicators (“Bioindicatori - i Licheni”)

1998: the network expanded its activities under the umbrella-project “Ambiente e Qualità” which included two international projects related to the monitoring of environmental quality, G.R.E.E.N. and GLOBE

“MONUMENTI” PROJECTeffects of air pollution on the conservation of monuments

The “Ambiente e Qualità” project has the following macro-objectives:

• The trial of project activities on common themes involving different types of schools in a network

• The definition of structured rules to organize, test and document the work accomplished

• The development of a modularly structured education system to use in projects

Educational Laboratory

Created to teach, up-date/train, and develope educational materials, not to waste the experience and knowledge acquired by teachers and to make it available to the network

The following goals are expected:

• To build up a structure to provide services for schools and the local area

• To allow an exchange of information between students and teachers in different schools

• To promote connections and to create relationships between research, teaching and local work training centres

• To issue and circulate the work accomplished now and in the future

Some services

• Co-ordination in the use of labs, libraries, data banks and other materials and tools

• Organization of training courses on specific themes• Organization of meetings between network teachers• Participation in conferences and exhibits on works already performed by network• Editing of works performed by the schools

KEY POINTS FOR WORKING IN A NETWORK

• Overall goals according to “Ambiente e Qualità” project planning, but specific objectives and targets for each school,.

• Synergy obtained thanks to people involved, tools and knowledge shared, feedback obtained

• Mutual support from planning the work with others (condivision of financial resources too)

SOME ISSUES• Gaps in communications

• Misunderstanding of roles

• Mix-up of co-ordination and executive roles

• People overloaded, because involved in many activities

• Nodes with different resources

• Difficulty to obtain acknowledgment of work done

Outputs of our local networkCommon conferences and annual training for teachers on environmental themes

Tagliamento river - "The emergencies and the prospects" conference Tolmezzo (UD) 07.03.2007 (on captations, human usage). Prof. Enrico

Marquardi from “River Tagliamento Committee”

Outputs of our local network

Annual event with local schools and public authorities on a selected river-basin

Ten editions – 2000/2009

2000-2007 Tagliamento river/basin

2001 Natisone river

22002 Barcis

2003 Stella river

2005 Rosandra river

2006 Isonzo river

2008 Grado lagoon

2009 Aussa-Corno basin

2004 Fusine lakes

Cooperation among schools

Best practises from schools

(at international level)

Kogeka

SPLASH (2003)

3rd European Youth Congress for Water

22-29 March 2003, Geel (Belgium)

KOGEKA, City of Geel, GREEN Belgium and 5 students of the Youth Water Representatives (YWR), partners from different countries (Belgium, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Greece, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA, Japan, South Africa)

Search for partners

Through the KOGEKA and GREEN Belgium networks

The communication By e-mail, mail, phone

No web based communicationplatforms like Moodle (not common or not known at these days)

Most important objectives

Environmental awareness

Sustainable development

To promote democratic values among European young people

Young people can work with their contemporaries

making new contacts and friends in other countries

Grants

The help of a lot of peoplefriendly host families, pupils and teachers

A lot of subsidies were donated bythe city of Geelthe province of Antwerpthe Flemish Communitythe Belgian Office at the European Parliamentthe European Commissionsome large companies (BP, Janssen

Pharmaceutica, Grohe, KBC) and other companies and service clubs

Workshops

Water workshopsStudents were divided over the workshops

according to their age and interessesActivities

last +/- 1.30 hours (advance-system)at the different KOGEKA schools (PEP,

SDC, SAG, SJG, SMG and SMK)prepared by KOGEKA-collegues together

with their studentsprepared by the delegations of the different

countriesoutdoor activities on location lasted half a

day

Waterworkshops

• Water & food– Students of the

KOGEKA school ‘t Peperstraatje (PEP)

– A session of making snacks

– Aged 12-14

Waterworkshops

Water & musicStudents of the KOGEKA school Sint-

Aloysiusinstituut (SAG)

A session of making music and singing ‘water songs’

Aged 12-14

Waterworkshops

Water & agricultureStudents of the agricultural department of SAG

Examples of the importance of water in agriculture at the experimental farm Hooibeekhoeve

Aged 14-18

Waterworkshops

• Water experiments– Students of the

scientific department of the KOGEKA school Sint-Dimpnacollege (SDC)

– A series of experiments with water playing the leading part

– Aged 17-18

Waterworkshops

Water & danceSocial sciences students of SDC

A modern ‘water dance’ for which they composed the choreography themselves

Aged 17-18

Waterworkshops

Water & techniqueStudents of the chemistry department of the

KOGEKA technical school Sint Jozef-Instituut (SJG)

A session of microscopic research, determination of the level of dissolved oxygen and of the nitrate and phosphate content of the water

Aged 16-18

Waterworkshops

Rain danceStudents of the KOGEKA Sint Maria-Instituut

(SMG)

A lesson on the history and the music of rain dances

Learning a rain dance

Aged 14-18

Waterworkshops

Water sculpturesStudents of the KOGEKA school Sancta Maria

Instituut (SMK)

Making permanent sculptures with several kinds of material, thus creating fountains, waterfalls etc…

Aged 12-18

Waterworkshops

Water, source of lifeStudents of SMK

Session on water pollution, water purification and water in the circle of life, including simple experiments

Aged 16-18

Waterworkshops

Water, religion, myths & sagasStudents of the social department of the

polytechnic KHK

Water as a symbol in the world’s most important religions

Water related myths and sagas from different countries

The final goal was to make a SPLASH myth

Waterworkshops

Water & energyThe Norvegian delegation

Presentation of their project on water as an energy resource and the ecological importance of pure water

Aged 16-18

Waterworkshops

The Romanian delegation Presentation of their project on the integration

of water patterns into teen-fashion to draw people’s attention to the importance of water in life

Interactive workshop

Aged 14-18

Waterworkshops

Water quality assessmentDetermination of the biological and chemical

water quality of a local river

Aged 14-16

Waterworkshops

Water & artThe Belgian visual artist Ben Cloots, one of the creators

of the ‘Aqua’ exhibition leads this workshop

The participants of this workshop take the challenge to create a piece of ‘water art’

Waterworkshops

Water & healthVisit to the production plant of the pharmaceutical

company Janssen Pharmaceutica in Geel

The use of water in the production process and water treatment

Presentation of the efforts of the company in the field of sustainable development

Poetic water walk

Water poems were presented along a walk in the city of Geel

MokatlonA triathlon fully dedicated to ‘water’: kayak, biking and running a relay

race with water in containersFor charity!

donations to each participating teamthe profit to DRD, the township in Johannesburg

Evaluation

The questionnaire approach

The quick evaluation exercise

Daily interviews with teachers, students and organisers

Personal observations of events, workshops and procedures

Cooperation among schools

Best practises from schools

(at international level)

Realized by :Mihai Madalina – Teacher at School N°.4 – Ramnicu Valcea

Marandici Tatiana – Teacher at “Colegiul National “ Mircea Cel Batran”- Ramnicu Valcea

SCHOOL NR.4 RM. VALCEA COLLEGE “JOSEPH DELTEIL” ROMANIA LIMOUX - FRANCE

SOCRATES – COMENIUS 1“Water-The gold of tomorrow”

2004-2006This project was achieved with the help of

A.N.P.C.D.E.F.P. - Bucharest

The target group

Students from 13 to 14 years old;

Teachers of secondary school;

The local community members;

Parents;

Languages used – French and English

Objectives of the partnership

To increase the motivation of the target group concerning the importance of water resources in our life and for the future;

To develop students’ capacity to use it – tools and to synthesize the information;

To make cross-curricular connections among other subjects (biology, geography, chemistry, physics, mathematics);

To promote foreign languages and culture for developing the civic attitude in the european context.

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

Pupils had to make a comparison between two rivers:

the olt river (romania) and the aude river (france).

These rivers are used differently

The Aude river

– for sport activities, for hydroelectricity and tourist activities.

The Olt river

- for hydroelectricity and hydrotherapy.

The results and products of the Partneship

WEB-SITE – http://echangeroumanie.free.fr

2 exhibitions with posters achieved by the romanian and french students;

a model with the cycle of water (the french students);

a model with the hydroelectric power stations which are in valcea district (the romanian students);

questionnaires about water consumption.

Cross-curricular approach examples of the tasks

The presentation of the cycle of water and its importance for life (geography, biology, chemistry);

the presentation of the exhibition at the local level( geography, biology, drawing);

the presentation of the project at local and national level (the National GeographySymposium in Bucharest – 2007, different scientific symposiums)

The Olt river Calimanesti – the hydroelectric power station

The purifying station The Stan valley

The chemistry laboratory

The Lotru valley Ciunget power station

Inside the hydroelectric power station- Ciunget

The Aude river

The Aude lock

The lock filled with water

The park of Limoux

“Searching for the beasts”

Preparing the exhibition

Preparing the exhibition

The brochure

Romania-France

The dancing evening

“All’s well that ends well”