NATURE PRESENTATION

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eTwinning Project 2020/2021Portugal + Slovakia + Turkey

eSTEMChallenge

Quote

“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.” —David Attenborough

final product

intercultural activities

main goals of the project

4th challenge

3rd challenge

2nd challenge

1st challenge

this is us

basic information

Conclusion

introductory activities

Preparatory phase

Index

• 100 students

total number of participants

• biology, chemistry, physics, geography, history, environmental studies, IT, civics, design and arts

integrated subjects

Participating countries

• Agrupamento de Escolas da Batalha

Teacher Coordinator: Miguela Fernandes

• Gymnázium Ivana Kupca, Hlohovec

Teacher Coordinator: Ivana Fáziková

• NUH MEHMET BALDÖKTÜ HİGH SCHOOL

Teacher Coordinator: Seyide Eroglu

Age of students

Basic information

• 14 - 19

interdisciplinarity and STEM or STEAM education will play a key role in the future

Fundamental ideas and main goals of the project

• use students' natural curiosity to learn new things beyond the ordinary areas of interests

• connect it with the development of academic knowledge and life skills (creativity, logical thinking, self-awareness, empathy, effective communication, problem solving and digital skills)

• integrate various subjects and scientific disciplines

• create learning scenarios for global problems

• develop an environment of international cooperation

September activities

• school teams of participating students
• e-security policy
• copyright policy
• parental permissions for students
• introduction of the Twinspace for students
• mixed international teams
• task distribution among teachers

project to do list

• teachers communicated and created a list of 10 possible challenges

we provided

Preparatory phase

• welcome back to school - posters
• introduction of teachers, students, schools

This is us...

code week

• students voted for four most appelling challenges from the list of ten challenges proposed by teachers

logo work

• school teams designed several logos from which they selected one school logo and then we all voted for the logo of the project

voting for four challenges

Introductory activities

• school teams presented their activities connected with EU Code Week 2020

(10 - 25 October 2020)

• we raised the intercultural awareness
• we were ambassadors of our countries and taught one another about natural, cultural, educational distinctions

Intercultural activities

We discussed effective pesticides used in agriculture and their impact on human health first on the forum page

Then each mixed international team created a video on the topic

In the tricider we shared our thoughts on food production, organic farming and food waste

1st challenge = From fields to the kitchen

We learnt about a global issue of world hunger

And each mixed team created a presentation with posters to raise the awareness on the topic

We discussed the problems of starvation and designed a food cabinet to reduce the food waste

1st challenge = From fields to the kitchen

We shared our thoughts on what comes to our mind first when we think of a safe school.We also documented whole period of distance schooling during pandemic in 2020

2nd challenge = Safe schools

In mixed teams we were searching different aspects of emotional and physical safety at schools

2nd challenge = Safe schools

Within school teams we were talking about the physical effects of the pandemic on individuals. Then, based on the ideas obtained from the debates, school teams created ebooks about "Physically safe schools and measures to be taken after the pandemic".

2nd challenge = Safe schools

And also learnt about special physical and chemical properties of this precious liquid

We measured our individual water footprints and studied and compared the water footprints of our countries

We carried out a research on wide importance of water for life generally and also specifically for us as human beings

3rd challenge = We save water

Some targeted the emotions of their audience more, while the others preferred more factual influencingWe also prepared google presentations on this topic

In mixed international teams we voted for one particulat problem of water pollution and made animated movies on the problem with the original script

3rd challenge = We save water

School teams looked for methods how to preserve water and created plenty of games and quizzes with educative outcome.

3rd challenge = We save water

First we shared our thoughts on the relationship between science and music Then we designed our own original musical instruments

4th challenge = Music as a science phenomenon

First we shared our thoughts on the relationship between science and music Then we designed our own original musical instruments

4th challenge = Music as a science phenomenon

Final product

STEM Discovery Campaign 2021 is the sixth edition of this event organised by Scientix together with more than 20 organisations which focuses this year on the topics of Sustainability and Citizenship. Our participants voted for global warming as the most alarming problem to be solved so our final challenge was to address this global issue.

World Water Day

Code Week

World Hunger Day

Conclusion - connections with other initiatives

STEM Discovery Campaign 2021 European Youth Week

Earth Day

Universities conferences

Conclusion - connections with other initiatives

Project activities were embedded in our schools curricula.intergrated subjects included for example:Chemistry, Physics, Maths, IT lessons and interdisciplinary subjects like Maths in English, Physics in English, English for Specific Purposes

Conclusion - STEM and curriculum integration

Advisory support

Webinars

Open Days

Conclusion - career studies

Conclusion - digital tools

Parental surveys

Teachers´ survey

Students´ surveys

Conclusion - constructive feedback

Creation of curricula for teaching interdisciplinary topics and various educational materials, which will be possible to use in the futureConnecting our other school projects with the international environment

Creating new partnerships based on mutual support and effective cooperationGaining a lot of new knowledge and skills on the part of all participating teachers and students

Enriching the daily teaching process with new methods of work Raising awareness of the importance of an interdisciplinary approach

Conclusion - our achievements and future opportunities

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a short video/audio/contemplationwith your original feed-backhighlights of our cooperationinspiring ideassuggestions and expectations for future mutual work

Our own self-reflection

Thanks!