Research and Conservation of Biodiversity and Climate Erasmus Project

Project Title

Research and Conservation of Biodiversity and Climate

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Environment and climate change; Energy and resources; Natural sciences

Project Summary

Nowadays all teachers, students, parents and partners realize that schools today need to be transformed into a place of exchange of knowledge and ideas where the creative potential of learners can be developed, where the strive for achieving progress will make students search for new opportunities for acquisition of knowledge. As schools are living organisms they need to continuously develop in order to meet the requirements of the European education and the growing needs of young people.
Our project is aimed at upgrading the research and practical knowledge and skills of the students in the field of natural sciences in order to properly understand the impact of climate change on the formation of biodiversity before and now and to find ways to improve the situation in the future. The planned team activities will provoke interest formation and motivation, positive self-expression, interaction, control and self-control. Outdoor and project-based training will enhance participants’ aspirations for self-improvement with environmental focus, for personal activity and social inclusion, for applying their own ideas and experiences in various conditions. Recognizing the importance of knowledge about nature, biodiversity and how to conserve them, we will integrate project activities into the curriculum of biology, geography, fine arts and ICT, which will be a prerequisite for achieving the project’s goals. Thus the participants will analyze environmental issues, to engage in problem solving, and to take action to sustain and improve the environment.
Societies tend to be alienated of such a situation and so educators have to come up with innovative solutions and approaches to the challenges currently being faced.
The project partners will build eco-corners то transform the school a more desirable area for young people. They will create a sustainable attitude to the environment, which will affect their emotional and behavioral development.
At school age, the foundations of eco-education are laid for children in the context of the extremely innovative diversity of technologies and activities. Planning and conducting eco-education classes using multimedia devices will allow the educational content to be enriched visually and soundly. During the planned activities the students will develop knowledge and understanding about:
• identifying and assessing environmental problems;
• communicating environmental problems to others;
• resolving environmental problems;
• adopting behaviours and practices that protect the environment;
• the use of environmental resources following the three R’s; Reduction, Re-using and Recycling;
• progress of technologies to better satisfy human needs without any detriment to the environment;
• understanding the physical environment around us, including knowledge about its resources and the potential damage caused through use and misuse or resources.
Project activities in all three mobilities and on eTwinning platform will be held with the participation of students and teachers. The participants will conduct observations, research and analysis. They will discuss and develop digital booklets of examples of environmental studies, a digital vocabulary with environmental terms and concepts, eco-corners for conducting outdoor classes and a long-term international strategy for building an Eco-school. These training sessions will transform the activities started with the еTwinning project “Research and conservation of biodiversity and climate” from a virtual level into real face to face meetings. Our objective is to make students draw conclusions with respect to the relation past – present – future. That is why the project research activities will be developed into three stages: the first – investigation of the past, the second – reflection of the past into the present, what can be changed and improved, and the third – future tendencies. At least 54 students will be directly involved in the three project mobility. The planned activities are expected to influence all students, pedagogical and non-teaching staff in partner schools. The students will be trained to work in a teams in their organizations, moreover they will have to form transnational teams which would considerably increase their motivations. During the implementation of the project they will explore the flora and fauna of three different marine areas – the coastline of the southern Black Sea coast and the Mediterranean Sea and the Lisbon coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Biodeversity maps will be developed and disseminated with augmented reality tools.
Education for Sustainable Development will be integrated within the whole curriculum and cannot be tackled as a separate subject. The issues covered in partner schools will include local examples and encourage critical thinking, problem solving techniques and adopting behaviours and practices that protect the
environment.

Project Website

https://erasmusbio.blogspot.com/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 67280 Eur

Project Coordinator

Prirodo-matematicheska gimnaziya “Akad. Boyan Petkanchin” & Country: BG

Project Partners

• IES Río Verde
• Agrupamento de Escolas do Barreiro