¡CUANDO LA TIERRA TIEMBLA! ¿ESTAMOS PREPARADOS? UN PROYECTO PARA REFORZAR LAS COMPETENCIAS BÁSICAS Y TRANSVERSALES DE ESTUDIANTES EUROPEOS Erasmus Project

Project Title

¡CUANDO LA TIERRA TIEMBLA! ¿ESTAMOS PREPARADOS? UN PROYECTO PARA REFORZAR LAS COMPETENCIAS BÁSICAS Y TRANSVERSALES DE ESTUDIANTES EUROPEOS

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 : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Natural sciences; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

Context of the project:
This project arises after the series of earthquakes registered in Lorca (Spain) in 2011, a town near the coordinating center and where material damage was also suffered. The majority of personal injuries would have been avoided with an adequate reaction from the public, as a result of good scientific knowledge and adequate measures of prevention and action assimilated in schools.

Objectives and Results:
The basic and transversal competences of 66 European baccalaureate students, belonging to four European regions, have been developed, starting from the execution of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary tasks centered on the scientific-geological knowledge and whose main RESULT has been the development of Pedagogical Routes -Scientific of each European region studied and a proposed protocol for prevention and action against seismic and volcanic risks through a video and posters in five languages ​​to help the European Educational Community in its task of promoting prevention and action against These natural risks.

No. and profile of the participating organizations:
The IES José Marín de Vélez Rubio (Andalusia, Spain) that in its recent history has suffered earthquakes; the Lycée Polyvalent of Pointe Noire on the Island of Guadaloupe (France) located in an active seismic and volcanic zone close to the volcano De la Soufrière; the High School of Pelopio in Ancient Olympia (Greece), which is near the Aegean seismic fault that generates a large number of earthquakes; and the IIS Enrico Fermi de Montesarchio. Campania (Italy) next to the Vesuvius volcano, active and famous for its eruption in 79 AD, in which the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried.

The Andalusian University Institute of Geophysics and Prevention of Seismic Disasters (University of Granada) has collaborated in the COURSE OF TRAINING FOR THE TEACHER OF SHORT DURATION.

Each working group has been led by two teachers in virtual contact through the digital platforms (project WEB, email, WhatsApp, Facebook and eTwinning). There have been four confrontations and expansion of the data in situ, with the mobility of 5, 6 or 7 students from each visiting country.

Description of the main activities:
The coordination of Transnational Meetings in Spain, Greece and Italy with the participation of 2 professors responsible for the project in each country.
Student competition to design the project logo.
WEB project guide. Also on FACEBOOK and eTwinning.
The participating students have done preparatory tasks before, during and after the mobilities.
TRAINING COURSE FOR THE SHORT-TERM TEACHER in Spain on the updating of volcanic and seismic phenomena in which a professor from each country has participated, coordinated by the Andalusian University Institute of Geophysics and Prevention of Seismic Disasters (University of Granada) and the IES José Marín.
A mobility of students and teachers to the four countries that make up the project.
Annually in the IES José Marín the Week of Science where the results of the project have been exposed.

Dissemination, impact and long-term benefits:

The project has had extensive coverage by the media of the four countries, occupying covers of regional newspapers and reports on regional television.

The experience of the project has led to a better preparation of the students to face the challenges as future professionals of the EU. In the educational field, the work in the virtual classroom and the stay in foreign countries have helped to strengthen the knowledge of languages ​​(usually English). On the other hand, they have been exposed to new forms of study, customs and school regulations, improving their adaptability, autonomy and ability to function in different training environments.

Two Science Week have been held at the IES José Marín in April 2017 and 2018, exposing all the material and products obtained on the geological risk areas studied, with impact on the rest of the students of the center and all the centers of the Region that have participated in the days.

The qualitative evaluation carried out in the four centers among the participating students, the teachers of the centers and the families testifies to the great impact that the project has generated in the school community.

The students’ eBook is also significant about the acceptance and impact of the project, with its stories about personal and academic experience.

The long-term benefits will be the Pedagogical-Scientific Routes in the four regions studied that can be used by future groups of schoolchildren and the protocol of action before an earthquake that can be used in any center located in a seismic area of ​​Europe.

More information on the project’s website: www.cuandolatierratiembla.com

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 136237 Eur

Project Coordinator

INSTITUTO DE ENSEÑANZA SECUNDARIA JOSÉ MARÍN & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Lycée Polyvalent de POINTE NOIRE
• High School of Pelopio
• ISTITUTO DI ISTRUZIONE SUPERIORE”ENRICO FERMI”