SAVE TODAY – SURVIVE TOMORROW Erasmus Project

Project Title

SAVE TODAY – SURVIVE TOMORROW

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 school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Energy and resources; Natural sciences; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

The project dealt with environmental and entrepreneurial issues. According to surveys conducted in 2014 students lacked entrepreneurial experience concerning ways of recycling and using energy efficiently and were poor at managing their home budgets and energy usage while teachers lacked competence in teaching these issues. The partner schools are situated in areas where not all ways of obtaining energy from renewable sources are fully used and where education in the field of recycling was necessary. In some regions the unemployment rate is high so the project activities were of special importance to young people from regions neglected economically. The participants in the project were 24 students from each partner school and about 30 students at each school who were addressed during students’ presentations, 6 teachers from each partner school who were directly involved and took part in local activities; representatives of other schools and educational centres; students’ parents.
The project objectives:
– to equip students with scientific knowledge about energy saving, recycling and green energy so that they could effectively implement theory in practice
– to enhance students’ entrepreneurial experience to manage home budgets and use energy saving methods effectively
– to develop in students skills of creative problem solving independently and through team work to enhance their future careers and job opportunities
Besides, teachers were to gain new competence to teach scientific subjects in innovative way and both teachers and students were to improve their scientific English language competence.
Main local activities involved workshops for teachers whose outcome were innovative lesson scenarios; workshops prepared and led by students for local community; presentations on renewable energy sources and energy-saving management; swapping events and gathering information for the multilingual dictionary of scientific terms; dissemination conferences. Virtual activities included online contest for best ways of saving energy, presentations,promoting energy saving and anti-consumerist attitude on Facebook by posting photos, short films and summary videos. Internationally, there were conducted workshops and seminars, planted trees or herbs; designed eco-friendly, innovative objects; organized mini-survivals to use gained skills and visits to local institutions (e.g. wind farms). Students worked on best practice brochure in international teams, improved their scientific English vocabulary, learned about energy management in partner countries.
The following results were achieved:
Logo, project website and Facebook group, 7 summary videos of each short-term exchange of students, presentations and compilations; best practice brochure on responsible usage of energy and natural resources, a multilingual dictionary of scientific and technical terms in the field of energy saving and environment protection; 10 interdisciplinary innovative lesson plans; over 40 trees and several herbs planted in partner countries – DVD presenting all project activities and events – 7 environmentally friendly devices constructed and 7 practical and innovative objects made of recyclable materials.
The following impact was attained: Innovative lesson plans were shared among teachers from all the participating schools, uploaded on project website and Erasmus+ dissemination platform and also disseminated within local communities. Best practice brochure extended the participants knowledge of energy saving and recycling with application of entrepreneurial experience; dictionary of scientific terms increased linguistic competence; DVDs and presentations helped change anti-consumerist attitude to become environmentally friendly and responsible EU citizens; constructed environmentally friendly increased environmental awareness; planted trees will remind local communities about the importance of anti-consumerist and environmentally friendly attitude. Participants gained knowledge of the importance of energy saving and recycling issues, competence in the field of entrepreneurship, deepened knowledge concerning responsible usage of natural environment; increased entrepreneurial and problem solving skills; increased competence in scientific English. Teachers gained new competence to teach scientific subjects in innovative way. Project enabled mutual exchange of good practices in education of young people at secondary level, strengthened their position in the regional education market and facilitated cooperation among countries and institutions taking part in the project.
Long-term benefits:
– schools’ curricula will be supplemented with innovative ways of teaching scientific subjects, business skills emphasizing active forms of learning and practical application of knowledge
– students’ active involvement in project activities will lessen school failure possibility
-project will be background for further international cooperation.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 249275 Eur

Project Coordinator

I Spoleczne Gimnazjum im. Unii Europejskiej w Zamosciu & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Gaziantep Sabahattin Zaim Sosyal Bilimler Lisesi
• Százhalombattai Széchenyi István Szakközépiskola és Gimnázium
• GYMNASIO PTELEOU
• ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO STATALE 1 DI LAVELLO
• Realschule St. Georgen
• Agrupamento de Escolas Dr. João Araújo Correia