The Power of Discovery Erasmus Project

Project Title

The Power of Discovery

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: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Gender equality / equal opportunities

Project Summary

The Power of Discovery is a 2-year project of 4 European schools from Poland, Latvia, Greece and Bulgaria with the common idea to combine inclusive and innovative education, the schools’ and teachers’ professional development with the STEAM topics. We intend to equip our students with STEAM knowledge as well as strengthen the qualifications of our teachers. Our strategic partnership aims to exchange experiences and know-how on teaching methods between European schools to produce an innovative ‘The Power of Discovery Toolbox – the exchange of good practices’. As a result, we will give teachers our best methods to improve students’ key competences. The project is designed for students aged 12-14. However, we will engage actively the whole school community into our activities. The project students will be involved in planning, evaluating, creating products, and disseminating.
The project has:
– activities for students that aim to support social inclusion, STEAM, key competences
– exchange of good practices among teachers

We plan 4 LTTAs and 8 virtual mobilities between our students: one before every LTTA and one during every LTTA. During every LTTA we would like to take advantage of every school’s possibilities to organize STEAM workshops based on the institutions in the sourounding area which the schools cooperate with on daily basis. Between LTTAs we will try out good practices related to STEAM topics proposed by the partner countries. We plan to make digital posters, a DISCOVERY film, a STEAM dictionary, Virtual Museum (the pictures of the art exhibits) and work on the project website, eTwinning, school blogs and social media to share our best results. We will produce the project logo, baner, leaflets, newletters, posters and videos about the schools and activities. All the materials will be collected as Power of Discovery School Portfolio in each school for future use. All the materials created in this project will have an open access and everyone can consult them and use as a useful tool. The Toolbox will be divided into 5 parts. Four parts will present activities on the 4 project topics in details (subject, target group, objectives, materials needed, timing, description of activities, ways of evaluation). The fifth part will present the schools’ policies on social inclusion. 4 issues of ‘The Power of Discovery Magazine’ will be the students’ tangible product which will be the result of the workshops, project activities, trips, observation of STEAM in our life. It will be divided into five STEAM parts.

This project offers practical solutions for innovative teaching and enjoyable learning. The activities will be integrated into the curricula of our schools. We will cooperate with local partners from the STEAM industry too. It will allow to raise the schools’ profile as innovative institutions which include all students into STEAM activities, where teachers learn to teach better.

Project Website

http://the-power-of-discovery.jimdofree.com/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 93938 Eur

Project Coordinator

Szkola Podstawowa nr 3 z Oddzialami Integracyjnymi im. Adama Mickiewicza & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Sredno uchilishte “Vasil Levski”
• 1st Junior High School of Chrisoupolis
• Gulbisa pamatskola