Act like a pro, preserve H2O! Erasmus Project

Project Title

Act like a pro, preserve H2O!

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: Civic engagement / responsible citizenship

Project Summary

CONTEXT
Water is a fundamental element of our existence on earth and despite this fact, we sometimes tend to take it too much for granted. Absence of water makes it impossible for living organism to survive. However, statistics show that over one billion people worldwide have limited or no access to fresh water supplies. Less than 3% of world water reserve is fresh, while 2.5 % is deposited in solid state in cold continents. As a result, humanity has direct access to just 0.5% of the fresh water in the world to satisfy its needs.
Considering the figures above, lack of responsibility in the consumption of fresh water resources can generate a crisis that will is likely to affect billions of people hereafter. The project emerges from a genuine need; we have partnered up in order to educate the young generation on this issue and contribute to their development into responsible future adults. Throughout the project, they will have multiple opportunities to learn about water management and consumption, look into the water issue from their ancestors’ perception, adapt the consumption habits to the needs of the current situation and the effects on the future of mankind. Participants will develop into active defenders and advocates of rational water usage, initiate community campaign, investigate on their local members’ behaviour towards water consumption and share the results within the partnership.
OBJECTIVES
We have agreed on the following objectives:
O1. to raise knowledge about water from various perspectives for minimum 60% of target group of students
O2. to support students identify water shortage problems and tackle the issue locally
O3. to encourage students’ active engagement in environmental community problems and strengthen the role of the schools
O4. to enhance students’ soft skills, English language communication, creativity, awareness of European cultural diversity
O5. to initiate a European network of environment-oriented schools to further expand with support from local authorities
NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS
Students will be the main protagonists in local and international activities, who will assume an active role throughout the project life cycle. The age range of participants in the target group will be 7-12. We estimate that about 500 students will be part of the project teams at partnership level. In the exchanges we are going to select and involve 80 students aged 11-12 who will be actively involved in local activities and show an interest to contribute to the project success. They will be accompanied by 2 teachers from each country, mainly teachers who teach subjects linked to the topic of the exchange. Other pupils in school are to benefit from the project results through attending dissemination activities and events, develop their knowledge about water usage, benefits for health, problems linked with water shortage that humanity is facing.
ACTIVITIES AND METHODOLOGY
Project activities will tackle the topics illustrated in international exchanges:
C1 Water reflected in literature and art
C2 Water and science
C3 Water and health
C4 The future of water
C5 Sustainable water consumption plan in partner schools and wider community
Local activities will focus on the topics above; students will work in teams, apply surveys, attend workshops and lectures, prepare materials, organize exhibitions, conduct a community campaign to raise awareness on water deficiency, pollution. The results will be shared with the European peers during online conferences on project eTwinning page and planned LTTAs.
RESULTS
The concrete project results will be: themed presentations, surveys, reports, campaigns, workshops, water-friendly sustainability plan, 3D models, water pollution models, experiments, hydro-maps, quizzes, leaflets, posters, stories, poems, project website and twin space, newsletters, exhibition, project corners,.
Intangible results produced will be: knowledge, skills, attitudes, increased environmental and cultural awareness, enhanced active engagement and citizenship, good practice exchange.
IMPACT
Schools will increase their reputation in local and international community as they will become more visible, their names will be pinned on the European map of educational institutions as they will be represented by an enthusiastic team of teachers, students, managers and parents who wish to engage in community problems and find solutions to them, influence other community members to take action and raise their awareness on consequences of human actions which might seriously impact the quality of life. Partner schools will offer an example of environmental attitude that will positively influence other schools.
“Act like a pro, preserve H2O!” will equip teachers will new pedagogical practices, the school curriculum will be improved due to the developed teaching skills in human resources through application of cross-curricular approaches.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 133445 Eur

Project Coordinator

Hajdúböszörményi Tankerületi Központ, Bocskai István Általános Iskola, Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola és Kollégium & Country: HU

Project Partners

• Agrupamento de Escolas de Castro Marim
• Scoala Gimnaziala nr.1 Virsolt
• Istituto Comprensivo Statale Sandro Penna
• Omer Kanaatbilen Secondary School