Analyses of ecosystems in Europe according to a comparative approach Erasmus Project

Project Title

Analyses of ecosystems in Europe according to a comparative approach

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; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Research and innovation

Project Summary

Executive summary of the project “analyses of ecosystems in Europe according to a comparative approach”
The project “analyses of ecosystems in Europe according to a comparative approach” is implemented in the theme “Environment and the conservation of nature”. The participating students from our partner schools in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden are 14 to 17 years old. The overall aim is to make them aware of the importance of ecological education and sustainability. To achieve this they develop a methodology of ecological field research which enables them to examine and evaluate ecosystems according to a self-guided and problem-based approach. Then the methods are tested in familiar ecosystems near our schools and compared within the network of participating schools (example of analyses of rivers according to European standards). On the basis of this work the participants analyse and compare unknown marine ecosystems on the Danish island of Læsø in the Baltic Sea and in Apulia in the south of Italy. The field studies as well as the documentation in the form of a scientific reports and the evaluation are organized in multinational groups. The duration of the project is planned for three years in order to record gradual developments, alterations and changes of the ecosystems. Due to this project the environmental awareness of the participants is going to be systematically enhanced and influenced in such a positive way that the students reflect on the value of the ecosystems and their impact and effects on human beings and that they make efforts to support environmental protection and the maintenance of natural habitats.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 194656 Eur

Project Coordinator

Kopernikusschule Freigericht & Country: DE

Project Partners

• GO! Koninklijk Atheneum MXM
• Hermann-Tempel-Schule IGS Ihlow
• Sophianum Sg,
• Liceo Scientifico Statale “C. De Giorgi”
• Aalborghus Gymnasium