Climate Change from Coast to Inland Erasmus Project

Project Title

Climate Change from Coast to Inland

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Environment and climate change; Natural sciences

Project Summary

Climate change poses challenges for all of Europe. Whether is adaptation to new conditions or combating and slowing down future climate change it is vital that we all do our part. The role that schools play in the work towards environmental goals is first and foremost to educate young people about the effects of climate change and what can be done on an individual, community, and national level. This project aims to do its part by a strategic partnership where we exchange practices and develop methodology to increase learning in the natural sciences and STEM in order to motivate pupils to take action.

The concrete results will be in the reports and teaching material accumulated and distributed on TwinSpace, School Education Gateway that will benefit teachers in the partner schools as well as teachers across Europe who can take part of the research and add to it by studying their local biotopes using the methodology developed in this project. The project contributes to the fulfillment of the curriculum by adding more input and more practical approaches. Pupils are also the beneficiaries of this project since they will receive a more well-versed education prompting an increase in knowledge, motivation and results.

The main aim is to contribute in the work towards the climate goals in Europe through this project while observing the underlying objectives to increase learning in natural science, ICT and languages through cooperation with other teachers and students in Europe. The three partners in this project are schools with a natural science program and or profiles, the teachers in the school are motivated to uphold a high-quality education and further add to that quality, methodology and content through the partnership. The teachers involved are from a variety of subjects and highly motivated to cooperate not only across countries but across subjects. By involving teachers from other subjects such as languages and social science it adds to the content and value and promotes cooperation within the schools as well.

The participants taking part in the mobilities are 10 pupils, age 15-17, studying sciences, from each country along with two participating teachers as well as receiving pupils and teachers in the school where the meeting is taking place. The project activities at home will include more pupils to maximize impact in the schools. The meetings in Belgium and Sweden features field trips and excursions to both the coast and inland (mountains) where the samples and observations are taken. Austria, being a country with no coastline will focus their excursions with their unique typography in mind. Having three towns of varying size situated in the north (Luleå) the west (Poperinge) and middle (Hartberg) of Europe will give depth to the findings highlighting both differences and similarities.

The activities are centered around the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations. In every mobility the pupils will have prepared an in-depth assignment into the SDGs that they present and analyze by discussion and evaluation. During the meetings there will be data collection and sample taken on the water and soil as well as observations that will then be compiled to reports. Beyond that the pupils will produce exhibitions in the schools to spread the results of the project to the pupils who are not part of the mobility. To promote and develop ICT and language in the frame of lifelong learning, all the reports that are produced are done so in English and with the intent to share on TwinSpace and other platforms. Before every meeting the receiving school will produce a video to present the town and surrounding nature to the guests and after every meeting there will be a photo report of all the activities during the meeting produced by the students , a quiz with KAHOOT and a tutorial for learning a few words about climate change in the different languages of the partnership (Dutch, Swedish, German and English).  Throughout the project there will be discussions in mixed groups where participants develop their communication and interaction skills in English.
Students will reflect on what they can do themselves to combat climate change. During the meetings, students will discuss with local politicians. To know whether students change their attitude towards climate change, they will have to answer a questionnaire at the beginning and at the end of the project. The report will be published in the TwinSpace. We will celebrate European Day in May 2021 and Erasmus Days in October 2021 to promote the results of our project. In May 2022, at the end of our project, students will receive a Certificate. We will plant a tree in every school as a sign of our commitment.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 21344 Eur

Project Coordinator

Luleå Gymnasieskola, enhet H & Country: SE

Project Partners

• Sint-Janscollege 2
• BG/BRG/BORG Hartberg