ECO-ACTIVE Erasmus Project

Project Title

ECO-ACTIVE

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 Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Environment and climate change; Energy and resources; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

The “Eco-active” project was implemented from 01/09/2016 to 31/08/2019. by 5 European primary schools: Italy – Secondo Circolo Didattico Marsala, Poland – Primary School No. 2 K. Baczyński in Puławy, The Netherlands – Primary School “De Weijerwereld” – a Catholic school run by the Association, Slovenia – Tone Pavček Primary School, Latvia – “Annas Brigaderes Pamatskola”.
The theme of the project was ecology, with particular emphasis on saving water, energy, natural resources and caring for health in a broad sense. Three years of project implementation were divided into 4 thematic areas; Raw materials, Water, Energy and Health. Each thematic area was implemented for a period of 7.5 months. During this time, students took part in activities related to the topics of each area such as; project logo competition, game competitions (table, floor, interactive), “Save water and energy” sticker, multimedia presentations, video conferences with peers from partner schools, training in the EUROPASS program, trips to landscape parks, healthy food factories, botanical gardens, sewage treatment plants, city purification and waste disposal plants, meetings with ecologists, dieticians, and farmers producing healthy food. Training students on the ability to read labels on food products – the choice of healthy food. Enriching educational lessons with ecological topics. They initiated environmental activities and competitions themselves. Students of our partner schools collected recyclable materials. In the first year of the project, waste paper (all schools collected – 157197,00kg), in the second used batteries (schools collected – 4,464,124 kg, the Slovenian partner gave the number of batteries in pieces – 10,000.00 pcs), and in the third year PET bottle caps (collected – 6756.004 kg). To determine the ranking of eco-schools, classes, students we used entries in the class eco-notebooks that were run by students (class team) under the guidance of teachers. Every year, the collections were used to create a ranking of the best eco-schools, classes and students. The results of these rankings are presented in tabular form in the evaluation after 1,2,3, the year of the project, described in the Newsletter posted on ETWINING Twinspace. Students and parents also filled in home eco notebooks.
The goal of our project was to increase knowledge and pro-ecological behavior among students of all our partner schools in the field of water, energy and natural resources saving as well as to acquire secondary waste management skills, to develop pro-ecological and pro-health awareness among our students during the project so that this knowledge would be effective during their development and adult life.
To this end, before starting the project, we conducted a diagnostic survey among all students of our partner schools to determine the level of this knowledge. It was at the level of the Italian school – 52%, the Slovenian school – 65%, the Latvian school – 60%, the Polish school – 67% and the Dutch school – 69%. At the end of the project, i.e. after three years of activity, the same survey served us as a survey evaluation and its results are as follows: knowledge in the field of ecology increased in the Italian school to 75%, increase by 23%, in the Slovenian school to 80.3% – increase by 15.3%, in the Latvian school to 72.6% – increase by 12.6%, in Polish school to 87.3% – increase by 20.3%, in Dutch school to 83.4% – increase by 14.4%. Comparing the results of these two surveys allowed us to determine the increase in knowledge in students in each of the partner schools in the field of ecology and state that the project goal has been achieved, as confirmed by these anonymous surveys.
During the 3 years of the project, students from our partner schools took part in 84 video conferences. Four tutorials were recorded and sent to partners and placed on ETWINNING Twinspace. During visits, teachers from all partner schools conducted 25 lessons in international groups of students. The project logo was created, the “Save water and energy” stickers were created, 11 Newsletter, EKOPEDIA guide for teachers with ready lesson plans, the chronicle of the “Eco-active” project.The knowledge and skills of students in the field of ecology increased, communication between students and teachers improved in the use of English and digital technologies.Long-term benefits: increase of students’ knowledge and skills in the field of ecology, introduction to the Educational and Preventive School program of registration of conducting min 3 lessons yearly on ecological issues in educational lessons, Annual organization of the Eco-week and intensification of ecological activities and undertakings in this period. Annual organization of ecological happening .The use of pro-ecological behaviors by students at home, school and in the environment. Continuing battery collection (school container), waste segregation(at home and school).Maintaining cooperation with partner schools.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 141850 Eur

Project Coordinator

Szkola Podstawowa Nr 2 im. K.K.Baczynskiego w Pulawach & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Annas Brigaderes pamatskola
• 2 Circolo Didattico Cavour Marsala
• Osnovna sola Toneta Pavcka
• De Weijerwereld