European Students Work on Energy Revolution Erasmus Project

Project Title

European Students Work on Energy Revolution

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: Energy and resources; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Project Summary

Erasmus+ Project 2016-19 KA2: ESWER (European Students Work on Energy Revolution).

Energy: On the one hand side this topic mirrors current political developments regarding renewable energy in the EU. At the same time we aimed at improving knowledge and attitudes in the field of mathematics, science, and technology – an area of employment and research where interested young workers will continue to be in demand.
The students, 13 to 16 years old, investigated many aspects of renewable energy, i.e. the development of the energy situation in Europe (1st year), the scientific and technical basics (2nd year) and future ideas and chances (3rd year).
Partnerschools were Gymnasium Rheinkamp Europaschule Moers (DE), SI de Navarcles (ES) and Gimnazjum No.10 Gliwice (PL). Unfortunately withdrew the originally designated fourth school Waterpark College Waterford (IR) after the first project meeting according to instructions of their school board. So we had to change our project working plan and schedule of meetings. Every school worked on one type of renewable energy that is relevant for their region. It was the students’ task to compare different types of renewable energy to each other and to fossil energy types. They collected data using renewable energy producing systems which cities and schools provide and compared the energy situation, future challenges and solutions across Europe. The students visited energy producing sites, museums and political institutions, discussed the future use of energy (“turnaround in energy policy”) with engineers and politicians, produced portfolios and presentations. They also built technical models which show the generation, conversion and use of renewable energy. Measurements of efficiency were made. The project results were used to create lesson plans for all interested schools. They contributed to the sustainability and distribution of the project’s result.
The associated partners Hochschule Rhein-Waal Kamp-Lintfort, University Duisburg and Technical College Gliwice helped in reaching the project aims. So this project “ESWER” met key objectives of the European Union’s Europe 2020 strategy covering employment, energy and education and strive to create “the conditions for a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.”

Culture: This project developed student’s cultural appreciation and understanding. Every participating student visited at least one foreign school and town within the three project years. This project increased the students’ and staff’s knowledge of the EU and the inter-related needs of our respective countries and economies. Preparation for future professional careers in energy companies within and across Europe were made.
At the end of each school year, students from all schools came together for a residential summer school to live and work together. These summer schools included staff integration and professional development. These summer schools have proven to be very successful in terms of achieving the project’s objectives.The cooperation of the students with their European partners in small groups, the communication via different types of ICT, and the experiences made during school visits furthered the intercultural, linguistic, and ICT competences of the students. Different ICT skills were practised for communication, documentation, presentation, design, and controlling the models. All of these competences are highly desirable in today’s and especially in a future European working environment. The common language was English. Presentations and papers needed both technical and communication phrases.
We could observe excellent language as well as personal development of students and teachers by different evaluation means.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 105430 Eur

Project Coordinator

Gymnasium Rheinkamp Europaschule Moers & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Waterpark College
• Institut de Navarcles
• Gimnazjum nr 10 im. I. J. Paderewskiego