Getting into the Earth of Observer People, Awake, Responsible and Keen on Saving Cultural Heritage Erasmus Project

Project Title

Getting into the Earth of Observer People, Awake, Responsible and Keen on Saving Cultural Heritage

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; Natural sciences; Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage

Project Summary

Geoparks are unique and rare natural heritages for us from the Mother Earth. Geoparks bring education, awareness of protection and economic development to societies. The role of education is very important in the sustainability of life in nature. This sustainability is only possible to recognize and understand the nature and Mother Earth. The most efficient way of the education of introducing the Earth we live on and creating the awareness of protecting the nature to the next generations is experiencing, observing, exploring and discovering the World Heritage Geoparks. Reproduction of these Natural/Historic/Cultural heritages is not possible. At this point, protecting the nature and each product of nature becomes important. The sustainability of geoparks will keep parallel with the sustainability of the awareness on their protection. Contributing the sustainability of Geoparks, we would like to educate our students who are aware of them, a heritage from our Mother Earth, sensible towards them and responsible to take care of them as well as taking action about them.Including studies on “How does Earth shape People’s Culture in terms of housing/farming/eating habits/sports? we will take our students’ attention on Cultural Heritage at local level as well. Having the same objectives, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and Turkey created this project.

With this project we aim to raise awareness about geoparks, the protection of the Natural/Historic/Cultural Heritage, to increase the competences of the students on scientific studies and the motivation of students towards science, geography, geology and to contribute to the EC vision and the Year of Cultural Heritage.

The participants of this project are 15-17 year old students who are sensitive about natural and environmental issues. We plan to give priority to students with social and economical obstacles.

We plan to have LTT activities in each country and use educational excurtions, observation, laboratory experiments, workshops, presentations, roundtable discussion, CLIL, Flipped Classroom, exhibition, web 2.00 tools workshop as our methodology within this project.

This project includes activities such as :

* “You are the Apple of my Eye”

Planting Apple trees to schoolyard dedicated to the geoparks as a means of Heritage and its sustainability.

*Designing and Handing out Magazine/Brochure

Preparing them at school and then handing out to people in public

*Charity Activity “A gift from the Mother Earth, Geoparks”

Students will prepare handmade pencilcases using different materials and donate them to sister school students in need as a gift to enlarge the awareness audience

Music/Dance/Art

They will creat an activity related to any branch of art in their schools

* Designing and Handing Out Rosettes

A specific date will be determined “Awaress Day” and the prepared rosettes by the volunteer students will be delivered to the others to wear on them during the day to take attention on Geographic/Geologic Heritage.

*Ride to Nature: “Exploring the World of Geography!”

The activity will be organized including all the volunteers in our cities.

Photo Exhibition: “UNESCO Global Geoparks from TURKEY, ITALY, CROATIA,SLOVENIA” -The Heritage From Our Mother Earth!”

The exhibition will be arranged in the Exhibition of the Municipality open to everyone.

Results we would like to achieve:

1-e- magazine: including the chapters of each partner Geopark;

KULA VOLCANIC UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK (Turkey)

CILENTO, VALLO DI DIANO E ALBURNI UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK (Italy)

PAPUK UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK (Croatia)

IDRIJA UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK (Slovenia)

2-videofilms of the lab experiments

3-photo exhibition

4-broshure/handout

Impact:

*Participants will be familiar with the geographic/geologic terms such as; complex geology, active tectonic regime, seismically active, rapidly deforming regions, converging plates, subduction collision, geodynamic process, metamorphic basement, massif and the ophiolitic mélange units, remnant as well as the historic formation of the 5 UNESCO Global Geoparks

*They will learn actively from the first hands, from the scientists, lecturers within the education session provided by the Geoparks, developing their training networks and for their future, business network

*They will improve their observation and digital skills

*They will develop their lab skills

*They will develop their social skills

*They will improve their English level

*Their awareness on geoparks and culture will be enlarged

As the long-term benefit for our schools ;

-our students will be more aware of Natural/Historic/Cultural Heritage and will be more sensitive citizens towards the Mother Earth

-the prestige and visibility of our schools will be risen to actively participating the Erasmus+ international projects

-business network of our teachers and school will be enlarged

-the involved teachers will improve their professional and internationally cooperation skills which is a value for our school

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 67804,01 Eur

Project Coordinator

MACIDE-RAMIZ TASKINLAR SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Srednja skola Metkovic
• SOLSKI CENTER SLOVENJ GRADEC
• Liceo Scientifico Statale Enrico Fermi