Green Education for a sustainable future Erasmus Project

Project Title

Green Education for a sustainable future

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 school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Environment and climate change

Project Summary

Green education can act as a vehicle in order to inspire the next generation of students to peruse a science career. Furthermore empowering youth to create a sustainable future is critical in the process of preserving the planet and in education future responsible citizens. With green education curriculum a science subject which may be considered abstract is put into a familiar context, relevant to everyday life of the students. Green education connects abstract science concepts to real world technologies that are solving environmental challenges. Novel fields such as green chemistry, sustainable engineering and robotics and green biotechnology can be implemented into classroom teaching under the umbrella of green education. Furthermore schools around Europe have school labs full of hazardous chemicals. This is a serious challenge for educators and administrators. It is crucial to educate teachers and students in the field of green chemistry in order to create safer school labs.
Our project will aim to support teachers around Europe to integrate green education principles in STEM curriculum. An online platform will be developed that will act as a repository of STEM green education resources, focusing on novel fields of green chemistry, green biotechnology and sustainable engineering and robotics. The platform will integrate micro-MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses/Content) – an innovative approach for developing STEM laboratories that will motivate teachers in the creation of flexible personalized teaching/learning paths and to increase students’ interest and involvement, due to the innovative methodology; of their learning.
Project objectives :
1. Support teachers to integrate green education principles in STEM curriculum.
2. Inspire and improve competence of teachers in order to bring into the classroom novel topics, such as green chemistry, green engineering and robotics and green biotechnology.
3. Embed green education principles in school laboratories.
4. Disseminate green education and create a community of green education in Europe
Partners of this project are 3 Universities and 4 Schools
Universities :
WSBINOZ from Poland will be the coordinator of this project.
UOWM from Greece.
UNIPA from Italy.
Schools :
Ahiler Secondary School – Turkey
Școala Gimnazială nr.16 Take Ionescu School – Romania
Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem – Netherlands

Results
A. Online platform and repository of activities for each topic (Green chemistry , biotechnology, robotics)
B. Activities for each topic that will be validated in classroom settings
C. Three educational kits, one for each topic, with materials and worksheets in English and in the language of each participant.
D. One MOOC for teacher training
E. Establishment of European Green week challenge.
F. Guidelines and support network for high school green centers
Results impact
In stage one activities and educational kits will be developed and tested in the three participating schools. In stage 2 teachers form 10 participating schools will be trained and then apply activities in the classroom. In stage 3 the project will invite all teachers to the MOOC and develop a network from schools all around Europe.
Long term benefits of project.
The online platform that will be developed will become a reference point for green education in Europe. Educators and students will be able to find materials relevant to novel green education topics such as green chemistry, green engineering -robotics and green biotechnology. A green education network will be developed where educators will be able to exchange ideas and good practices. Τwo educational kits will be available to educators to readily use into the classroom. European green STEM week will be established where students will take part in a green education challenge. Finally school centers of green education will act as multipliers of the project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 222685 Eur

Project Coordinator

WYZSZA SZKOLA BIZNESU I NAUK O ZDROWIU & Country: PL

Project Partners

• EKPAIDEUTIKOS OMILOS ANATOLIA
• PANEPISTIMIO DYTIKIS MAKEDONIAS
• Scoala Gimnaziala Nr. 16 Take Ionescu
• ALTINDAG AHILER ORTAOKULU
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO