Let’s change the world with Renewable Energy Erasmus Project

Project Title

Let’s change the world with Renewable Energy

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: Energy and resources; Environment and climate change

Project Summary

The Renewable Energy Directive establishes an overall policy for the production and promotion of energy from renewable sources in the EU. It requires the EU to fulfil at least 20% of its total energy needs with renewables by 2020 – to be achieved through the attainment of individual national targets. We established this partnership with a view to raising the awareness of students about the necessity to increase the use of renewable sources of energy, which is expected to increase by 7% in the next 10 years all over Europe (RED). We want them to gain an in-depth knowledge of how these sources of energy are used, make them experiment with them through STEM and Project Based Learning, draw their attention to benefits and drawbacks of all energy sources and provide a context for critical and creative thinking, in which sts assess, research and analyse, produce tangible outputs collaboratively.

It will be a two-year project. We’ll carry out 6 LTT activities. In these 6 LTT activities 4 students (at the age of 14-18) and 2 teachers will join every project meeting. The Project “Let’s Change the world with renewable energy” will be implemented by a partnership consisting of six secondary schools from: Poland, Turkey, Latvia, Belgium, Macedonia and Slovenia. All of them are general education school (secondary level)

The project aims to set the grounds for 6 partner countries to cooperate and share practices in the area of renewable energy resources, Climate C., sustainable production and consumption through activities designed for students which are meant to:
1. develop their understanding about scientific concepts and processes in production of sustainable energy
2. develop their overall awareness about alternative sources of energy and how their usage can be enhanced
3. improve skills and competences through interdisciplinary projects in the STEM field
4. improve 4C skills of students
5. enable teachers to share school models and practices in the areas of STEM that can be transferred into their schools
6-be concious on CC and its effects
ACTIVITIES
C1 Renewable Energy, Waste Management
C2 Wind Energy and STEM
C3 Water energy and STEM
C4 Solar Energy and STEM
C5 Effects of climate change on renewable energy resources
C6 Sustainable Energy, designing smart, green city models
With these activities, we’ll deal with various forms of renewable energy such as making windmill, watermill, solar panel, model of future green city, recycling and develop artistic-cultural perspective of students, to help them enriching and bringing out their hidden 21st Century skills.

RESULTS
– presentations about renewable energy sources and statistics and trends from 6 partner countries
– posters for campaigns encouraging European citizens to use solar energy more.
– presentations about alternative building systems
– models of buildings using alternative types of insulating materials
– simulations of power plants
– STEM projects – watermill, wind mill, solar cookers etc.
– research data and conclusions
– simulations/models of sustainable cities
Teachers will produce exchange reports in which we will include data measuring the quality of the activities, the impact of the activities on participants, pictures and videos taken during the exchanges.
Other deliverables: Europass mobility documents, initial and final evaluation forms, feedback forms, self-assessment sheets, student observation sheets, participants’ testimonials, dissemination platforms, eTwinning communication platform, project final brochure “STEM ideas for highschool”.

All of our activities will be implemented by a wide range of innovative teaching methods both in and outside of school, incorporating: Critical thinking, digital competence, collaboration and team work, communication skills, personal and social responsibility and metacognition.
IMPACT
-Students, their families and teachers gain a more environmentally friendly lifestyle by being critical of how their energy is produced
-Students and teachers develop personally and professionally
-Enabling young people to explore the possibility of influencing local, national and European policies and decision making processes concerning energy production
-Providing an active contribution to social capital through the promotion of renewable energy sources which boasts of quality and cost effectiveness

Through project activities, schools’ll promote its image in the local community as an institution that prepares students for the future and aligns to the 21st century needs. Cooperation with local community will improve through partnerships and agreements with local experts and businesses in energy field. Local authorities will be invited to attend some of the project activities, which will lay the basis for future cooperation among local institutions in other projects related to renewable energy or similar. Schools will acquire/develop a European dimension which shows openness/flexibility to ever-changing world of education.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 160140 Eur

Project Coordinator

I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie w Ostrzeszowie & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Sesim Sarpkaya Fen Lisesi
• Prizma Campus VTI
• “Sv.Kliment Ohridski” High School
• Mārupes Valsts ģimnāzija
• Srednja sola Slovenska Bistrica