Natural Based Solutions Erasmus Project

Project Title

Natural Based Solutions

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Research and innovation; Natural sciences

Project Summary

Natural based solutions Project

5 schools: Lithuania, Italy, Greece, Portugal, and Switzerland as an associated partner.

By observing nature we could find the solutions to face the challenges of our society. Nature-inspired solutions, Natural-based solutions, Biomimetic, Bio-inspired technology… All these terms refers to systems and solutions that have been developed after been inspired by nature. These solutions are often simple and in the same time very efficient. NBS brings more, and more natural features and processes into cities. It tends to provide environmental, social and economic benefits and help build resilience.

Students will visit compagnies or universities dealing with NBS devices, or technologies and they will do 4 practical experiments related to the NBS technology chosed. These experiments will follow the Inquiry-Based learning methodology. Thereby, students will be facing problematics that the NBS technology resolved and also students, will be put in place of the Scientist that have invented this NBS technology, while they will resolve their practical experiences.
International teams of students will discuss, and face concrete issues where the communication and organization between them will be the key of success.
All students activities will be in English while focusing on Scientific issues (Content and Language Integrated Learning ,CLIL, methodology).

Through these practical and inquiry-based tasks several key competences has been addressed simultaneously in a cross-curricular manner:
Students have incorporate and practice complex Scientific subjects while practicing a foreign language. Students have also been sensibilize to challenges faced by our society and thereby highlight the response bring by such NBS. Students have also understood the human component essential to rightly guide Science through the critical issues faced by our society.
Also, Students have figure out the importance of these issues in the construction of a respectful and integrated European society.
Teachers will also benefit of the project, by exchanging teaching methods that are highly cooperative, offering students innovative ways of learning. Which broadens teachers’practices and rises its effectiveness.Finally, participants have learn a lot about different European Cultures.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 110368 Eur

Project Coordinator

Istituto Comprensivo Viale Ernesto Monaci & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Agrupamento de Escolas Henriques Nogueira
• 6th Primary School of Alexandroupolis
• Kelme “Krazantes” Progymnasium