Renewable Future: Clean Energy for Happy Generations Erasmus Project

Project Title

Renewable Future: Clean Energy for Happy Generations

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 2015

Project Topics

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

Project Summary

The project was based on the fact that conventional energy will be last and that there must be a change in energy supply. A background of the project was also the problem of environmental protection. The knowledge of the techniques and the chances of their use were the basis for understanding renewable energy Therefore the aim of the project was to raise the pupils’ interest in the issue of energy production through common European curricula.

Five schools participated in the project. The Turkish school Dadaloglu Anadolu Liesesi took on a key role in the technical application of clean energy systems such as solar technology and developed with other partners experiments in solar technology.
The Spanish Instituto de Educacíon Secundaria Garone on the island of El Hierro offered the opportunity to show an energy model that consists only of renewable energy. The school was particularly committed to the construction of models for wind energy. The small Lithuanian school Svencioneliai Mindaugas Gimnazija supports national projects such as “Be green” or “The green World”. Renewable energy was not in the curriculum before the project. The school therefore profited greatly from the European project and played a key role in the project website. The Polish school Zespol Szkol nr 2 in Krolowej Jadwigi w Pile had great experience with projects in the field of ecology and supported the project with their knowledge of water and wind energy. The Max Planck Realschule in Wuppertal already had experience in the field of renewable energies. In addition, the school has a solar system installed on the school roof, which served as a visual object. The Max Planck Realschule therefore took on the task of bringing the curriculum together at the European level.

The first project meeting was on 16th-20th November 2015 in the Spanish school Instituto de Educacíon Secundaria Garone. In addition to the presentation of the Spanish school system and the visit of the wind and hydroelectric power plants of the island of El Hierro, the first joint steps were agreed. Subsequently, the students of the five partner schools introduced themselves and their home region. The results were published on a common platform.

The second project meeting, from 28.04.-03.05.2016 in the Polish school Zespol Szkol nr 2 in Krolowej Jadwigi w Pile, the Polish school system was discussed. Furthermore, it was about the development of lessons on renewable energies, but also about the demonstration of renewable energies in the classroom through models for water and wind energy. Following this project meeting, the partners worked on a shared basis to develop the models for water and wind energy. The results were shared electronically via student videos and the sharing of blueprints.

The third project meeting, from 26.-30.09.2017 in the Lithuanian school school Svencioneliai Mindaugas Gimnazija, the Lithuanian school system was introduced. The partnes discussed about lesson plans and the development of photovoltaic experiments. Following the project meeting, all partner schools received the same electronic components.
The fourth project meeting was not held at the Turkish partner school Dadaloglu Anadolu Liesesi due to the political unrest, but took place from 02.-08.04.2017 at the Polish partner school. At this project meeting, the Turkish school system, videos about the Turkish partner school and the visit of solar plants in Turkey were presented. In addition, to the lesson plans, models and experiments were reviewed and varied.
The last project meeting took place from 18. – 22.09.2017 at the German Max Planck Realschule in Wuppertal. Here, the school systems were finally compared. Furthermore, the experiences from the individual lessons were reviewed together and summarized as a result with six lessons in the Renewable Energy Curriculum. These lessons have become part of the curriculum in the European partner schools and in Turkey with the collaborative experiments and models.

On a public project website, interested teachers can use the curriculum, the models and experiments for their own work. (http://erasmusplus2016.weebly.com) The project results are not only used in the five partner schools, they are also available to other schools in Europe. The project certainly achieves a lasting effect through the contact between the partners and the associated exchange of experience. This project has shown to all partners how positively a European understanding about lesson plans can be.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 51175 Eur

Project Coordinator

Max-Planck-Realschule & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Dadaloglu Anadolu Lisesi
• Zespol Szkol nr 2 im. Krolowej Jadwigi w Pile
• Svencioneliai Mindaugas Gimnazija
• Instituto de Educación Secundaria Garoe