Water without borders Erasmus Project

Project Title

Water without borders

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: Energy and resources; Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions; Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage

Project Summary

The Earth is a watery place, about 71 percent of the Earth’s surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5 percent of all Earth’s water.
Water is never sitting still. Thanks to the water cycle, our planet’s water supply is constantly moving from one place to another and from one form to another. This was the reason why we decided to connect our partner schools from different parts of Europe to deal with the topic of WATER.
Every day we witness irresponsible approach to the water issues: wasting and polluting of drinking water, ecological disasters caused by careless attituded of people. Water seems to be a very simple stuff but at the same time it is very complex. It is connected with the human history from the very beginning. Especially young people, who always take everything for granted, not always realize the value of common things like water. School is not only the place for education but also for upbringing students.
As it follows from the title of the project itself, water, as a significant natural element, not only divides nations (for example the rivers as a border between countries), but primarily connects them (for example shared water resources, transport between countries, etc.). Water is a common heritage of the whole mankind. There is no country in Europe that wouldn´t have any positive attitute to water as their national heritage.
The history of each country is connected with water and it is necessary to educate the young generation not only to realize this fact but also to act in favor of preserving this commodity for future generations. Our project is aimed to carry out activities that will create such awareness not only at the project participants but also at the whole school communities and wider public.
Water is not only joining us, but it has its own specific features in every country. As part of the project we will examine not only the common characteristics of this element but also its diversity and unique uses and manifestations. This is how we will learn from each other new ways how to protect water and how to use it.
Four partner schools are involved in the project:
Stredná priemyselná škola Poprad, Slovakia
MERYEM ABDURRAHIM GIZER ORTA OKULU, Adana, Turkey
I.S.I.S.S. Majorana, Santa Maria a Vica, Italy,
Agrupamento de Escolas de Albufeira, Portugal
During two years of the project implementation they will work on many activities to achieve the main objective: To raise the awareness of the participants and the entire community about the need to preserve the European cultural heritage, which includes natural resources, as well as to achieve following specific objectives:
1. to perceive the subject of the project (water) with a new look as an exhaustible resource that needs to be treated responsibly and to extend the knowledge of the participants in this field
2. to raise awareness among participants of their own cultural heritage, to familiarize themselves with cultures and traditions in the field, to accept it and to overcome prejudice against other cultures within Europe
3. to learn from history – in the cultural heritage of individual participants find references to water and its importance for individuals and society, to form a new literary-dramatic forms and then process them in digital form.
For the sustainable continuation of the project pupils patrols called “Stream” will be set up at each participating school to provide reasonable use of water in the school building and its surroundings. The members of the patrols will oversee water conservation, promote drinking water as a healthy alternative to sweetened drinks that are among pupils in love.
The participants prepare interactive presentations about their own cultural heritage and traditions associated with the use of water, which will be presented during a short exchange of students and subsequently published in the platform e-twinning to be available for all those interested in the subject and also served as a teaching material for dating to the European cultural heritage.
In the context of closer acquaintance with their own cultural history, pupils will analyze the theme of water in their fairy tales, stories, songs, customs and traditions. The actual dramatization of the selected literary work will be edited into a short feature film in English. This helps pupils to improve their acting skills, use of ICT and modern digital technologies.
Within the project, short-term student exchanges will be organized, one exchange in each participating country. The outcome will be a meeting of the partners, in which pupils and teachers will improve their organizational, communication and English language skills.
Analyzes will be carried out in collaboration with organizations dealing with the use of water in everyday life.
The Calendar “In the footsteps of water” will contain 12 pictures taken by students during, after and before the mobilities. Of course, the theme of the calendar will be “water”.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 108150 Eur

Project Coordinator

Stredna priemyselna skola techniky a dizajnu & Country: SK

Project Partners

• MERYEM ABDURRAHIM GIZER ORTA OKULU
• I.S.I.S.S. Majorana
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Albufeira