Wonderful natur Erasmus Project

Project Title

Wonderful natur

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Environment and climate change

Project Summary

In our project called “the wonderful nature – endemic and invasive species“ we worked on a theme that proved both current and interesting to our students. This project aimed to motivate students to study the less popular science subjects. We wanted to make sure that the students receive new information in different situations outside the classroom, in the nature. They were supposed to study their environment according to the endemic and invasive species, to impart the importance of the knowledge of biological diversity, and to raise people’s attention to protect the native animal and plant species. Our project also aimed at improving the key competence of the participants (mainly social, intercultural, linguistic and IT) as well as at developing the acquisition of foreign languages.

In Hungary the participants got acquainted with concepts such as invasive, neophytes, and neozoen. They researched 5 typically native and 5 invasive plants along the river Drava. The students worked in groups: with the help of GPS coordinates they had to mark the location of the plants they learned about. They were also supposed to complete some measurements (e.g. determining tree perimeters), then they had to read the coordinates into a computer program, and to create a card about the occurence of the observed species. They presented their experience in the form of an exhibit with photographs, brochures, posters to the other students of our school. In the Danube-Drava National Park they learned about typical Hungarian animal species and the native species of the river Drava.

In Italy, the focus of the observations was on the the living area of the flamingoes (Priolo – saltworks) and on the native and the invasive plant- and animal species (corkwood forest in Niscemi). The participants completed a four language glossary to the topic of nature and videos and presentations were also done about the observed endemic and invasive species, which were later evaluated by a jury.

In Turkey the students researched the endemic animal and plant species of the Taurus Mountains. They completed an exhibit in the city center, where they presented their project and managed to raise the locals’ attention to the consequences of urbanization and environmental pollution. They also finished their work on exhibition materials, brochures, T-shirts that they were wearing while decorating bicycles, thus they raised local inhabitants’ attention to the environmentally friendly way of traveling.

The project work in all three countries was completed through cultural and touristic programs that helped the participants to get to know the life, the culture and the traditions of the guest country. They were allowed to examine the everyday life of school and family in the partner countries that developed their intercultural competence.

The language of communication was German. The participants improved their foreign language skills via common work, a fact that nowadays for a good workplace is deemed indispensable.

During the cooperation, presentations, test exercises in the topic of “endemic animal and plant species“ were completed, which together with the videos done in Sicily could be utilized in Biology classes. The students developed tests, videos about their experience that show the culture and the traditions of the partner countries, which could potentially be used in various classes later on (German, Geography, and Classroom Teacher’s class).

The results of the project were shared on the Internet, on the websites of the schools, on a common project website (www.diewunderbarenatur.com) and also on e-Twining. Presentations and exhibits were organized for the classmates, teachers, parents as well as for the local residents of the cities.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 53485 Eur

Project Coordinator

Kaposvari SZC Drava Volgye Gimnaziuma, Szakgimnaziuma es Kollegiuma & Country: HU

Project Partners

• Liceo Classico e linguistico R Settimo
• TARSUS SEHIT HALIL OZDEMIR FEN LISESI