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Project
form
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PROJECT
TITLE |
Bye-bye, Summer! |
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Short
Summary |
Students will observe changes that take place in the Nature
during the Autumn. They will study migrating birds and fruits of
plants and learn to identify them in nature. Participants will
also learn how to find information on nature and species in the
Internet, they will listen bird songs from special web-sites and
try to remember the sounds to recognize them in the Nature.
Students will write stories about the species proposed to be the
Autumn indicators at their location. Through that the
participants can learn more about the nature of each others
countries. Another area or topic for writing essays, drawing
pictures, sayings and beliefs of local nationalities from
ancient times concerning the Nature and seasons. |
| School:
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Kadrina Secondary School |
| Country: |
Estonia |
| Partner
schools:
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Riga English Grammar School (Latvia), Europese School Mol
(Belgium), Escola Secundária Rainha Santa Isabel - Estremoz
(Portugal) |
| Classes:
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6-8 |
| Project
team: |
Eve Kanger, Tõnis Eelma, Jose Tome, Hans Ullrich Meyer, Ilze
Rikmane, Viktor Muuli |
| Project
coordinator:
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Viktor Muuli |
| Contact
person (name,
surname, e-mail address): |
Viktor Muuli,
viktor.muuli@ut.ee |
| Link
to the
Project:
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http://www.ut.ee/~viktorm/summer |
| Collaborative
work at school:
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Group work between students, cooperation with teachers of
different subjects.
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| Technological
tools:
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computers, scanners, printers, internet |
| Socrates
Programme:
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YES
o
NO o |
| Distance
Collaboration (among
Partners): |
YES
o
NO o
e-mail, www |
| RESOURCES |
Internal
(from your school) |
External
(outside your school) |
Costs |
| Human |
Teacher of biology |
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| Facilities
(rooms, labs, etc) |
Classrooms, computer lab |
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Equipment
(PC,
videorecorder, cameras...) |
Computers |
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| Funds |
No |
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| Other |
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Objectives |
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Overall objectives |
Deeper understanding of biological and climatological diversity,
about influence of geographical location in progress of seasons. |
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Specific
objectives |
study migrating birds and fruits of plants;
find information on nature and species in the Internet. |
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Study
skills |
Learn autumn indicators and how to use ICT. |
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Social
skills |
Group work, communication |
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Subjects involved
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Biology, English, ICT |
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PROJECT
DESCRIPTION |
| Duration: |
School
year:
From: 01.09.2002
To: 15.12.2002 |
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Children worked on the Project |
for __2-3____ hours a
day
/
a
week
/ a
month |
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Teachers worked on the Project
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for ___2-3___ hours a
day
/
a
week
/ a
month |
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Work
has been done
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in
the class / at home
Work has been done in class and at home: |
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Short description of how the Project has been
carried out
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1) How
work has been organized either in class and at home (i.e.
individually/in pair/ in small groups/all class):
nature observations took place at home and it was done
individually. There were different teams in the class who did
different things – communication group, leader group, it group
etc.
2) How
the work has been shared among children:
each group had their more concrete tasks to fulfil.
3) How resources have been used/managed:
according to team needs |
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USE
OF TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS
Short
description of how technological tools have been
used |
Technological
tools
(videocamera/camera/digital
camera/computer/Internet/scanner/printer) |
computers, internet, scanners, printers. |
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Users
(teachers/children/experts): |
Teachers/students |
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Where
(at home/at school):
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At school mainly.
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How |
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| WORKPLAN |
| Activity |
Responsable |
Expected
outcome |
When
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Start – writing hellos |
Teachers |
Hello messages |
week 1-2 |
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Nature observations and data sending |
Students/teachers |
Filled database |
week2-9 |
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Communication with others |
Students |
e-mails |
week 2-10 |
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Extra activities |
Students/teachers |
Pictures, writings, web-pages |
week 2-10 |
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Evaluation |
Teachers |
Evaluation summary |
week 11-12 |
| PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
Communication problems and remaining with time table |
| WAYS
TO OVERCOME
PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
More communication. Making timetable more clear and reasonable. |
| EVALUATION |
| Evaluation
worksheets of operative
objectives |
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| Feedback
from students |
questionnaire |
| Feedback
from parents |
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| Feedback
from teachers |
questionnaire |
| Other |
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OUTCOME
DISSEMINATION |
| Wall-charts
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| Article
on school/local/district
magazine |
district magazine |
| Brochure |
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| Multimedia
products |
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| Exhibition |
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| Website |
http://www.ut.ee/~viktorm/summer |
| Seminar/Panel
session |
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| Other |
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I allow to
publish the above information on the ECOLE website
(www.ecolenet.nl) : YES
o NO
o
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