Short Summary

School:       

I.T.C.S. »Agostino Fossati«, La Spezia

Country:    

Italy

Partner schools:    

I.T.I.S. »Michele Giua«, Cagliari, Italy
Biotechnical School Kranj, Slovenia
Joniškis Agricultural School, Lithuania
Military High School Alba Iulia, Romania

Classes:       

1st – 5th  (secondary education)

Project team:       

Ms. Anna Porcheddu (Italy), Ugo Tuveri (Italy), Mrs. Vaida Radzeviciene (Lithuania)
Mrs. Daiva Semeliuniene (Lithuania), Mr. Liudas Jonaitis (Lithuania)
Mrs. Marinela Bitu, PhD (Romania), Mrs. Marjetka Kastelic Švab (Slovenia)
Mrs. Danica Mati Djuraki (Slovenia), Mr. Janez Klemenčič (Slovenia)

Project coordinator:         

Mr. Pier Giovanni Perotto (Italy)

Contact person (name, surname, e-mail address): 

janez.klemencic@guest.arnes.si

Link to the Project:             

www.landscape77.home.ro
www.landscapes.tk

Collaborative work at school:         

Team works, cross-curricula activities, networking

Technological tools:        

Websites, e-mail, web-chat, multimedia CD-ROMs

Socrates Programme:       

YES     NO  

Distance Collaboration (among Partners):        

YES     NO  

RESOURCES

Internal (from your school)

External (outside your school)

Costs

Human

700 students, 100 teachers

Facilities (rooms, labs, etc)

12 computer labs,
10 chemistry labs,
10 biology labs

15 specialised labs

Equipment
(PC, videorecorder, cameras...)

DVD-R

Special lab equipment

Funds

Other

Objectives

Overall objectives

Development of a network of stundents, teachers and scientists

Specific objectives

Protection of natural reservations in each country
Study of land-use dynamics
Improvements of waste treatment
Environmental monitoring

Study skills

Investigations of our environment
Improvements of language knowledge
Acquiring ICT skills

Social skills

Combating xenophobic attitudes
Encouraging Eastern European schools for equal participation

Subjects involved

Biology, chemistry, informatics, english, physics

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Duration:

School year:                 From:    2002                   To: 2005

Children worked on the Project

for _3____ hours a day / a week / a month

Teachers  worked on the Project

for __4____ hours a day / a week / a month

85 %                15 %

Short description of how the Project has been carried out

Project activities are involved in the regular subjects lessons. A lot of activities are carried out outdoor in the nature. 

USE OF TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS
Short description of how technological tools have been used

Technological tools
(videocamera/camera/digital camera/computer/Internet/scanner/printer)

Videocameras and cameras for analysing of natural environment in the classroom.
Computers for website development
Internet for collecting scientific data

Users
(teachers/children/experts):

Teachers and students for video and website
Experts for data

Where
(at home/at school):

80 % at school, 20 % at home

By specilised hardware and software tools

WORKPLAN

Activity

Responsable

Expected outcome

When

Information for disabled

Local co-ordinators

Brochure

 March 2005

Writing reports about activities

Local co-ordinators

Joint website

 April 2005

Research of environment

Local co-ordinators

Collection of
CD-ROMs

 May 2005

Final project meeting

Mr. Perotto

Video and photo galleries

 May 2005

PROBLEMS/BARRIERS

Lack of time, low budget

WAYS TO OVERCOME PROBLEMS/BARRIERS

To work as efficient as possible

EVALUATION

Evaluation worksheets of operative objectives

YES

Feedback from students

YES

Feedback from parents

NO

Feedback from teachers

YES

Other

 SCIENTISTS

OUTCOME DISSEMINATION

Wall-charts

 YES

Article on school/local/district magazine

 YES

Brochure

 YES

Multimedia products

 YES

Exhibition

 YES

Website

 YES

Seminar/Panel session

 YES

Other

RADIO BROADCASTS

REFERENCE BOOKS

- Comparative Environmental Studies and Common Approaches in Environmental Education within Europe
- Diversitiy among and within societes and cultures
- Itineraries along waterways
- Can you guess?