Starting date

Activity/mobility description

2009/08/01

Start up - Year 1 – “ Positive aspects and problems of our environment”

·    The project coordinators got into first contact

·    The project coordinators made preparations to announce the approval of the project to the school and the local community

·    The project coordinators, the teachers and the students involved in the plan, the time schedule and  decided on the future activities in their school

·    Integrating the project into the curriculum

2009/10/01

Getting to know each other

·    Getting to know participating schools

·    The students got into email contact with each other

·    Each school sent general information about their school, city and country to the partner schools

·    Students prepared and sent a “surprise welcome box”

·    The students created a project information board to exhibit all the related materials about the project and countries.

·    The students informed the local community about the project, e.g.; sending an article to the local newspaper, publishing news on the school web page, sending information to the parents etc.

2009/10/01

Information

·    The students created a project information board to exhibit all the related materials about the project and countries.

·    The students informed the local community about the project, e.g.; sending an article to the local newspaper, publishing news on the school web page, sending information to the parents etc.

2009/10/01

Preparation for the 1st meeting in Belgium

·    Students gathered information (took photos, videos, collected data) about their school, their region, their countries and the environment in their local area to present it at the meeting

·    Students prepared a piece of poetry - Topic of Poetry - Sustainable words … (Al Gore – An inconvenient truth)

2009/09/01

Organisation of the 1st Meeting in Belgium “Getting to know the environment we will work in“

Teachers and students of the hosting institution prepared everything to welcome their guests

·    informed parents and teachers about the meeting

·    organised host families

·    booked hotel rooms

·    made a schedule for the meeting

·    organised all activities for the meeting in school

·    prepared a program to show the guests the school and the city

2009/10/26

Hosting the 1st Project Meeting in BELGIUM

The teachers and students organised the program for the guests

The students were also actively involved in organisation of the meeting by

·    Hosting guest students

·    Showing the guests around

·    Taking active part in the activities and organisation

2009/10/26

1st Project Meeting in BELGIUM “Getting to know the environment we will work in“

During the meeting

·    students and teachers decided on the specific tasks and activities which were performed by each participating school

·    teachers decided which partner was responsible for creating and managing the project website.

·    students and teachers got to know each other

·    students and teachers presented their environment to each other

·    students exchanged their piece of poetry - Topic of Poetry - Sustainable words … (Al Gore – An inconvenient truth)

2009/11/01

Sharing impressions of the 1st Meeting

·    Sharing impressions in their school after the 1st meeting.

·    Setting up the project website

·    Students displayed all the information they had gathered on the project information board

The school informed the parents about the project development, results of students’ research and results of the meeting in Belgium (during the Open Door Day, school newspaper, school's website, teachers meetings, parents’ meetings etc)

2010/01/01

Preparation for the 2nd Meeting in Hungary “Getting to know the environment we will work in“

Students gathered information (took photos, videos, collected data, made a questionnaire) about the positive aspects and problems of the environment in their local area to present it at the meeting

2009/12/01

Organisation of the 2nd Meeting in Hungary “Getting to know the environment we will work in“

Teachers and students of the hosting institution prepared everything to welcome their guests:

·    informed parents and teachers about the meeting

·    organised host families

·    booked hotel rooms

·    made a schedule for the meeting

·    organised all activities for the meeting in school

·    prepared program to show the guests the school and the city

2010/02/08

Hosting the 2nd Project Meeting in Hungary “Getting to know the environment we will work in“

The teachers and students organised the program for the guests

The students were also actively involved in organisation of the meeting by:

·    Hosting guest students

·    Showing the guests around

·    Attending the meetings

·    Taking active part in the activities and organisation

2010/02/08

2nd Project Meeting in Hungary  “Be aware of the environment!”

During the meeting in Hungary:

·    Students presented the result of their research

·    Discussions showed the different or similar problems in each country

2010/02/14

Sharing impressions about the 2nd Meeting in Hungary

Sharing impressions in our schools after the 2nd meeting.

2010/03/02

Finding Solutions about environmental problems and start to act

·    Students organised a “brainstorming” chat during which they aimed to find solutions to local environmental problems they had defined

·    They set up a blog/forum/platform to continue discussing the possible solutions to the local environmental problems.

·    Students tried to put the solutions they have found into practice

·    Each school decided on the way which would best suit their needs

·    All attempts were recorded on video or photographed

·    Information concerning the results of their attempts was put on the project website

2010/04/01

Preparing for the 3rd project meeting in Austria “Take action for the environment!”

Preparing for the 3rd project meeting in Austria the students

·    creating a banner and poster with a slogan which promoted their solutions to environmental problems

·    preparing a set of questions about the ecological problems and solutions: These questions were part of the common computer quiz which ,at the end of the project, showed the work and progress of the whole project

·    preparing a stand to show effective implementation of their countries’ solutions to environmental problems.

2010/01/01

Organisation of the 3rd Meeting in Austria

Teachers and students of the hosting institution prepared everything to welcome their guests:

·    informed parents and teachers about the meeting

·    organised host families

·    booked hotel rooms

·    made a schedule for the meeting

·    organised all activities for the meeting in school

·    prepared a program to show the guests the school and the city

2010/05/10

Hosting the 3rd Project Meeting in Austria “Take action for the environment”

The teachers and students organised the program for the guests

The students were also actively involved in organisation of the meeting by:

·    Hosting guest students

·    Showing the guests around

·    Attending the meetings

·    Taking active part in the activities and organisation

2010/05/10

3rd Project Meeting in Austria  “Take action for the environment!”

During the meeting in Austria:

·    the best posters and banners were selected

·    the questions which students had prepared were pooled together and the new computer quiz was played to check each group’s awareness of the whole issue

·    the students put up the stand with their countries’ solutions to environmental problems.

2010/05/16

Sharing impressions about the 3rd Meeting in Austria

Sharing impressions in our schools after the 3rd meeting

2010/06/01

Preparing for the 4th project meeting in Poland “Sustainable tourism”

Preparing for the 4th project meeting in Poland. The students:

·    create a presentation which would promote their touristic region

·    prepare sustainable trip to the environment friendly power station inside the Zar Mountain

·    organise planting an oak tree by the school

·    prepare collecting garbage on the mountain route

2010/06/30

Organisation of the 4th Meeting in Poland

Teachers and students of the hosting institution prepare everything to welcome their guests:

·    inform parents and teachers about the meeting

·    book guest house rooms

·    make a schedule for the meeting

·    organise all activities for the meeting in school

·    prepare a program to show the guests the school and the city

2010/07/31

Hosting the 4th Project Meeting in Poland “Sustainable tourism”

The teachers and students will organise the program for the guests

The students will also be actively involved in organisation of the meeting by:

·    showing the guests around

·    attending the meetings

·    taking active part in the activities and organisation

2010/09/12

4th project meeting in Poland “Sustainable tourism”

During the meeting in Poland:

·    announcing the questionnaire results and the winners

·    showing presentations “Sustainable tourism” from each country

·    preparing sustainable trip to the environment friendly power station inside the Zar Mountain

·    planting an oak tree at the school yard

·    collecting garbage on the mountain route

2010/09/20

Sharing impressions about the 4th project meeting in Poland “Sustainable tourism”

Sharing impressions in our schools after the 4th meeting