GREEN THERAPY
ABOUT THE PROJECT
DESCRIPTION
We all already know the climate is changing and resources are not limitless.
We need to be more careful by using exhaustible resources. Thus the term “sustainability” is so important that we all should learn and apply each subtitle of it. But, what is the sustainability?
Sustainability presumes that resources are finite, and should be used conservatively and wisely with a view to long-term priorities and consequences of the ways in which resources are used. Sustainability is about us, about our children and the world we will leave to them.
Thanks to GREEN THERAPY Project, we can explain Green Agenda and the importance of daily 'green' actions to our students in order to respect and save our planet and our life on it.
GOALS
Draw students’ attention about climate changing’s results
Teach resources are finite.
Teach how resources should be used more efficiently.
Be critical and creative in the development of work
Improve digital skills with the use of various platforms in the digital sphere
Develop students’ social skills ( work in pairs and teams promoting inclusion and interculturality, respect for the ideas of others and nature, self confidence, taking responsibilitity for their actions, autonomy, awareness of their language skills and strengths)
Cooperate with students from different countries, promote and respect different cultures
EXPECTED RESULTS
Students will be able to use different types of web2 tools
Students will be able to communicate with somebody from different cultures.
Students will be able to learn how to use resources more carefully.
Students will be able to explain the definition of sustainability in both foreign language (English) and mother language
Students will be able to be more effective and feel more comfortable by introducing themselves 'on stage'.
COUNTRIES: Turkey, Romania, Italy, Croatia, Greece
THE TIMETABLE
WORK PROCESS
1st WEEK (7th-13th Nov)
*Introduction of students and teachers on Twinspace
*Meeting and greetings online
*Logo competition
2nd WEEK (14th-20th Nov)
*Preparing school boards about the project
*Introduction of school, city and country
3rd WEEK (21st-27th Nov)
*Presentation about recycling (reuse,reduce,recycle) (creative drama activity)
*Reunion students to share their ideas for a better future and a greener world. (Brainstorming)
4th WEEK (28th Nov-4th Dec)
*Preparing a 2023 calender as a joint production
5th WEEK (5th-11th Dec)
*Preparing a poster with slogans promoting a better future as a joint production
*Making motivational stickers about the project's subjects
WEEK 1
FIRST ONLINE MEETING+ GREETINGS ON ZOOM (7th November at 9:00 AM)
Students made their own logos. They used all different tools according to their skills and interests: they felt involved, they expressed creativity and they had fun, too! :)
These are Italian students'logos with their most voted one!
Congrats to Alessio!
Congrats to the Turkish Team!
This is the WINNER LOGO and PROJECT LOGO!
WEEK 2
DEMOS ABOUT COUNTRY, CITY AND SCHOOL
Students have been introducing their school, country and city working on Google Slide in sharing mode and Ipiccy to modify pictures
SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT THE PROJECT TOPICS
After some websearches and after studying the topics, students worked on the Project School Board about Agenda 2030, Sustainable practices and tips to save water.
Browse the pics below to see them at work :)
OUR PROJECT SCHOOL BOARD
WEEK 3
GREEN THERAPY PERFOMANCE: ONE, TWO, THREE....ACTION!
Students wrote about a short story to represent: Planet Earth is sick because of Pollution. We all need GT Hero who will save our Planet with his actions. GT hero will fight Pollution thanks to his super weapon: the waste sorting!
BRAINSTORMING:
HOW CAN WE MAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOR THE FUTURE?
ONLINE MEETING ON ZOOM (1st December 2022 at 10 am)
Please, have a look and browse pictures below
WEEK 4
WRITING NOTES, SHARING IDEAS AND MAKING A 2023 CALENDER
AS A JOINT PRODUCTION
For this task, one responsible student had to share ideas on Note.ly with foreign Project partners about how to make a Calendar alltogether. In these pics, Sofia is sharing her ideas and is working on one month of the calendar using the webtool Canva
WEEK 5
*A POSTER FOR A BETTER FUTURE AS A JOINT PRODUCTION
Online Meeting on Zoom
* MAKING MOTIVATIONAL STICKERS
A POSTER FOR A BETTER FUTURE
One responsible student in each team attended this activity. Merve Şanlı managed the activity on Zoom Online Meeting Program and the students worked together on Canva Web2 Tool. Almost half an hour, they wrote their slogans about a better future and used some icons about the project's subject. They all were happy to work together at the same time.
Our student Gaia gave her contribution with the slogan "Don't pollute...go green!"
MAKING MOTIVATIONAL STICKERS
Students thought about slogans to promote sustainable actions and created sort of 'word clouds" in different shapes associating shapes and slogans themselves. They used the web tool "WordArt".
These stickers were then printed, plastified and 'sticked' at school, in visible spots where everyone could see them and feel motivated to take inspiration and action!
Let's stick stickers around school as positive motivational reminders!
For example: "Eat local food" on a prepackaged vendor machine; "Use clean enery" on a classroom window; "Switch the light off" near a light switch; "Don't waste water" near a faucet in the bathroom; "Plant trees" in the school yard, on a light pole near a tree; "Reuse, reduce, recycle" on a dustbin, "Unplug electronic devices" on an Interactive White Board.
Curriculum integration
All topics of the project are integrated in the school Curriculum, as well, through readings and debates. You can check objectives here
Students tried to express ideas and opinions about some solutions to make their own city, Enna, cleaner, greener and more sustainable.
WHAT ABOUT E-SAFETY AND INTERNET NETIQUETTE?
We printed posters about E-SAFETY; then we used them as flashcards to be shown and commented. Through images, students debated on the meaning of them and about correct or wrong behaviours while online. Then we talked about our "Digital Footprint" and the fact that online life is not a different life: online life and offline life are complementary and we are responsible for both of them.
Then students coloured them ...
...and hung them on our school board of the Project, so everyone can see them and take inspiration for a safer and more correct code of conduct on Internet
EVALUATION SURVEYS
During and after the Project students have been asked to answer questions about the project itself, their own satisfaction, abot their awareness, their digital skills, etc etc. They were given a couple of Google Form surveys: answers have been analysed and it has been an occasion of reflection on the Project itself.
Feedback is extremely important because thanks to it we understand strenghts and weaknesses and we learn how to work and plan better in the future.
GOODBYE!! BUT NEVER FORGET: GO GREEN....GO ETWINNING!
QUALITY LABEL
Il progetto ha ottenuto riconoscimenti che attestano il raggiungimento di un preciso standard di qualità determinato da cinque Criteri di Qualità condivisi da tutti i Paesi eTwinning:
Innovazione pedagogica e creatività
Integrazione curricolare
Collaborazione fra scuole partner
Uso della tecnologia
Risultati, impatto e documentazione
https://etwinning.indire.it/premi-e-riconoscimenti/quality-label-certificato-qualita/