Turkey #4

Day 1: Welcome reception. participating schools "meet and greet". Presentation of the education system of the host school, presentation of the school and videos of the host school. Seminar "What are the effects of climate change and global warming on our world?" and animated movie. "Recycling Activities in Our Schools" themed presentations by project partner schools. General Evaluation of the project. Comments on the Final Report. Visit to Mevlana Museum.

Day 2: Keskesler Kindergarten visit. Welcome mini-shows, school exhibition. Music and Art Workshop (Rhythm work-Delopogy technique). Tour of the school garden and open classroom environments. Observation of activities on ecological sensitivity in classrooms. Interactive experiments under the leadership of host teachers, using research and inquiry-based learning methods involving participating teachers. Course observations of participating teachers. Selcuklu Special Education Vocational School Visit. Observation of activities on ecological sensitivity in classrooms organising activities at Konya Science centre about the natural resources, renewable and nonrenewable energy sources and effects of wasting the natural resources and the ways to prevent it.

Day 3: Visit "Konya tropical butterfly garden"(which has the largest butterfly flight area in Europe). How can we use natural resources more efficiently and gain zero waste and recycling awareness? Presentation of drama studies prepared by students on this subject. The effects of wasting energy and natural resources. How Should a Green World Be? Watch the drama screening-mini shows. Informing the participants by the teachers about the waste paper collection and plastic cover collection studies. Planting flowers in pots in the hobby garden area. 'Water Pollution' Experiment in school’s, "Sille Nature School" visit. Walk-in Sille Dam. Visit to "Sille Village" (an old Greek village).

Day 4: Cappadocia Trip

Day 5: Monitoring science and nature lesson activity, informing the participants about the methods and techniques used in the lesson.The project evaluation of 4th LTT mobility. Mevlana Kindergarten visit. Visiting the Autism Center. Flower planting work in pots in the hobby garden area at Keskesler Kindergarten. Certificate ceremony-Farewell.

Methodology: İnquiry-based learning, presentations, storytelling

Results:

- learning about the natural resources, energy types, and different ways of recycling and reusing

- increasing environmental awareness

- discovering different wildlife forms via the visits to the tropical butterfly garden

- increasing creativity of the pupils via toy-making activity

- motivating pupils to collect and recycle waste products

- through the science and nature learning process, story presentations and interactive experiment presentations on the seasons, climate changes and global warming, the students will develop their thinking and problem-solving skills about the cause and consequences of ecological events.

- through the language activity learning process, students will create drama presentations on “How can we use natural resources more efficiently and gain awareness of zero waste and recycling”. Students' self-confidence, language, and expression skills will increase with drama presentations.