Results
THE ELMO PROJECT GENERATED THE RESULTS LISTED BELOW.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CASE STUDIES
NATURAL SCIENCE
How global climate change will effect local environments, and how other environmental issues (e.g. land use, foreign species, marsh drainage) can worsen destruction of ecosystems.
NATURAL SCIENCE BUSINESS
Learn about and explain current environmental challenges relating to trade and tourism and how global climate change can affect local environments.
ACTIONBOUND TOURIST TRAIL IN BERGEN
Learn about how to use the Actionbound app on the mobile phone as an authentic tool to create and follow a real hunt for sustainable options in Bergen.
dEVELOPMENT OF AR/VR APPS ABOUT ORGANISMS IN A LOCAL WETLAND
Learn how to use series of Augmented Reality (AR) guided quests at a local wetland ecosystem to discover types of organisms.
INTERDISCIPLINARY PLANT IDENTIFICATION IN SCHOOL YARD
Learn how to determine the different types of plants in schoolyard and finally create QR-based digital guide showing the different plants found.
“Climate Science”: e-book about environmental and climate challenges
Learn how to make an e-book about environmental and climate challenges.
“Study of flora & fauna and analysis of environmental pollution in a natural park: L’ Albufera”
“Study of flora & fauna and analysis of environmental pollution in a natural park: L’ Albufera”
The hydrogeological instability in Liguria: causes and effects
The Liguria region has been plagued for years by the problem of hydrogeological instability, this mainly due to the type of soil, so impermeable as to not allow adequate rainwater runoff, but also by increasing building speculation.We know that our territory has a conformation that is not very suitable for massive urbanization, so, to stem the problem, it has also built on river beds.
In this direction, it seemed useful to involve our students in focusing on this topic, through the use of new technologies.
We divided the students into small groups, giving each one a specific task.
PLASTIC OCEAN
Students discuss the work online with experts (collaboration)
Metis-students discuss environmental issues with students from the partner schools.
Students use relevant and reliable internet sources and find out why plastic pollution in the ocean has become one of the most pressing environmental issues.
They find relevant experts to talk to about the use of recycled plastic as one of the factors to increase sustainability.
HOW MIGHT PRICE REGULATIONS IN THE ELECTRICITY MARKET NEGATIVELY AFFECT CLEAN ENERGY PRODUCTION AND INCENTIVES TO SAVE ENERGY?
This case study builds on an ongoing situation in Norway where the government has introduced a temporary scheme to help all households in Norway cope with their electricity bills winter 2022/2023 as energy prices have reached record high.
lOCAL ENVIRONMENT TREKKING ROUTE
The case study aims to enable behavioural changes by using innovative mobile learning approaches, so that students become true factors of change.
The main asset is that they will be an important collaboration for the local Council in order to produce a pedagogical set of activities following 6 trekking routes that the Council has outlined: http://turismoalboraya.es/Rutas
Virtual TOURS
The objective of this lesson is to create different virtual tour guides in which students show their knowledge of their community, their city, a culture, or a civilization. This lesson involves getting students to do a significant amount of research and data collection, organize the information they gathered, and decide how to best present it in narrated or written format.
Developing app
WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF: flood, earthquake, fire, etc... The case study has two goals:
- developing mobile applications, using very basic and easy tools (working space) like appinventor, for Android operating system.
- learning what to do in case of (like what is written in the topics).
AR-ecological footprint
Using AR for dissemination of environmental footprint.
The students have produced their own AR experiences to visualize their ecological and environmental footprint. The goal was to allow for vizualization of elements such as waste production, space use in urban areas, emissions, etc. for one person as well as larger groups of people.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHALLENGES
Spanish class: Discussion between Metis students and students from Valencia about environmental issues using Google Meet and Pladlet.
ECOPOETRY
Ecopoetry (English elective course): How we see the world creates the world
Using Jamboard, Picture This and BookCreator
a) What is ecocriticism?
Focuses on the way literature depicts the relationship between human beings and the natural world, both celebrating nature and pointing out the threats to it.
b) Practicing close observation of plants- a walk in our local environment.
c) Create eco-poems - emotional response the plants give you.
Miro and Sustainability
Entrepreneurship class: Using a 3D-modeling program to make solutions to enhance sustainability for the local fishing industry. The original goal was to try to come up with solutions for fish farming, but it was too ambitious. We are now working with ideas for avoiding ghost fishing from lost crab and lobster traps. The project is still in progress.
The importance of recycling and recover waste
The Spanish secondary school has involved several subjects in the project: Science, English and Biology. In Case Study 4 the teachers and students have used several digital apps and devices while researching the recycling process in a recycling station. The most important goal has been to build environmental awareness in our students, as well as critical thinking and finding creative solutions towards environmental challenges in society.
Biofuel, Drought, Pollution AND Transports
Presentation of student activities, using various apps, including video:
1. Biofuel: the Italian biofuel: why is it still not accepted by the EU community?
2. Drought: a discussion on water shortage and global warming.
3. Milan: why is it the third most polluted city in the world? Which solution must be found?
4. Transports: what will be “zero impact” means of transport in the future?
Construction & Proposals for Utilization of a Remote Controlled Underwater Robot
The Greek students involved in this case study had the opportunity to experience the assembly and electronic construction of a low-cost underwater robot (Hydrobot), which is equipped with the corresponding sensors so that it can take various measurements (light, pressure, temperature, pH) that could be useful data for further research activities. Among other things, the students had to experiment with principles of hydrodynamics and the study of movement in an aquatic environment (e.g. how many weights should be hung and on which part of the frame so that the measure of buoyancy is equal to the weight of the vehicle and the hydrobot is completely submerged in the water in a stationary state).
useful app PRESENTATIONS
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COSPACES.EDU
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