eTwinning project

This project is part of School curriculum.

Fouder: Katerina EFRAIMIDOU

School : 7ο ΓΕΝΙΚΟ ΛΥΚΕΙΟ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ, Thessaloniki/ Greece

Co-founder: Ömer SEYIS

School: Erciş Fen Lisesi, Van, Türkiye

Partners :

Maria Theochari / School: Gymnasio Loggadon, Ioannina, Greece

Ana Marinić / Osnovna škola Podmurvice, Rijeka, Croatia

Camelia Kallos / Liceul Tehnologic de Constructii si Protectia Mediului Arad, Romania

Hasibe Yalçınkaya / Hasan Aybaba Anadolu lisesi;Osmaniye, Türkiye

Ana Paula Alexandre/  Agrupamento de Escolas de Parede, Cascais/ Portugal

Georgios Evripidou/ Lyceum Pafou A' "Ehtnarchi Makariou III" / Cyprus 

Sine Sole Sileo ( Sundial: Without Sun, I Lose Track of Time) 

Project description

Students will explore the significance of time measurement throughout history, investigate sundials as the oldest and simplest astronomical tool, differentiate solar time from clock time, and study the role of Earth's movement and meridians in timekeeping while also having the opportunity to construct an Analemmatic Sundial in their schoolyard using STEAM and CLIL methods.

Project goals

The main objective of this project is to highlight the significance of experiments in education. It seeks to involve students and teachers in hands-on, collaborative exploration, encouraging a passion for science among students and nurturing a positive outlook toward it. Through their participation in this project, students will not only benefit from the advantages of any eTwinning project, but they will also improve their knowledge of the natural sciences through experiential methods, connect themselves with nature, understand the dimensions of space and time in terms of the universe, and ultimately create a work of timeless value, as their clock will remain a permanent exhibit and educational tool in the schoolyard. 

Expected results

- the improvement of scientific skills

- the expansion of communication skills

- the development of critical thinking

- the advancement of teamwork

- the building of interest in the sciences

- the progress of the student's skills in the use of English and WEB2 tools

- they will become familiar with the use of AI in education

- the application of Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy to problems from the natural world

- the cultivation of creativity

Students introduction:

Netiquette posters

Each group created a poster in the digital tool Canva about online behavior rules. Here's what ours looks like: 

The Schoolyard Astronomers

We were participating at the Sally Ride’s EarthKAM Programme whitch is an international educational program sponsored by NASA.

The Movement of the Earth around Itself and around the Sun

We received and analyze photos that ISS took for you at your request.

More about activity one and two HERE!!!!

Chasing the Shadows

This is how we did it:

Sundials through history

We researched and did our work in transnational teams!

Building the sundial

Did you know that Rijeka is the rainiest city in Croatia? That means it’s hard for us to align with a sunny day :D

But we made a sundial and are waiting for the sun to shine!

Logo of the project

Our logo proposal:

Online meetings

Teachers meeting