Project Title: SustianaBEEs

Project Description
The project is being undertaken in order to raise environmental awareness of children (aged 7-13) as global citizens in line with SDG# 2,4,7 and 17. The project addresses environmental problems at local, national, and global levels through students’ agency and innovation. It’s a cross-curricular project which engages students in developing foreign language, STEM, and art skills. The project is officially registered on the eTwinning European School Education Platform.

Approach: Holistic transdisciplinary approach

Values: Students learn to be

1.      balanced: understand the importance of intellectual, physical, and emotional balance to achieve ecological well-being for themselves and others.

2.      open-minded: appreciate their own culture and are open to other communities' perspectives, values, and traditions.

SDG # 2,4,7,15,17

Global Competencies

1.        Developing linguistic competence to communicate globally

2.        Valuing sustainability and promoting natural heritage

3.        Foster individual initiative and collective action through a whole-school approach

4.        Develop openness and respect toward cultural diversity

Learning Objectives

·                 To promote sustainability in nature

·                 To foster learner agency and innovation

·                 To promote cultural diversity

Skills

·                  To develop research skills (observe, collect information/data, recognize ethical use of media)

·                  To foster communication skills (written and oral communication in L1 and L2)

·                  To develop thinking skills (show critical and creative thinking, analyze and evaluate)

          Students’ Age: Grade 2-7 (aged 7-13)

Monitoring and Evaluation

The classes will be matched by the project coordinator of a country. Students will collaborate according to their age, academic readiness, and school curriculum goals. The project activities are arranged according to the cycle of the inquiry-based learning process. The country coordinators registered in the eTwinning Platform will use the Collaborative Center for online communication. The correspondence will be achieved by email and Google Drive file exchange.

The weekly achieved objectives will be monitored as a document exchange via Google Drive. The project's progress will be evaluated using Google Forms and discussed at monthly online meetings.

Student-to-Student Collaboration

Students will be engaged in the project activities by their country coordinators/teachers. The tools of collaboration will be Padlet, Zoom conferencing, Canva and Virtual Exhibitions.

Metods of collaboration:

·        Project website

·        File Exchange

·        Zoom conferences

·        Letters/emails

·        Whatsapp Group

   Tools: Book creator webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpzz_uZ4Cb4&t=253s

Project activities:

To start the project, partner schools join collaborative Zoom meetings to establish first contact and introduce schools. They do community presentations.

Students collaborate in groups to identify local problems aligned with SDG 2 and SDG 15. They do online research and go on field trips.

Partner schools start collaborative padlet and post research findings (photos, videos, etc.) to reflect on local and national environmental problems.

Students host interviews with UN authorities to initiate collaborative action. The activities will be implemented through:

Languages: Describe local endangered flora and fauna species

Science: Sustainable School Gardens      Music: Outdoor performances

Arts: ‘Eco-print’ Artwork

P.E.: Clean energy models