IF THE EARTH SHAKES! WILL YOU BE READY? A PROJECT FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING THE KEY AND CROSS-CURRICULAR COMPETENCES OF EUROPEAN STUDENTS.The ERASMUS+ KA2 project is based on the earthquakes registered in 2011 in Lorca, a Spanish town located close to the region of Los Vélez, in which serious material damage was caused. Although earthquakes and volcanic emissions are always inevitable, in the case of Lorca the analysis of the circumstances has shown that most of the personal damage could have been avoided if the citizenship had had an appropriate scientific knowledge and suitable preventive and action measures at schools.According to the Andalusian Institute of Geophysics and Earthquake Disaster Prevention, Europeans don’t have the necessary culture in order to face the inevitable natural risks. Thanks to the experiences lived by students and teachers who suffered directly the effects of the earthquake in Lorca, we decided to develop this ERASMUS+ project between European students and teachers who live near areas with seismic and/or volcanic risk. Thus, this project will analyze the geological origin of these phenomena and it will also create specific material to help the Educative European Community in its efforts to promote the prevention and action facing seismic and volcanic hazards.This project will be carried out by the José Marín Secondary School in Vélez Rubio, belonging to the city of Almería (Andalusia, Spain) which is located near a high seismic hazard area which has suffered devastating earthquakes recently; the Polyvalent de Pointe Noire Secondary School in Guadeloupe Island (France), located in an active seismic and volcanic zone close to De la Soufrière volcano; the Pelopio Secondary School in Ancient Olympia, located in the region of Dytiki Ellada (Greece) which is found in a volcanic area and near the active seismic Fault in the Aegean Sea where a lot of earthquakes are caused; and the Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Enrico Fermi de Montesarchio Secondary School in Campania (Italy), close to the currently active Mount Vesuvius and famous for its eruption which destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the year 79 AD.The Andalusian Institute of Geophysics and Earthquake Disaster Prevention (University of Granada) contributes to the project by providing the teachers some training sessions. The objectives of the project are the development of key and cross-curricular competences with 60 European students of sixth form from 15 to 17 years of age, belonging to four different European regions. This project starts out from the development of six multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary tasks focused on the scientific knowledge and the consequent proposal of a protocol, through an effective teaching method, to know how to prevent and act in case of an earthquake and a volcano eruption which can take place in these active European areas. Furthermore, the project is designed to work together in order to encourage students through the knowledge of the geological natural hazards, earthquakes and volcanoes; the virtual work in group and the use of different languages to communicate.The six tasks will be developed during two academic years by six groups of five students from two countries whose main goal is to analyze scientifically the natural risk and to elaborate a protocol including the preventing and acting measures and materials facing the volcanic and seismic phenomena. It will be applied in every European school, developed in five different languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French and Greek and presented as a Digital Didactic Book and a Power point document. Each group will be managed by two tutor-teachers and they will work through the digital platforms (the Web page of the project, Facebook and eTwinning) during two academic years. Furthermore, students must compare and expand their information in situ, taking into account that five students from each visiting country will travel to the host country. These real experiences will provide an additional value in order to develop certain key competences and it will allow students to communicate in other languages and get to know different cultures within a school exchange frame.This teaching-learning process is focused on a multidisciplinary point of view with different school departments involved, including Sciences, Social Sciences and Languages from the four European schools. Therefore, the key competences which are involved within this project are: competence in knowledge of and interaction with the physical world, competence in linguistic communication, mathematical competence, competence in processing information and use of ICT, competence in social skills and citizenship, cultural and artistic competence and learning to learn competence. English and Spanish will be the languages used for working in this project.
Context of the project: This project arises after the series of earthquakes registered in Lorca (Spain) in 2011, a town near the coordinating center and where material damage was also suffered. The majority of personal injuries would have been avoided with an adequate reaction from the public, as a result of good scientific knowledge and adequate measures of prevention and action assimilated in schools. Objectives and Results: The basic and transversal competences of 66 European baccalaureate students, belonging to four European regions, have been developed, starting from the execution of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary tasks centered on the scientific-geological knowledge and whose main RESULT has been the development of Pedagogical Routes -Scientific of each European region studied and a proposed protocol for prevention and action against seismic and volcanic risks through a video and posters in five languages to help the European Educational Community in its task of promoting prevention and action against These natural risks. No. and profile of the participating organizations: The IES José Marín de Vélez Rubio (Andalusia, Spain) that in its recent history has suffered earthquakes; the Lycée Polyvalent of Pointe Noire on the Island of Guadaloupe (France) located in an active seismic and volcanic zone close to the volcano De la Soufrière; the High School of Pelopio in Ancient Olympia (Greece), which is near the Aegean seismic fault that generates a large number of earthquakes; and the IIS Enrico Fermi de Montesarchio. Campania (Italy) next to the Vesuvius volcano, active and famous for its eruption in 79 AD, in which the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried. The Andalusian University Institute of Geophysics and Prevention of Seismic Disasters (University of Granada) has collaborated in the COURSE OF TRAINING FOR THE TEACHER OF SHORT DURATION. Each working group has been led by two teachers in virtual contact through the digital platforms (project WEB, email, WhatsApp, Facebook and eTwinning). There have been four confrontations and expansion of the data in situ, with the mobility of 5, 6 or 7 students from each visiting country. Description of the main activities: The coordination of Transnational Meetings in Spain, Greece and Italy with the participation of 2 professors responsible for the project in each country. Student competition to design the project logo. WEB project guide. Also on FACEBOOK and eTwinning. The participating students have done preparatory tasks before, during and after the mobilities. TRAINING COURSE FOR THE SHORT-TERM TEACHER in Spain on the updating of volcanic and seismic phenomena in which a professor from each country has participated, coordinated by the Andalusian University Institute of Geophysics and Prevention of Seismic Disasters (University of Granada) and the IES José Marín. A mobility of students and teachers to the four countries that make up the project. Annually in the IES José Marín the Week of Science where the results of the project have been exposed. Dissemination, impact and long-term benefits: The project has had extensive coverage by the media of the four countries, occupying covers of regional newspapers and reports on regional television. The experience of the project has led to a better preparation of the students to face the challenges as future professionals of the EU. In the educational field, the work in the virtual classroom and the stay in foreign countries have helped to strengthen the knowledge of languages (usually English). On the other hand, they have been exposed to new forms of study, customs and school regulations, improving their adaptability, autonomy and ability to function in different training environments. Two Science Week have been held at the IES José Marín in April 2017 and 2018, exposing all the material and products obtained on the geological risk areas studied, with impact on the rest of the students of the center and all the centers of the Region that have participated in the days. The qualitative evaluation carried out in the four centers among the participating students, the teachers of the centers and the families testifies to the great impact that the project has generated in the school community. The students' eBook is also significant about the acceptance and impact of the project, with its stories about personal and academic experience. The long-term benefits will be the Pedagogical-Scientific Routes in the four regions studied that can be used by future groups of schoolchildren and the protocol of action before an earthquake that can be used in any center located in a seismic area of Europe. More information on the project's website: www.cuandolatierratiembla.com