Context/background of project; Sustainable sea management is crucial to secure social and economic stability, as well as a healthy environment . Teenagers or even children spend time in front of the computers and mobile phones within a totally virtual world unaware of environmental issues around them. We decided to create a project with a lot of practical field work where students will be able to develop their skills and awareness of the importance of the sea they live by and of preserving it. Priorities and needsThe STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) subjects should be given more attention in school curriculums because of their importance in today’s world and in future.Objectives of project: The project aims are: to promote the importance of the sea in everyday life and a healthy environment, to increase interest for science by bringing it closer to students and raising their interest introducing new ways of teaching, building a future in which people live in harmony with nature. The most important issue is to introduce a challenge of international cooperation and open horizons for our teachers and students in an international partnership and peer learning across Europe. The most important objective is to introduce a challenge of international cooperation and open horizons for our teachers and students in an international partnership and peer learning across Europe. Profiles of the partners Italy-TarantoThe school name is I.I.S.S. “Archimede” and it joins two kinds of school, a vocational school in Taranto (which main subjects are mechanical, electrics, naval and fashion) and a Technical Institute, named “Falanto” in a Taranto suburb area named TalsanoCroatiaThe Croatian school is Secondary school Antun Matijašević Karmaneo Vis (Croatia). It is a Vocational (cooks, waiters, receptionists, economists) and Grammar school. There are 87 students aged 15 to 18 and 26 teachers. The main orientation of the school is tourism. LatviaOgre State Gymnasium provides four educational programmes: Musical, Humanities, Maths and Technology and General Secondary. There are more than 400 students and 40 teachers in the school. The school serves as a center of methodology for regional schools, which means that different contests, olympics, courses, seminars and workshops, both for teachers and for students are held in the school.TurkeyIt is a public Secondary school with students aged 14-18. The school is located ın Adana, Çukurova region. The school consist of an educational building with the capacity of 690 students and 20 classrooms.The students take part in many cultural and sports activities.Italy- PalermoThe school is situated in the suburbs of Palermo and many students come from the surrounding villages. It is a secondary school and it has five grades (1 to 5). There are several extra curricular projects concerning ICT,languages,sport,drama and other subjects. Methodology This project will utilize both quantitative and qualitative data collection tools. Data collection will consist of surveys, research ,experiments in labs, classroom observations and interviews or questionnaires with students ,teachers and professionals in natural environment, workshops, evaluation plans for all project outcomes, CLIL introduction. The methodology will also include peer observation and evaluation, teamwork, mentoring, live discussions and presentations using all necessary IT and scientific toolsResults :project website, project logo, surveys, booklets, calendar, videos, maps, studies, virtual album, posters, leaflet, dictionary e-twinningSome of the project impacts are: increased interest for science, improved attitude towards nature, healthy environment and natural resources and saving them for future life, established independent learning strategies and peer learning, innovative teaching lessons, developed research and evaluation skills, awareness of saving our seas in everyday life • new opportunities at local and global level • increased awareness of possibilities for future study and employment in other countries improved communication and language skills • enhanced appreciation of the importance of being a responsible European citizen • established independent learning strategies and peer learning enhanced ability to apply for projects and funding in Erasmus+ programme Potential longer term benefits With the help of this project we will have more educated people about “the sea use and protection” and ”ecology” more students interested in sciences ,more respected people on diversity, more students with wider connections and horizons for their future life and careers as well as more students available for mobility jobs in Europe. We want to go even further by encouraging others to respect the sea life. We want a better future for our seas and for the people that depend on and live with them.
First it should be noted that the Liceo "Basile" of Palermo has declined to participate in the project following approval. This resulted in the inability to conduct expected mobility to Palermo. For this reason the project coordinator, the IISS Archimede, given the unavailability or inability of other schools to accommodate a mobility, has agreed to organize in Taranto 2 mobility, in order to guarantee the predifined standards . Context/background For those cities that have to make the sea a vital resource from every point of view, touristic, economic, etc it is essential that new generations become aware of that, it was decided therefore to carry out a project that would develop skills and consciousness about the importance of the marine resource in their lives Objectives This project is part of school curricula since you can't ignore STEM disciplines. We have attempted to highlight the importance of the sea in their daily lives to bring students to the scientific disciplines and increase their interest through new methods of study, trying to create a harmonious relationship with nature. A further really important goal is to provide opportunities for students to realize a sort of international cooperation, open their horizons with an international partnership and promote peer learning among students and teachers from different Nations Profiles of the partners Italy-Taranto - The name of the school is I.I.S.S. “Archimede” and it joins two kinds of school: a vocational school in Taranto whose main subjects are mechanical, electrics, naval and fashion and a Technical Institute, named “Falanto” in a Taranto suburb area named Talsano, whose main subjects are: computer technology, electronics and telecommunications. It is a public school with about 750 students. Croatia - The Croatian school is Secondary school Antun Matijašević Karmaneo Vis (Croatia). It is a Vocational (cooks, waiters, receptionists, economists) and Grammar school. There are 87 students aged 15 to 18 and 26 teachers. The main orientation of the school is tourism. Latvia - Ogre State Gymnasium provides four educational programmes: Musical, Humanities, Maths and Technology and General Secondary. There are more than 400 students and 40 teachers in the school. The school serves as a center of methodology for regional schools, which means that different contests, olympics, courses, seminars and workshops, both for teachers and for students are held in the school. Turkey - RAMAZAN ATIL ANADOLU LISESI - Adana is a public Secondary school with students aged 14-18. The school is located ın Adana, Çukurova region. The school consists of an educational building with the capacity of 690 students and 20 classrooms. The students take part in many cultural and sports activities. The main activities of the project: getting data through questionnaires, experiences in school, organisation and participation in workshops, brochures and other material, photographic exhibitions open to the territory, in some cases, use of CLIL methodology, use of computer and scientific instruments. The following activities have been developped: the project logo, a website, questionnaires, booklets, calendars, videos, maps, virtual albums, posters, a multilanguage glossary with terms related to the sea. It got an increased interest in scientific studies. We tried to obtain a different better students' attitude towards nature, to safeguard it for the future and to learn strategies, as peer learning. To stimulate a major interest of students we have also used innovative teaching techniques to develop research and evaluation skills. The project tried to develop, referring to the specific design theme, the awareness of the importance of our seas in daily life, even by virtue of local and global opportunities it can provide. In general terms, however, the project sought to provide participants with a greater awareness of the possibilities that exist to study and work in other European countries and also the importance of knowledge of one or more languages for a better communication. It was highlighted the concept of European citizenship. The long term benefits of this project will be precisely those of having transmitted to students, in particular, but also to teachers the idea of European citizenship that Erasmus projects also promote through mobility allowing to know social contexts that many students would be unable to meet by themselves.