'Geo-Explorers' is a project which results from previous successful cooperation of 5 high schools, from 5 geographically and geologically different parts of Europe - Czech Republic, Portugal, Finland. Greece and Romania. The previous cooperation in different project provided a platform of effective methods and approaches towards modern and innovative learning. Participants of this project will spend 5 subsequent and carefully designed weeks outdoors, exploring geological and geographical phenomena, in 5 mutually intertwined mobilities. Each of the partners will host one mobility and will play the role of an organizer, provider, guide and a monitoring body. All the activities were agreed on by all partners and will lead to meeting the following goals and objectives of the project. The objectives are to offer the participants a chance to learn about and compare different geological formations, reliefs, geographical specifics and cultural differences. The participants will not only see, they will get a deep insight into the issue by working on short-term and long-term products of the project. These are worksheets on particular themes, comparatory materials, dictionaries, web-hosted discussions, project-website, travel guides and social media. All the products will be presented during the project duration and stark comparison of both, products and mobilities, will be clear and visible. This way, projects' impact on indirect participants will be immense. Increasing students’ motivation to learn about cultures is also an important objective, as well as helping students realize differences and similarities between partner countries related to their cultural, social and historical aspects that will enhance mutual understanding and respect for individual cultures It is one of project's intentions to organise all of the above outdoors and let students and teachers work in the open air. Nowadays, too many educational activities take place indoors in front of computer screens, which, by most people, is seen as a negative by-product of modern education. This project tackles the issue by involving physical activity outdoors as a key source and provider of the desired output. All the participants will be students of high school with interest in natural sciences. They will engage in informal chats and discussion to share opinions on issues induced by project activities. It is desired that 20 participants will directly attend each mobility. With 5 mobilities total it comes to 100 direct participants plus accompanying persons and countless of indirect ones. These will benefit by assisting with preparation processes, processing data and results, discussing project activities in classes etc. About 300 people are estimated to take part in this project Participants will engage in clearly designed activities. Most activities will result from hiking in nature and activities taking place in nature. These are creating a set of travelguides, continuous contest for the best guide, creation of web-hosted platforms, preparation of and work on worksheets for visiting schools, creating presentations for each mobility, ongoing work on multilanguage dictionary of specific terms, writing articles for local newspapers and magazines.. The printed travelguides will be the major result of the project. They will be accessible in schools libraries and online. Some of the worksheets will also be used as a result, possibly in the long-term run, in schools curricula. The website of the project will be created and maintained, where photos will be uploaded and results presented, as well as social media site. The best travelguide will be announced annually and its English version will be signposted. The impact we envisage is far-reaching. A strong European sense of membership is to be promoted. The importance of unity and beauty of the union we are citizens of will be strenghtened. The possibilities of such a membership and extending borders beyond participants' countries will be highlighted. Participants' competences in natural sciences subjects will be enriched. They will gain ability to tag or label natural, geological phenomena in a universal language. They will get a precious opportunity to compare the nature and culture of their home country with the rest of Europe. The participants will be taught a positive and responsible approach towards the natural beauty which is becoming more and more fragile. In the long-term, the project website with all its results and products will be accessible and promoted on schools websites, as schools are extremely proud of every such project or cooperation. The project will be presented as an example of good practice on open house days. The travelguides, as a key product, will be widely accessible at each school, in both languages. The last but not least, lifelong friendships amongst not only participants but also European educational institutions will be made and initiated in the duration of the project.
'Geo-Explorers' is a project which resulted from previous successful cooperation of 5 high schools, from 5 geographically and geologically different parts of Europe - Czech Republic, Portugal, Finland. Greece and Romania. The previous cooperation in different project provided a platform of effective methods and approaches towards modern and innovative learning. Participants of this project spent 3 subsequent and carefully designed weeks outdoors, exploring geological and geographical phenomena. Out of 5 mutually intertwined mobilities in total, 3 took place physically, 1 was blended and 1 was not approved of at all. Three of the five partners hosted one mobility and played the role of an organizer, provider, guide and a monitoring body. The Czech coordinator organised virtual mobility for foreigners and physical for Czech participants. Unfortunatelly, the Romanian mobility has not been approved of. All the activities were agreed on by all partners and led to meeting the following goals and objectives of the project. The objectives offered the participants a chance to learn about and compare different geological formations, reliefs, geographical specifics and cultural differences. The participants not only saw, they got a deep insight into the issue by working on short-term and long-term products of the project. These were worksheets on particular themes, dictionaries, web-hosted discussions, project-website, travel guides and social media. All the products were presented during the project duration and stark comparison of both, products and mobilities, is clear and visible. This way, projects' impact on indirect participants was immense. Increasing students’ motivation to learn about cultures was also an important objective, as well as helping students realize differences and similarities between partner countries related to their cultural, social and historical aspects that enhanced mutual understanding and respect for individual cultures It was one of project's intentions to organise all of the above outdoors and let students and teachers work in the open air. Nowadays, too many educational activities take place indoors in front of computer screens, which, by most people, is seen as a negative by-product of modern education. This project tackled the issue by involving physical activity outdoors as a key source and provider of the desired output. All the participants were students of high school with interest in natural sciences. They engaged in informal chats and discussion to share opinions on issues induced by project activities. 21 participants directly attended each mobility. With 3 physical mobilities total it comes to 63 direct participants plus accompanying persons, countless of indirect ones and many participants at blended mobility. These all benefited by assisting with preparation processes, processing data and results, discussing project activities in classes etc. About 300 people are estimated to have taken part in this project. Participants engaged in clearly designed activities. Most activities resulted from hiking in nature and activities taken place in nature. These are creating a set of travelguides, continuous work on travelguides, creation of web-hosted platform, preparation of and work on worksheets for visiting schools, creating presentations for each mobility, ongoing work on multilanguage dictionary of specific terms. The printed travelguides are the major result of the project. They are accessible in schools libraries and online. Some of the worksheets are also used as a result. The website of the project has been created and maintained, where photos are uploaded and results presented, as well as social media site. The impact certainly is far-reaching. A strong European sense of membership has been promoted. The importance of unity and beauty of the union we are citizens of was strenghtened. The possibilities of such a membership and extending borders beyond participants' countries was highlighted. Participants' competences in natural sciences subjects were enriched. They gained ability to tag or label natural, geological phenomena in a universal language. They were given a precious opportunity to compare the nature and culture of their home country with the rest of Europe. The participants were taught a positive and responsible approach towards the natural beauty which is becoming more and more fragile. In the long-term, the project website with all its results and products is and will be accessible and promoted on schools websites, as schools are extremely proud of every such project or cooperation. The project was presented as an example of good practice at open house days. The travelguides, as a key product, are widely accessible at each school, in both languages. The last but not least, lifelong friendships amongst not only participants but also European educational institutions was made and initiated in the duration of the project.