In February 2017 a dead whale was found outside Bergen. The stomach of the wale was full of plastic. This story has been an awakening call and the story has been spread through media and social media all over the world. We would like to help the whale to live in a cleaner environment, in a cleaner ocean. To obtain this, we are going to create awareness of the problem, which is plastic pollution in the environment, and try to find the methods how to solve this problem and address the consequences of over-consuming and redundant packing. The motivation for us to start the project is to raise awareness among our target group to try to find the correct information based on critical thinking and the tools for how to change their habits and behavior to make the living environment better not only for humans but also for the animals. In addition, the students will learn ways to reach as many people as possible. Through International cooperation, both the students and teachers will develop innovative methods to be used in the classroom after the end of the project. On the basis of acquired knowledge, the students will share the information with the local community level in all partnership countries by using an open digital area. Global climate change, pollution, and loss of biological diversity are among the biggest threats in the world. These challenges must be solved in cooperation, for that, we need knowledge, ethical consciousness, and technological innovation to find the solutions and make necessary changes in our lifestyle to take care of life on Earth. Therefore, the project intends to creating awareness for a sustainable lifestyle, primarily addressing students between 14 and 16 years old, who would by then already have acquired some basic knowledge in regard to environmental challenges, and English language skills. Our partnership is carried out with the Julius-Stursberg-Gymnasium in Germany, the Stryn ungdomsskule in Norway and the Viljandi Gümnaasium in Estonia. All in all, about 25 students from each participating school will be involved, besides around 6 to 12 teachers from each school. Our objectives are meant to raise the competence of both students and teachers, about the topic "awareness for a sustainable Lifestyle" but also about how students learn best and how teachers can support their learning processes. By developing students’ evaluation and reflection of their learning processes and their personal experience we want to make students more involved in their own learning processes. Developing the students’ skill of working in an International team of students with different backgrounds will develop language skills. In this project, we will focus on the different steps of consumer habits and reflect on the influence on the environment, in order to develop a critical approach and achieve a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. We hope to raise the awareness of the need to study the subjects across the curricula and to help teachers to start using more innovative methods and practices in a reciprocal approach. The methodology will be the same for all the LTT meetings. Every meeting has its own topic: Different faces of plastic, sorting recyclable rubbish according to their source material, recycling/redesign, recycling in general, food, increasing the use of sustainable packaging. Before the meeting, all schools have to prepare for the meeting's topic by collecting information and digging into different aspects of the topic. During the meeting, the students will work together in groups with students from each country during all the activities and plan learning activities to present at home. They must also reflect upon how the topic affects our daily life. Can we improve our attitude to the topic? How? After the meeting, the students will present to the classmates the result / what they have learned from the gathering/topic using different methods, (Kahoot, presentation, lecture etc.) They will present the activities planned on the gathering for the teachers and students back home. All the project meeting activities will contribute to achieving the project objectives. During the project meetings, the key competences will be tackled via many different activities, like brainstorming, workshops in international teams, reflecting and giving feedback. During the meetings, they have to actively and creatively participate in practical tasks, such as preparing for the science performance, making an interactive blog, making videos, posters or tables. The students will visit environmentally- friendly plants or factories or other organizations which will provide additional material for the practical workshops. The long-term benefits of this project will for the teachers mainly be that they use and share the best innovative methods and practices in their everyday teaching. The students and teachers will raise their social and language skills and hopefully change their consumer habits.
In February 2017 a dead whale was found outside Bergen. The stomach of the wale was full of plastic. This story has been an awakening call and the story has been spread through media and social media all over the world. We would like to help the whale to live in a cleaner environment, in a cleaner ocean. To obtain this, we have tried to create awareness of the problems, which are over-consuming and plastic pollution in the environment, and tried to find the methods how to solve these problems and address the consequences of over-consuming and redundant packing. The motivation for us to start the project was to raise awareness among our target group to try to find the correct information based on critical thinking and the tools for how to change their habits and behavior to make the living environment better not only for humans but also for the animals. In addition, the students learned ways to reach as many people as possible. Through international cooperation, both the students and teachers developed innovative methods to be used in the classroom after the end of the project. On the basis of acquired knowledge, the students shared the information with the local community level in all partnership countries. Global climate change, pollution, and loss of biological diversity are among the biggest threats in the world. These challenges must be solved in cooperation, for that, we need knowledge, ethical consciousness, and technological innovation to find the solutions and make necessary changes in our lifestyle to take care of life on Earth. Therefore, the project has created awareness for a sustainable lifestyle, primarily addressing students between 14 and 16 years old, who would by then already have acquired some basic knowledge in regard to environmental challenges, and English language skills. Our partnership has been carried out with the Julius-Stursberg-Gymnasium in Germany, the Stryn ungdomsskule in Norway, and the Viljandi Gümnaasium in Estonia. All in all, about 25 students from each participating school have been involved, besides around 6 to 12 teachers from each school. Our objectives have meant to raise the competence of both students and teachers, about the topic "awareness for a sustainable Lifestyle" but also about how students learn best and how teachers can support their learning processes. By developing students’ evaluation and reflection of their learning processes and their personal experience we wanted to make students more involved in their own learning processes. Developing the students’ skill of working in an international team of students with different backgrounds have developed language skills. In this project, we focused on the different steps of consumer habits and reflected on the influence on the environment, in order to develop a critical approach and achieve a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. We have raised the awareness of the need to study the subjects across the curricula and to help teachers to start using more innovative methods and practices in a reciprocal approach. The methodology has been the same for all the LTT activities. Every activity had its own topic: Different faces of plastic, sorting recyclable rubbish according to their source material, recycling/redesign, recycling in general, food, increasing the use of sustainable packaging. Before the meeting, all schools had to prepare for the meeting's topic by collecting information and digging into different aspects of the topic. During the activities, the students worked together in groups with students from each country during all the activities and planned learning activities to present at home. They also had to reflect upon how the topic affects our daily life. Can we improve our attitude to the topic? How? After the meeting, the students presented to the classmates the result / what they have learned from the gathering/topic using different methods, (Kahoot, presentation, lecture, etc.) They presented the activities for the teachers and students back home. All the project meeting activities have contributed to achieving the project objectives. During the project meetings, the key competencies have been tackled via many different activities, like brainstorming, workshops in international teams, reflecting, and giving feedback. During the meetings, they have been actively and creatively participating in practical tasks, such as preparing for the science performance, making videos, posters or tables. The students have visited environmentally-friendly plants, factories, and other organizations which have provided additional material for the practical workshops. The long-term benefits of this project have for the teachers mainly been that they use and share the best innovative methods and practices in their everyday teaching. The students and teachers have raised their social and language skills and hopefully changed their consumer habits.