The energy revolution is the way to a future without any nuclear energy and to an industrial society which is obligated towards future generations concerning sustainability and responsibility. The implementation of the energy revolution is a primary international aim which is also referred to by the Climate Change Conference of Paris in 2016. The necessity of rising awareness in general and the allergization of the young generation are also clearly given. With this project we will sensibilise all participants for this problem, clarify contexts and contemplate solution possibilities. The pupils should recognize their responsibility as European citizens and they should become aware of the necessity of international collaboration and the upcoming problems they will help to solve. The pupils should also realize how important it is to possess a school education and a professional education so that they can take care for their future concerns and to become active and responsible citizens who can contribute to Europe. By gaining knowledge about the relationships between sun, energy, environment and nature the pupils should take responsibility for their own behavior and therefore to the environmental consequences. In this context a change of behavior should happen concerning the use of energy. We mainly concentrate on the sun during our focus on renewable energy because the sun is the core element of the solar system as to natural science and shines to all nations and all life depends on it. Therefore the sun is also a symbol for the consolidation of all nations and cultures. With this project of the sun we offer a large band of information and possible courses of action in the areas of natural science, languages art, geography, history, religion and literature to the pupils and teachers. The content will be elaborated due to the course of instruction and interdisciplinarity. Besides the project will be framed on different levels to reach as many pupils as possible and to motivate them to campaign for their school so that they can gain interesting and positive experiences which keeps up their motivation for learning. This mainly affects pupils who struggle with the subject material and where the risk of a school dropout cannot be excluded. With this project we mainly address to pupils in the age of 14-16 who attend secondary school. At every participating school there will be class or group of pupils who works on the topics with various subject teachers. Therefore there will be the many activities and experiments at the schools on the topic of sun and energy in the area of natural science in the name of the subjects of physics, mathematics, and technology. A sun dial will be built. The approach and the impact or application spectrum will be described and documented with photos. In the area of history/geography/culture we will occupy ourselves with the exploration of old cultures and the meaning of the sun for the Mayas , Aztecs and Incas. In the area of biology/nature/environment we will grow flowers and vegetables in our school garden and the growth of (sun) flowers till the autumn will be documented in written form. With photos we will view and keep record of the turning movements of the plants. In the area of art artists (Claude Monet, Van Gogh, Joan Miro,etc) who used the sun in their works of art will be introduced. All results will be documented in written form and should be published on the website for all interested people. In doing so accurate verbal expression will be demanded because the results should also be translated into English. Beside a website, where we would like to publish our project work for all Call 2019 Round 1 KA2 - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices KA229 - School Exchange Partnerships FormId KA229-18AD8E02 Deadline (Brussels Time) 21 Mar 2019 12:00:00 EN 4 / 104 people, we will also produce two issues of a magazine to attract people who cannot read about our project in the internet. We will also visit photovoltaic constructions and debate about their necessity. The reduction of prejudices and the improvement of getting to know each other should be supported among all participants with the help of a conversation about the topic “what do we know about the other country or what do we think to know”. Through the activities the joy about learning will be supported in a long term way. Models will be produced for the lessons with materials on the topic of the sun will be provided on the website.
The pupils recognized their responsibility as European citizens and they became aware of the necessity of international collaboration and the upcoming problems they had to solve. The pupils realized the importance of possessing a necessary school education and professional education as well so that they can take care of their future concerns and the importance of becoming active citizens in order to contribute to the Europe's future. Acquiring the necessary knowledge about the relationships between sun, energy and environment and the Man's influence on all these elements, the pupils took responsibility for their own behaviour and therefore to the environmental consequences. That's why, a change of their behavior has been reported concerning the use of energy. In the project, the main concentration was made on the sun and the relation between the Solar power and the Human factor as the sun is the core element of the solar system and the dependence of life on the sun. This is how the sun became a symbol of all the partners involved in this project. With this project of the sun we found a great amount of information and possible courses of action in the areas of natural science, languages and art, geography, history, religion and literature to the pupils and their teachers. The content has been elaborated using the course of instruction and interdisciplinarity. The project has been focused on different levels as to reach as many pupils as possible and motivating them to campaign for their school so they could gain interesting and positive experiences that kept their motivation for learning. That mostly affected those students who struggled with the subject material and were at risk of dropout from school. The project has been focused mainly on the 14-16 ages students but quite often in the different stages of the project students have joined who are lower or upper from the targeted age. At every participating school there was a class or group of pupils who worked on the topics with various subject teachers. This is why there were many activities and experiments at the schools on the topic of the sun and energy in the area of natural science in the name of the subjects of physics, mathematics and technology. A sun dial has been built. The impact or application spectrum had been described and documented with photos. In the area of history, geography and culture the students occupied themselves with the exploration of old cultures and the meaning of the sun for the Mayas, Aztecs and Incas. In the area of biology, nature and environment students grew flowers and vegetables in their school gardens and sun flowers as well. In the area of art artists who used the sun in their works of art has been introduced. All results had been documented in written form and uploaded on the Project's platform on padlet: https://padlet.com/solarpowerpeople/s2bnjfbx2p6f A Project Magazine has been issued to attract people who cannot read about our project on the internet.