One of the most important political and social tasks of our 21st century is the desired energy turnaround. The current processes for the provision of electrical energy, heating and mobility are now causing significant negative effects on our global climate and human health, permanently destroying fauna and flora and thus increasing people's fear of the future. Unfortunately, there are still people, including representatives from politics and business, who want to stick to the previous concept of energy production. In order to convince them that an energy turnaround is long over, we want to develop a measuring case within the scope of this project that enables schools to prove and document the pollution of the air, soil and drinking water with simple aids. The understanding of and interest in environmental policy can thus be significantly enhanced. By the pupils themselves developing measuring cases with appropriate building instructions and learning materials, younger pupils are not only sensitised more to their age, but the passing on of the idea of sustainability is more effective. By allowing other pupils to copy these measuring cases and thus not only to use them passively, all the senses are addressed to the young people. They not only consume ready-made teaching material, but also become active designers of their learning. An overarching goal is to develop a measurement system in collaborative work that can also be used by other schools. As a first step, however, the project should raise the participants' awareness of the central challenges of the energy system transformation. As an interdisciplinary, innovative project, it networks environmental technology, physics and computer science and explains practical examples for the implementation of environmental quantities in electrically processable quantities and the calibration of measuring probes. In addition to this raising of awareness among the participants in the project who develop and build the measuring case, the focus is also on the idea of dissemination. It is also the aim of the project to sensitize other people outside the project. The goal of collaboratively developing a measurement system that can also be used by other schools increases the value and importance of the project in the eyes of the pupils. The result is a modern measurement system with connections to the digital world. The project participants create measurement instructions that support future users of the suitcases in carrying out measurement tasks. All interfaces are disclosed and are designed in such a way that existing school systems can be integrated or combined. The measured data are displayed and stored in different forms. Before a change in behaviour occurs in each individual, it helps to deal intensively with the problem. A significant increase in motivation can be observed in our pupils, if this discussion is also practical. This gives the learners access to the values, which are often presented in a very abstract and unapproachable way in the media, through their own experience and classification into the order of magnitude of the problem. By creating "instructions for use" for the reproduction of the suitcase, working documents and videos, the project contents can also be communicated transparently and attractively to other pupils. By also training the teaching staff, the inhibition threshold to rebuild the project with one's own class and to use the work that has been developed is to be lowered. Pupils from technical high schools (especially those with an environmental technology profile) and their teachers will take part in the project. These are older youths (approx. 17 years old). Five schools from Germany, France, Luxembourg, Austria and Spain will work in multinational groups at four working meetings to ensure that the participants benefit as much as possible from each other's different ways of thinking and thus develop better solutions. Many people will benefit from the environmental case, as it can be used both in school directly in class, but also for activities/workshops outside the school framework. Due to the topicality of the topic sustainability, in addition, due to the desire more technology enthusiasm with young humans to reach, the concept of the environmental suit-case is attractive for many participants.
One of the most important political and social tasks of our 21st century is the desired energy turnaround. The current methods of providing electrical energy, heating and mobility are now causing significant negative impacts on our earth's climate and human health, permanently destroying fauna and flora and thus increasing people's fear of the future. Unfortunately, there are still people, including representatives from politics and business, who want to stick to the previous concept of energy production. In order to convince them that an energy turnaround is long overdue, we want to develop a measuring kit within the framework of this project that enables schools to use simple tools to measure and document the pollution of the air, the soil and the drinking water. This can significantly promote understanding and interest in environmental interrelationships. By having the pupils themselves develop measuring kits with matching building instructions and learning materials, younger pupils are not only sensitised in a more age-appropriate way, but the transmission of the idea of sustainability is more effective. By allowing other pupils to use these measuring cases, all senses are addressed in the young people. They do not just consume prefabricated teaching material, but become active creators of their learning. An overarching goal is to develop a measuring system themselves in collaborative work that can also be used by other schools. However, the first step of the project is to raise awareness among the participants about the central challenges of the energy transition. As an interdisciplinary, innovative project, it links environmental technology, physics and computer science with each other and explains practical examples in the conversion of environmental variables into electrically processable variables and the calibration of measuring probes. In addition to this awareness raising among the participants of the project, who develop and build the measuring case, the idea of dissemination is also central. It is also the aim of the project to sensitise other people outside the project. The goal of developing a measuring system themselves in collaborative work, which can also be used by other schools, increases the value and importance of the project in the eyes of the pupils. A modern measuring system with connections to the digital world is created. The project participants create measuring instructions that support later users of the cases in carrying out measuring tasks. All interfaces are disclosed and are designed as far as possible so that existing systems of the schools can be integrated or combined. The measured data is presented and stored in different forms. Before any behavioural change occurs in any individual, it helps to deal intensively with the problem. A clear increase in motivation can be observed in our students when this examination also takes place in practice. This opens up access for the learners to the values, which are often presented in the media in a very abstract and unapproachable way, through their own experience and classification in the scale of the problem. By creating "instructions for use" for the suitcase, working documents and videos, the project contents also become transparent and attractive to communicate to other students. By also training the teaching staff, the inhibition threshold to copy the project with their own class and to use what they have worked out is to be lowered. Pupils from technical secondary schools (especially those with an environmental technology profile) and their teachers will take part in the project. They are older young people (approx. 17 years old). Four schools from Germany, Luxembourg, Austria and Spain will work in multinational groups during four working meetings to ensure that the participants benefit as much as possible from the different ways of thinking of the others and thus develop better approaches to solutions. However, many people will benefit from the environmental kit, as it can be used directly in the classroom, but also for activities/workshops outside the school setting. Due to the topicality of the subject of sustainability, but also due to the desire to achieve more enthusiasm for technology among young people, the concept of the environmental suitcase is attractive for many actors.