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Friends of Earth

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2019-1-TR01-KA229-076929
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | School Exchange Partnerships Funder Contribution: 187,090 EUR

Friends of Earth

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All the attendees within the Project believe that local and national environmental projects create short-term awareness but an international Project will increase awareness in change of good practices.For this reason, Environmental Performance Index 2018 of all attendee countries has been checked and ıt has been observed that Turkey(108) Hungary(43) and Romania (45) are among polluted countries,Latvia(37) and Portugal(26) have been in better condition according to EPI data.We aim to search for solutions to environmental problems in international area and create awareness in environmental issues by implicating technological skills to answer all the needs of 21. century learners.At the same time we intend to raise the satisfaction ratio of environmental projects,the use of recycling bins,the time spend in nature and the most important one is the activities dealing with environmental problems in lessons.Therefore our students will take a step in respect of being conscious citizens who can contribute to the community with team works in international area and who are sensitive to the environmental problems.Our Project is for the students at the ages of 10-14. In total,5083 students and 398 teachers will be involved from 6 countries. learning and teaching training and one short-term joint staff training event have been planned during the project. 2-3 teachers and 4-6 students from each country will attend to the each mobility and so 65 teachers and 110 students will actively take part in mobilities. Attendee teachers will be selected from among ones who has taken part in e-twinning ,local and national projects. Students preferred for each flow will be active, will have communicative skills,will have proved sufficiency in English (A+.B+, min 85) and will be representative ones. On the other hand, students who can be defined as disadvantagous such as ones from lower sosyo-economic class,slightly handicapped,anti-social,having different cultural varieties will be involved in each mobility. Non-governmental organizations , municipalities, recycling and waste battery facilities, universities and media are our project’s participatory stakeholders. Different themes are identified for the each LTT activity. Presentations,discussions,seminars, conferences, workshops, trips,practices with web2 tools , otdoor activities(games, cycling, picnic, planting , cleaning up and gardening) will be carried out during the project.Teachers and students will realize the natural beauties within the context of Education systems, Environmental education on partner schools, air pollution and the reasons of air pollution,life in the nature, art in the nature,sport in nature in LTT 1.We will have favourable experiences thanks to Natural Environment and Street Games themes.We will take the learning process out of school environment and do hands-on activities in outdoor in LTT2.We will get information about Recycling process of paper,plastic,can and glass. We will realize the pros of recycling in LTT3.We will do activities about garden care, waste sorting, carboon footprint,sustainable energy,the effects of air and environment pollution on plants and animals. We will learn the benefits of circular economy supplies in LTT4.We will study on the field of design by not only doing activities improving their handicraft, using web 2 tools as well.The students will design recycling materials promoting their creativity, spirit of entrepreneurship, trust, imagination, sense of aesthetics in LTT5.LTT6 is planned as short-term joint staff meeting.We will prepare a ‘Frame Lesson Plan’, form a project dictionary, review our E-twinning project and Erasmus+ Ka 229 project, exchange our views for the final report at the end of 2 years lifecycle of project.The teachers and the students will get certain learning outcomes throughout the project.They will become familiar with environmental education policies and attach new techniques to their syllabus.The students will learn the cultural educational vision of partner schools and some basic words in different languages.Web2 tools,online applications,pages and programmes will improve the digital literacy of both students and the teachers.Presentations,visits,workshops,seminars and dissemination products will be prepared in English.Therefore, all the participants will foster their competences in English. Above all, the students will become sensitive to environmental issues and also get the skills of which 21. century learners should have.The teacher can share their opinions and knowledge with their colleagues in different countries via the project staring as exchanging of good practices so they will be much more motivated to create new partnership and be more eager to share the experiences with foreign colleagues.Moreover, all the participants will become active European citizen.

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