HI TEC - A COMENIUS PROGRAM
The Hi-tec project is an EU-financed Comenius project in which
different schools from Europe are participating. The achievable
goals are to make connections between other countries
schoolsystems by letting teachers and students get to know
eachother.
See some results of the project.
Recipies
from different countries
Waterinvestigastion
Participating schools:
Eskolanmäki Comprehensive School, Kouvola, Finland
Altwood School, Maidenhead, England
Morten Börup Skolen, Skanderborg, Denmark
Liljeborgsskolan, Trelleborg, Sweden
Aims of the project:
· developing a European point of view
· increasing the knowledge of languages spoken in the EU
· increasing understanding through contacts
· increasing co-operation
· encouraging teacher exchange
· developing teaching skills
· increasing contacts of pupils in the EU
Concrete the participating countries are going to work
with projects like:
1. Visitors from Sweden and Finland send impressions of their
visit to Skanderborg to be printed in the school magazine at
Morten Börup Skolen.
2. Questionnaire for firms on ecology, to be answered and
returned to Finland, who sums up the result in an article, which
will be E-mailed or faxed to all countries.
3. Sweden puts together a book of recipes from all countries
involved in the Comenius project:
- 5 recipes for youngsters
- 5 traditional recipes
- 1 or 2 favourite recipes from the head teacher.
4. G.B. sends out a comparative study of prices of certain goods,
for all participating countries to work out and return. G.B. sums
up the results.
5. Further discussions whether we can perform a video conference
on the inter-net. How do we arrange it?
6. Reports on working experience. 5-10 reports from each
participating school sent to all countries. Materials meant to be
displayed at the schools.
7. Finland has made a report on lichen as an indicator of
pollution, which is being translated. To be passed around to all
countries when finished.
8. Denmark and GB make a research on pupils experiences from
spare time work outside of school. Results to be sent to all
countries as topic for discussions.
9. Finland has made a report on its way to independence, and
events
in the year 1917. A summary is being translated and is to be
passed around when finished.
10. Observing the four seasons with a camera; a digital camera if
possible. Pictures of a birch tree and a watercourse are to be
taken at noon on the 1/5, 1/8, 1/11 in 1997 and 1/2 in 1998. Also
note the temperature the days the pictures are being taken. Eight
pictures from each country is to be sent to Finland, who will put
them on the inter-net.
11. Finland and Sweden make a report on paper consumption. A
summary to be sent to all countries and put on the inter-net.
12. Finland and Sweden test the water and make reports. (Finland
a river and Sweden the sea).
Summary to be sent to all countries and put on the inter-net.
13. Our students will continue exchanging letters, and in the
future maybe also E-mail.
14. Discussions about making a report on what kind of books our
pupils read. No detailed plans ready yet.
15. Our pupils are to make a real newspaper together, which will
come out with two issues; one towards the end of 1997 and one in
the spring of 1998. Finland is to provide the printing, and will
fax further instructions.
16. Pupils who are interested in drawing may send pictures of
their impressions of nature to Sweden, to be put out on the
inter-net, as a part of an art exchange program with the USA.
17. Next meeting will be in Maidenhead, GB, September 24 - 26
1997.
18. The Comenius project will be finalised in Kouvola, Finland,
Mars 18 - 20 1998.
Recepies
from different countries
Example from the book : England Finland Sweden Danmark
England
Apple Pancake Pie 6 persons
For 6 people you need:
250 ml of milk
100 gms of sugar
50 gms of self raising flour
2 eggs
vanilla extract
pinch of salt
5 apples
In a bowl mix the flour sugar and sal
The Baltic Sea Project is an
international network among schools for a better environment in
the Baltic catchment area
Liljeborgsskolan is participating in this project. We have done
our part of the investigation and are wating for the total
summery,
Some swedish students at work with the Baltic sea project.
The countries bordering on the Baltic share many environmental
problems, one of which is the pollu tion of the Baltic Sea. These
problems can only be solved by cooperation among those countries,
which have different languages, cultures, habits, traditions and
technical standards. In attempting to solve the environmental
problems, education is one of the key factors. The Baltic Sea
Project (BSP) has therefore initiated cooperation among schools
in all the countries around the Baltic.
Today, some 200 schools are active in the BSP. Most are secondary
schools situated on the Baltic coast. In many schools, the BSP
has been organized as a joint effort including many subjects.
Objectives
• To increase the awareness of the students about the
environmental problems in the Baltic Sea area and to give them an
understanding of the scientific, social and cultural aspects of
the interdependence between man and nature.
• To develop the ability of the students to study changes in
the environment.
• To encourage students to participate in developing a
sustainable future.
Practical measures
• To set up a network of schools and other educational
institutions.
• To create and develop educational approaches and joint
programmes for environmental and international education.
• To organize joint activities and events.
• To publish the BSP newsletter and other relevant
information.
Educational approach
• To achieve a balance between a holistic view and
individual subject studies.
• To change the role of the student from passive recipient
to active constructor. To change the role of the teacher from
supervisor to guide in a learning process.
• To use networks to provide participants with opportunities
to learn and pass along new ideas.
• To use international cooperation as an inherent element of
school work.
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