EGS Project

Nowadays the energy issue has become a priority in all EU countries. Energy prices are soaring daily and shortage of natural resources is looming on the horizon. Our topic “Renewable energy: A future for our planet” is meant to increase awareness and encourage a critical scientific approach. Project language was English.

Important steps of the project:

• Students’ survey on energy situation in their countries
• Meeting in Germany
• presenting students’ overview of each country’s most common problems
• Science experiments, communication and collaborative work between multinational groups
• Meeting in Spain
• sharing results and have final experiments together
• Preparing final presentation of all the project steps drawing conclusions on energy problems
• Meeting in Italy – presentation of all countries’ work and final product
• fiinal exhibitions.

Benefits:

• Getting to know the other countries’ cultures
• Reflecting on future of energy and possible solutions
• Learning to work in groups and at distance
• Improving English and understanding its value as a global language

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The workshop focussed at the following topics:

1. Prospects, challenges, risks and problems of multinational partnerships using the example of the Comenius-project 2008/2010: "Renewable energy: A future for our planet"
2. CLIL-lessons, experimental work on renewable energy at a disitance
3. Renewables in curricular context (short experimental overview with hands on experiments)
4. Future projects on renewable energy (participants are welcomed to discuss their own experiences and ideas.)

Please, find here:

• Multinational Comenius school projects on renewable energy (2.3 MB)

Jörg Haas, Jakob-Fugger-Gymnasium, Augsburg / Germany, www.jakob-fugger-gymnasium.de/.