eTwinning project “Water, a promise for life”

Items:

1. Water in our daily life: description of daily activities in wich we use water (water consumptino,costs, cooking, washing, toilet, Housekeeping. Recreation. Sport (watersport – swimming, skating, sailing). Fishing. Industry. Irrigation. Watermills.)

2. Water Circle:  increase the knowledge about water circle

3. Fight against water: floods, dams, dikes, protection, climatical change

4. Water: Pollution and purification

5. Water=Green energy source: How it works? Driving power. Water power. Steam power. Hydropower plant.

6. 3Rs of WATER CONSERVATION:  REDUCE, REUSE, RECYLCLE WATER :information campaign about how reduce water consumption at home, in school, community.

   Plan:

   The project will be from January –July 2014

   Sharing information:
   Groups make presentations about “some” the topics. Maybe it is possible to devide the topics among more groups in every school. In that case it could be possible to present all the topics in the twinspace. By presenting their work to eachother pupils will learn from eachother.
   
   Activities:
   -Concerning item 6: every school organises a poll among pupils/parents concerning use of water in their own school/town/home.
   -Concerning item 6: every school produces a flyer about saving water, in schools, houses etc.
   -Concerning item 6: if possible every school produces a commercial about saving water

   Cooperation:
   We create a board game, “Water, promise for life.
   All schools formulate 10 positive quotes, kinds of behaviour concerning “Water” and reward these in terms as “go on three  squares”, “have another throw” etc.
   All schools formulate 5 negative quotes, kinds of behaviour concerning “water” and penalize these in terms as “go back two squares”,“miss one turn” etc.
   We organise an election and choose the best 15 positive behavours and 10 negative behaviours. these “behaviours’ are connected to squares of the board game.
   
   Twinspace:all products will be presented in the eTwinning  twinspace.
   
   Goals: Key targets:
   Key target 1-9 for “Dutch language” concerning finding, handling and presenting information.
   All the key targets for “English language”
   Key targets for “Orientation on people and world”: especially the targets concerning nature and technics.
   Improving study skills
   Improving “21st century skills” like cooperation, creativity, ICT-skills, communication, problem solving skills, critical thinking, social skills.
   Enlarging knowledge of the importance of “Water”
   
   Participating in international projects is one of the important activities in primary school De Weijerhof and an important item to realize the targets of education.
   
   Deadlines:We have to decide together what is possible, reasonable, what is “SMART”