4.3 Mobility
ERASMUS + PROJECT "PRESENT FOR THE FUTURE" IN ROMANIA, RM. VÂLCEA
DATE: 15.10.2017 – 21. 10. 2017
REPORT
Sunday 15.10.2017
1. Arrival of all partners in Bucharest and visit of Mogosoaia Park and its 18th century Bibescu Palace. There we could admire roses beds and many beautiful old trees. From the entrance to the main park of Mogosoaia Park (the Palace), we learned about the main attractions of the Brancoveanus’ Domain: "St. George" Church, the Gate Tower, the Kitchen, the Palace, the Guest House. The entrance to the Palace Court was made under the Tower of the Gate, built in 1702, and two times restored to be the way we see it today. Those who wanted to take pictures of the Domain, climbed by the side of the Guest House, where there is an external access staircase. The garden of the Domain (or the „English Park”, as it is called) was conceived as a huge labyrinth. Several banquets are located on the shore of the lake, and the pleated ditches that guard the area complete the enchanting décor enjoyed of the Domain. Students were taking photos of some monuments of nature, of the lake and the Palace.
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Arrival in Rm. Vâlcea and accommodation at the hotel.
Monday 16.10.2017
- Presentations about schools and cities
- Presentations of the Polish partener about our work in Czestochowa (detailed descriptions of the visited sites which we studied: Olsztyn, Falcon Mountains, Towarnie Mountains, Bison farm of Pszczyna.
- Presentation of the German team about how we can design the panels.
- Presentation of the Turkish video made after the short-term exchange in Germany. The film will continue with the videos and photos from all the short-term exchanges.
- Presentations of the Romanian students about the places we will visit during the short-term exchange: Capella Hill, Romanescu Park, Cozia National Park.
- Walk around the school.
- Work on the eTwinning- signing in new students. Establishing the 5 transnational groups of students and explaining them the tasks they have to complete during the week. During the teachers meeting we decided the structure of the Projects’ Page on eTwinning.
Tuesday 17.10.2017
- We visited Forest Direction in Ramnicu Valcea and listened to the lecture on forest policy and kinds of trees and wild animals living in Romanian Forests.
- Next we climbed the Capela Hill and enjoyed the nature and the splendid weather there.
- After walk in the Capela Hill site we headed for the Town Hall in Ramnicu where we met the mayor and his deputy and found out about the ecological policy in the region
- Afterwards we went the Public Library to work on information we learnt during the day. During the teachers' progress meeting the final results of the project were discussed. The German Teachers propose the QR codes, The Polish teachers showed the effects of the their teams' work: the leaflets and the panel designs, The French teachers - the calendar with the sites to be protected, the Turkish team spoke about the different strategies and the Romanian teachers - international glossary of animal and plant species.
Wednesday 18.10.2017
- We left the hotel very early to get to Craiova.
- There we visited the Museum of Science and Planetarium. Our guide told us about the fossils of prehistoric animals. At present the collection has 16340 pieces (plants, invertebrates, vertebrates), the majority being discovered on the territory of Oltenia. Remarkable are the mammalian fossils (equines, bovines, cervids, carnivores etc.) discovered in Bugiulesti (Valley of Grăuncean, Vâlcea County, Pliocen superior), the cave bear discovered at Muierilor Cave, Baia de Fier locality, Gorj County, assigned to the higher Pleistocene, or those of the Romanian mollusks discovered in the vicinity of Craiova, Podari and Bucovăţ. The collection contains over 200 proboscidian molars (Anancus arvernensis, Mammuth borsoni, Mammuthus rumanus, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus trgontherii, Mammuthus primigenius). Emblematic for the museum are the reconstructions of the mastodon skeleton (Anancus arvernensis) discovered in 1928 in Stoina, Gorj County, of the Ursus spelaeus cave skeleton from the Muierilor cave (1929), of the mastodont mandible (Mammuth borsoni) at Veleni, Dolj county.
Oltenia is one of the most representative biogeographical areas in Romania. Oltenia's territory is concentrated in a wide variety of ecosystems (terrestrial and aquatic), which encompasses most categories of plant and animal associations.
The most important exhibition is on the first floor "Physico-geographical conditions and Oltenia’s ecosystems". In the exhibition windows, the fossils discovered exclusively on the territory of Oltenia are arranged in a systematic order, being a true history of life on these lands. Plants or animals, small or gigantic, terrestrial or aquatic, beetles or quadrupeds, the fossils of Oltenia impress by their great diversity, through the great number of discoveries, as well as by their special scientific value.
Stoina Mastodont - an emblematic piece for the museum, the cave of Baia de Fier cave, the Leu mammoth, are irresistible attraction points for visitors, and Bugiulesti fossil mammals were and are still quoted by scientists from country and abroad.
In Planetarium we listened to the lecture about the origin of the universe and the Solar System. The Universe and Our Solar System exhibition occupies an area of 250 square meters and is located on the second floor of the Natural Sciences Section. The exhibition space consists of two halls. In the first room are exposed scientific information about the origin and organization of the Universe: galaxies and clusters of galaxies (including our Milky Way - our galaxy) stars, constellations, Solar System (Sun and planets revolving around Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto).
Particular attention is paid to planet Earth and its natural satellite Moon, as well as to other celestial bodies in the Solar System: asteroids, meteorites and comets. The exhibits of attraction are represented by the three pieces of the meteorite that fell in Sopot, Dolj, on April 27, 1927. The end of the exhibition is represented by space research and the exploration of the cosmic space. In the second room the trip to the universe leads us to the Planetarium, where through the 5 shows the visitor can admire the dynamic image of the celestial vault, the sky map, a virtual journey among the stars, constellations, planets, asteroids.
3.the bridge connects two of the hills in the park and is a deck over the lake that stretches over 4 hectares)The zoo it is one of the oldest zoological gardens in Romania. It hosts a lot of the exotic animals such as the jaguar, the tiger, the lion, the African ostrich, the Emu, the bear, the wolf, the capuchin monkey, the rabbit, the deer, the goat and lama. Here are over 250 precious tree species are grown, including: Pinus Excelsa Wall, a rare specimen of the Himalayas; Tamarix tertanadra Pall, 2-4m shrub, and the so-called "involucre" hawthorn, quite rarely encountered in Romania.
Thursday 19.10.2017
1.The National Park is located in the central-southern of the Southern Carpathians, in the south-eastern Lotru Mountains and the east of Căpățânii Mountains on the middle course of Olt River.The area is quite steep and has difficult terrain, which makes the aspect of Olt Valley to be sometimes even spectacular. The forest vegetation is dominated by forests of oak, beech and spruce. Flora of the Park is extremely rich and are identified about 930 species.
2.Over 120 bird species live in this National Park, located on the migratory route between Central Europe and the Aegean Sea.
3.At the foothills of Cozia Mountain, not far from Olt River, you can see the lissom silhouette of Turnu Monastery, a monastery of monks, located at 600 m from the train station which is called the same. Over time, at the foothills of Turneanu Peak of Cozia Mountain, there have been many hermitages, cells cut in rock, some of which can still be seen nowadays) an important historical centre of Romania, being included, as of 2004, on the list of historical monuments from Romania. It is located between Pausa and Caciulata, nearby Calimanesti, Valcea County.
4.Cozia Monastery is a medieval monastic centre located in Calimanesti City, on the bank of Olt River. It is a foundation of Mircea I-st of Wallachia, extended and renovated along its century-old history.
Friday 20.10.2017
- All teams met at Colegiul Energetic to continue our work on eTwinning Platform. Working in international groups we completed information on the sites we had visited and uploaded notes on the amazing Cozia National Park.
- Another teachers' progress meeting was also held, students' quizzes were analyzed and the mobility in Agen, France was discussed.
- After work the final dinner took place during which we all had great fun getting to know Romanian customs and dancing to joyful Romanian music.
Saturday 21.10.2017
- Final project meeting – establishing the date of the next Skype meeting – Tuesday, 7th of November 2017
- Evaluation of the project – feed-back forms were fill in by the students and the teachers
- Departure of the partners
Photo album of the mobility
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5buU9iLMKvyV0FqTVBVMjM1a3c
Group work - results of the observation of the sites
https://youtu.be/rUC2RUuUb7k
Group 1:
Group 2:
Group 3:
Group 4:
Group 5:
Feed-back of the meeting:
https://prezi.com/p/mpnzkui3hyqq/ - Evaluation form - teachers
https://prezi.com/p/-ei6odxe_y1s/ - Evaluation form - students