This mobility was first dedicated to pupils in order to improve their cultural knowledge about French culture, its lifestyle and its school system ; second to raise awareness about climate change in particularly what can be done to reduce it at different level using sciences to reach that goal. Enhancing communication skills (using English and various webtools) was the third goal.
Those objectives were achieved through activities, workshops, visits, lecture and discussions.
Day 1- Monday 30th September 2019
Welcome ceremony and cultural exchange!
Pupils from Croatia, Poland, Portugal and Finland were hosted by French families ; cultural exchange was a success during this week as parents were eager to share their daily life and learn about their guest's life too. Participants got the chance to have an overview of French school system while visiting it and taking part to lessons in secondary school. In The morning , presentation of the week, school tour and ice breaker activities were done.
Icebreaking activities: painting the "Erasmus arena garden furniture"
a place to talk, share....
Participants discovered Chartres' nice medieval architecture mix with modern buildings during a safari tour combine with 2.0 tools (participants divided in small European groups guided by French pupils had to use QRcode and Padlets to share pictures). They also danced altogether the flashmob learned during icebreaker activities!
Day 2- Tuesday 1st October 2019
Cultural exchange: cooking & sustainability!
Cooking with a chief, Benoît Cellot (chief of the one star restaurant - Le grand Mornarque Chartres) recipes imagined by French pupils in respect of sustainability (less wasted food as possible, season fruits and vegetables, recycle cutlery, sort wastes in the school compost..) was a tremendous way to combine cultural exchange, eco-friendly and sustainability activities ! Pupils and teachers appreciated this workshop followed by a lunch altogether. This culinary workshop took place in professional kitchen of a vocational school (CFA de Chartres).
Recipes were translated by pupils in their mother tongue and turned into posters using Canva.
Day 3- Wednesday 3rd October 2019
Cultural exchange: stain glass
Participants enhanced their knowledge of French culture while taking part to a stain glass workshop at Chartres's « atelier du vitrail » after visiting its cathedral (UNESCO monument)
Day 4- Thursday 4th October 2019
Cultural exchange and sciences: visiting PAris from Le Louvre to La cité des sciences
Paris monuments and famous masterpieces during a guided tour in « Le Louvre » museum.
Participants took part to a free tour in a Parisian science museum « La cité des sciences et de l'industrie » la Vilette, Paris where they could discovered exhibitions about energy, electricity, cells and DNA...All participants explored space and solar system during a 30min planetarium show reminding all of us the singularity of our planet : Earth.
Day 5- Friday 5th October 2019
Sciences and sustainability
French pupils held workshops during the week to share their work about reducing climate change in particularly reducing pollution in classrooms thanks to green plants : they came with the idea of a « portable window farming ». French pupils explained (mentored by teachers, using CLIL methods) what vegetables cells needed to develop themselves, how they are organized (using microscope to watch pupils' leek cells preparation) and draw their observations. They also discovered what a seed need to germinates and prepared seedlings for the window farm. Pupils explained how they built their window farm, how they solved 2 problems thanks to 3D printed custom-made items (one to guid drops from a level to another- reducing water waste- and a custom grid to avoid watering system from being clogged with mud). Finland pupils helped French pupils to solve a serious issue about the watering system.
Meanwhile in the Physics room: learning and playing about resources, water treatment!
In addition, workshops « learning and playing » about green energy and water treatment, building a windmill to create electricity; participants got the chance to assist to a lecture by a scientist Tjarda Roberts, from CNRS Orléans. She shared a researches about pollution in Alaska (her device with sensors ; her results and conclusion). Pupils interviewed Tjarda as reporters, and disseminated their work on a Padlet (on Twinspace).
Tjarda's interview
and it was time to say goodbye....
Farewell ceremony
