
The project description
This project's priority is to support individuals in acquiring and developing basic skills, key competences inside and outside of school that promote a sense of international citizenship and global responsibility, while also fostering a more authentic and engaging approach to language learning. The main topic for this project deals with the critical question: How is water important and how will it continue to shape the lives of people in the future? This journey begins by encouraging students to investigate the aforementioned question through a variety of content areas, cross-cutting concepts to create a deeper understanding of the age-old adage: Water is life.
The role water has played in the development of mankind is complex and its use continues to be a topic of contention in the modern world; it is an essential life component and access to this resource should be a fundamental human right. Within current topics about the environment, such as climate change and people's responsibility for conservative water usage, there is also the opportunity for students to explore important themes of water in art, literature, the humanities, to create a holistic vision of the value of water to the human race. Subjects that will be used to explore the nuances of the role of water in human life include skills in: environ. studies; ICT; physical +cultural geography; agriculture; biology; chemistry; language, literature; philosophy; history, the arts. Students from different partner institutions will share their experience with global problems related to lack of water or threats to water integrity and state attitudes. This project will cultivate respect and understanding for other people and their environments, as well as scaffold an attitude of shared responsibility and duty to protect the EU and the world's natural wonders and resources. The project as the whole should attract students´ attention to be struck by this alarming situation and lead them to take the responsibility for their future. The goal of this project is to challenge students to create solutions for current issues related to water conservation and environmental responsibility of educational institutions.
The project work will have 3 phases running during the exchanges (workshops, visits, field and team work) or before them within the school subjects or via internet communication.
Phase 1: investigating the intricate water systems in the world (water cycle, sources, ecosystem, use, environment, modification, legislation); creation of multimedia presentations.
Phase 2: It builds complex, technical concepts off of Phase 1 - What does water mean to you? (essays, posters, photos, legends, songs, definitions, quotations, exploring water as a historical and cultural landscape represented in artistic mediums that portray the importance of water in daily life)
