SOS Nature‖ Has on Nature Protection
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COORDINATORS ERDELI ELENA MARIA PETRUŢ RALUCA ANAMARIA ―S.O.S Nature‖ Final product of Comenius Multilateral School Partnership 2010-2012 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Editura METROPOLIS 2012 1 Coordinators: Erdeli Elena Maria, deputy director, Romania Petruţ Raluca Anamaria, teacher, project coordinator, Romania Authors : Aladren Malo Miguel Angel, headmaster, project coordinator, Spain Cărădan Adina, teacher, Romania Chlebkova Iveta, deputy headmaster, project coordinator, Czech Republic DrugaĢ Ioana, teacher, Romania Karaca Bülent, teacher, project coordinator, Turkey Karu Eha-Mai, teacher, project coordinator, Estonia Katalin Jéger, teacher, project coordinator, Hungary Laslou Georgeta, teacher, Romania Mladin Nicoleta, teacher, Romania Moneva Mariana, teacher, project coordinator, Bulgaria Olszar Aleksandra, teacher, project coordinator, Poland Ńimkūnaitė Elinga, teacher, project coordinator, Lithuania Ursuţ Mirela, teacher, Romania Scientific reviewers: Prof. Negruţiu Florin, European Commissioner for Education Programs, Bihor County School Inspectorate,Romania Prof. Gyori Doina, School Specialty Inspector, Bihor County School Inspectorate, Romania Prof. Turcaş Rodica, Management Inspector, Bihor County School Inspectorate,Romania Prof. Ilie Crăciun, Management Inspector, Bihor County School Inspectorate, Romania Conf. univ. dr. Chelemen Ioan, University of Oradea, Faculty of Socio-Human Sciences, Education Science Department, Department of Educational Sciences, Romania Lect.univ.dr. Karla Peter, University of Oradea, Faculty of Socio-Human Sciences, Education Science Department, Department of Educational Sciences, Romania Engineer Ţîrţ Loredana, Bihor County Environmental Protection Agency, Romania Legal representative Prof.dr .Angela Marușca, Headmaster, School Centre For Inclusive Education ―Orizont‖, Oradea, Romania Cover and graphical Front cover, drawing made by student Pantea Remus, Centrul ġcolar Pentru educaţie Incluzivă ―Orizont‖, Oradea in the drawing contest for finding the logo project, coordinated by Mladin Nicoleta, teacher Back cover, drawing made by DrugaĢ Ioana, Mladin Nicoleta and Petruţ Raluca, in the activity from March 2012 CENTRUL NAȚIONAL ISBN BIBLIOTECA NAȚIONALĂ A ROMÂNIEI ISBN 978-973-0-13153-6 Bd. Unirii nr. 22, sector 3 cod postal 030833, București Tel. (021) 311.26.35 Fax (021) 312.49.90 E-mail: [email protected] Content website: www.bibnat.ro/isbn 2 CONTENT Foreword.....................................................................................................................................4 A few words from those who designed and coordinate the project...........................................11 1. About nature.................................................................................................................17 2. About our project..........................................................................................................17 3. Description of partners schools.....................................................................................18 4. Aims and objectives of the project................................................................................30 5. Activities......................................................................................................................31 6. Final products..............................................................................................................33 7. Project meetings...........................................................................................................38 8. Educational teaching system from partner‘s schools..................................................47 9. Teaching ecology in our partner‘s schools...................................................................62 10. Specifics birds, animals, plants from each country.....................................................79 11. Favourite Eco-fun activities......................................................................................99 12. Bibliography.............................................................................................................105 3 FOREWORD About ―S.O.S Nature‖ project ‖S.O.S. Nature‖ -the school multilateral partnership Comenius project, implemented by School Centre for Inclusive Education ―Orizont‖ Oradea, between September 2010-August 2012, is financed by Lifelong Learning Programme through the National Agency for projects and programmes in Education and Professional Formation. School Centre for Inclusive Education ―Orizont‖ Oradea, an education unit which schools students with special needs, manages to identify the students‘ needs and of the school community suggesting specific actions which valuate their competences. The actions and activities of the school are being appreciated by the local community and by the parents developing a most propitious partnership. The complexity of the educational programmes, the quality of the local, national and European partnerships, the degree of the school transparency towards the parents and students‘ needs were validated obtaining European School Certificate in the school year 2011-2012, a national competition in which prestigious school units in the country take part in and the assessment criteria are unitary indifferently from level or school structure. The objectives suggested within the ‗S.O.S. Nature‘ are correlated by the school particularity and the students‘ structure joining the theme in the national and European politics of environment protection. The development of students civic behaviour of a positive attitude towards the environment, respectively the exchange of a good practice‘ among the partner institutions constitute a priority. Within a generous partnership, in which countries like Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Estonia, Turkey, Spain, Poland are to be found, practical activities were performed such as: constitution of a Eco club in each education unit, a site elaboration, accomplishing the project mascot, ecological activities, fitting a mini ecology lab or a green corner in each school. Therefore, the book is expected to be a dissemination of the activities performed within the programme and especially of the results, a variety of teaching modalities regarding ecology being correlated in the countries and school partners. A variety of the final products, in number and diversity: 15 CDs to present each partner institution, 1 site of the project with the activities and project final results (http://sosnature2010.wix.com/sosnature2010), a project mascot and logo, 450 printed T-shirts for students with some nature protection slogans, 9 Christmas trees made of recyclable materials, 9 CDs with ecology lessons taught in each partner schools, 450 folders of activities performed in the first year, 270 ecological calendars on 2012, 9 brochures on traditional, ecological food in each partner school, 9 exhibitions with products made of recyclable materials, 9 ecological corners with plants, an aquarium, bird cages or other animals in each school, 27 books which will include the presentation of the project, 15 CDs of the project activities ( 4 photos, videos) demonstrates teachers involvement, their professionalism, respectively the students‘ interest regarding the project theme. Certain events such as The Earth‘s Day, The European Day of Green Areas, The World Environment‘s Day, The World Water‘s Day have been celebrated through ecological activities, drawing competitions, distribution of ecological messages folders, collecting campaign of recyclable materials. The project, in its wholeness, through objectives, suggested activities and the obtained results valorises the little gestures of the students with special needs drawing the grownups attention, trying to make them responsible and motivate them to get involved in environment protection activities. Professor Florin Negruțiu, European Commissioner for Education Programs Bihor County School Inspectorate ,,S.O.S. Nature‖ One of the new education dimensions, that finds its deserved place step by step, among so many other fields of activity, is that one related to the environment or ecological education. In fact, this aspect represents a major importance in the contemporary world‘s problems alongside of peace and war, economical crisis, respecting human freedom and rights, democracy etc beyond the educational system. The education regarding the environment protection and information is one that satisfies the natural needs of knowledge present in the ontogenetic evolution of a child. ―Why does it rain?‖, ‗Why are the trees in blossom?‖, ‖ Why do they get yellow and the leaves fall?‖,‖ How are the stars born?‖ or ―How do they come to life?‖, ―Why do volcanoes erupt?‖… and many, many other questions which occur in the child‘s curious mind, interested in everything we see around us in the childhood or maturity. In the ―S.O.S. Nature‖ Multilateral Comenius Project, initiated by School Centre for Inclusive Education No.3 Oradea, in progress from September 2010-August 2012, the educational partners in the 9 countries proposed main objectives in children and youth education for a better knowledge and protection of the environment, for a positive attitude development towards this as well as the personal development of the participants by stimulating