Europeana Learning Scenario

Title from Romania

Author(s) Dorina Marin

Summary

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Subject Science, Music, IT Topic Birds life Age of 6-11 years students Preparatio 15 min n time Teaching 45-50 min time Online https://birdiememory.com/en/birds teaching material Offline Mobile phone, video projector, laptop, images teaching material Europeana List here links ALL of the Europeana resources used for this learning scenario. resources https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/11622/_TIERSTIMMENARCHIV_MFN_GERMANY_TSA_Fringilla_c oelebs_Lue_83_13_0.html?q=COMMON+CHAFFINCH+Fringilla+coelebs#dcId=1549278624680&p=1 used https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/11622/_TIERSTIMMENARCHIV_MFN_GERMANY_TSA_Regulus_r egulus_Tre_N_53_6_1.html?q=GOLDCREST+Regulus+regulus#dcId=1549278624680&p=1

http://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/2059209/data_sounds_W1CDR0001384_0800.html?q=BLUE+TIT# dcId=1549278624680&p=1

https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/11622/_TIERSTIMMENARCHIV_MFN_GERMANY_TSA_Picus_virid is_Lue_74_4_1.html?q=GREEN+WOODPECKER#dcId=1549278624680&p=1

https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/11622/_TIERSTIMMENARCHIV_MFN_GERMANY_TSA_Sylvia_atri capilla_Tre_N_145_5_1.html?q=EURASIAN+BLACKCAP+Sylvia+atricapilla#dcId=1549278624680&p=1

https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/11622/_TIERSTIMMENARCHIV_MFN_GERMANY_TSA_Erithacus_ rubecula_Lue_97_1_1.html?q=EUROPEAN+ROBIN+Erithacus+rubecula#dcId=1549278624680&p=1

http://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/2059209/data_sounds_W1CDR0001531_1900.html?q=provider_ aggregation_edm_isShownBy%3A%2A#dcId=1549278624680&p=1

Licenses Attribution ShareAlike CC BY-SA.

Integration into the curriculum The lesson can be integrated into the chapter Life Sciences in the lesson: Characteristics of the creatures (basic needs - water, air, food; growth; reactions to environmental changes; multiplication)

Aim of the lesson The specific competence targeted by educational instructive content is Exploring the characteristics of bodies, phenomena and processes. The students will learn, in a fun way, a few notions about birds living in Romania.

Trends STEM learning, project-based learning, collaborative and mobile learning

21st century skills 1. Collaboration (as they will be working in groups of four); 2. Oral communication - will be used in the project to present the findings and also to interact with peers; 3. Media and technology literacy - several ICT tools will be used in the project and the students will have to learn how to handle them correctly.

Activities Name of Procedure Time activity

Brief Stimulating children’s interest in different species of birds that live in 10min introduction Romania; to the Presenting the European platform, the existing materials on the platform, Europeana especially in the field of natural sciences and the conditions of use. Collections and the conditions of use of the platform Explanation Presenting and discussing the theoretical material with a PowerPoint 15min of work presentation; Birds from Romania ahead and Memorizing sounds of birds; Recognizing recorded sounds of birds what is presented and offered for free use by the Europeana platform. expected of them:

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The surprise Using a tablet or a phone on which the “Birdie memory” app is installed and 25 element several images, provided by the game website, in order to ”bring the birds to and life”. assessment.

Assessment Guess who sings?

1. a) The Song b) The c) The Eurasian green woodpecker http://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/2059209/data_sounds_W1CDR0001531_1900.html?q=pro vider_aggregation_edm_isShownBy%3A%2A#dcId=1549278624680&p=1

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a) The b) The goldcrest c) The common chaffinch http://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/2059209/data_sounds_W1CDR0001384_0800.html?q=BL UE+TIT#dcId=1549278624680&p=1

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a) The b) The European robin c) The goldcrest

https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/11622/_TIERSTIMMENARCHIV_MFN_GERMANY_TSA_Erit hacus_rubecula_Lue_97_1_1.html?q=EUROPEAN+ROBIN+Erithacus+rubecula#dcId=1549278624680&p= 1

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Student feedback The didactic activity has a positive impact because the students have enthusiastically, cheerfully participated in the activities, guessed the sounds of birds during a small contest and recognized the birds they caught with the help of the Birdie memory program.

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Teacher’s remarks Learning through the game is always welcome and helps us to pursue a successful activity in primary education.

About the Europeana DSI-4 project Europeana is Europe’s digital platform for cultural heritage, providing free online access to over 53 million digitised items drawn from Europe’s museums, archives, libraries and galleries. The Europeana DSI-4 project continues the work of the previous three Europeana Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs). It is the fourth iteration with a proven record of accomplishment in creating access, interoperability, visibility and use of European cultural heritage in the five target markets outlined: European Citizens, Education, Research, Creative Industries and Cultural Heritage Institutions.

European Schoolnet (EUN) is the network of 34 European Ministries of Education, based in Brussels. As a not-for-profit organisation, EUN aims to bring innovation in teaching and learning to its key stakeholders: Ministries of Education, schools, teachers, researchers, and industry partners. European Schoolnet’s task in the Europeana DSI-4 project is to continue and expand the Europeana Education Community.

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