Name of the activity ENERGETIC RESOURCES
Curriculum Integration Area Year/years
Natural Sciences

7 th grade (class A and B) – 12 years; 8 th grade (class A and B) – 13 years and 9 th grade – 14 years

Collaboration Teacher E-mail
Ana Monteiro ninamar@oninet.pt
Sandra Torre sandratorres_crea@hotmail.com
Susana Carneiro susanacarneiro@netcabo.pt
Adelaide Dias ------
Sandra Reis sandrareis_crea@hotmail.com

Objectives

  • Induce curiosity about the natural world around us
  • Raise a feeling of admiration, excitement and interest for science
  • Acknowledge the impact of Science and Technology in the environment and in our culture
  • Proportionate the sharing of knowledge
  • Develop cooperative work and communication (group/ among the class/ international)
  • P ractise the project methodology
  • Use the new technologies in a creative way
  • Stimulate personal style, creativity and open-minded attitude
  • Know the energetic resources utilized in different regions of the country in question
  • Know the geographic distribution of the energetic resources in different countries of the European Union
  • Know the advantages and disadvantages of the utilization of the renewable and the non-renewable energetic resources
Time planning

During all the school year October 2003 – June 2004

Evaluation criteria
  • Quality of the research, selection and organization of information
  • Utilization of individual language
  • Creativity
  • Team work
  • Problem solving ability
Activity development These project works could be done in the school subjects where Energy is study, during the classes. The project works created by the students could then be put on-line.

Phase 1

  • students are given a list of themes
  • students are divided into small teams
  • each team selects a theme for the project work
  • planning the work
  • distribution of tasks among the members of each group

Phase 2

  • research, selection and organization of the information
  • execution of the group works (using ICT)

Phase 3 

  • final evaluation of the work executed
  • translation of the works into English
  • the works will be post on-line www. colegioescravas.org
Resources

News of newspapers or science magazines, Internet, books, encyclopaedias, etc.

Curriculum integration
Subjects
Course

Physic and Chemistry

sources and forms of energy

Geography

sources and forms of energy

Natural Science

sources and forms of energy

English

reading, writing and translating

ICT

using ICT techniques

Final product

To create project works about Energy

Some of the information will be translated into English, so students from all CReA countries could share their works and debate subjects.

Further comments

- It would be important if students of other countries participated in this project, because they could exchange information.

- Since the beginning this project is opened to every languages, international students can participate writing in English or in their mother tongue.

- We are going to try to put on-line students' works as they present them, so that they can see quickly results.

- Soon I have the groups formed and the themes selected, I will send the information to everyone interested.

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