Solar Power Education and Learning

The energy revolution is the way to a future without any nuclear energy and to an industrial societywhich is obligated towards future generations concerning sustainability and responsibility. Theimplementation of the energy revolution is a primary international aim which is also referred to by theClimate Change Conference of Paris in 2016. The necessity of rising awareness in general and theallergization of the young generation are also clearly given. With this project we will sensibilise allparticipants for this problem, clarify contexts and contemplate solution possibilities. The pupils shouldrecognize their responsibility as European citizens and they should become aware of the necessity ofinternational collaboration and the upcoming problems they will help to solve. The pupils should alsorealize how important it is to possess a school education and a professional education so that theycan take care for their future concerns and to become active and responsible citizens who cancontribute to Europe. By gaining knowledge about the relationships between sun, energy,environment and nature the pupils should take responsibility for their own behavior and therefore tothe environmental consequences. In this context a change of behavior should happen concerning theuse of energy. We mainly concentrate on the sun during our focus on renewable energy because thesun is the core element of the solar system as to natural science and shines to all nations and all lifedepends on it. Therefore the sun is also a symbol for the consolidation of all nations and cultures.With this project of the sun we offer a large band of information and possible courses of action in theareas of natural science, languages art, geography, history, religion and literature to the pupils andteachers. The content will be elaborated due to the course of instruction and interdisciplinarity.Besides the project will be framed on different levels to reach as many pupils as possible and tomotivate them to campaign for their school so that they can gain interesting and positive experienceswhich keeps up their motivation for learning. This mainly affects pupils who struggle with the subjectmaterial and where the risk of a school dropout cannot be excluded. With this project we mainlyaddress to pupils in the age of 14-16 who attend secondary school. At every participating schoolthere will be class or group of pupils who works on the topics with various subject teachers.Therefore there will be the many activities and experiments at the schools on the topic of sun andenergy in the area of natural science in the name of the subjects of physics, mathematics, andtechnology. A sun dial will be built. The approach and the impact or application spectrum will bedescribed and documented with photos. In the area of history/geography/culture we will occupyourselves with the exploration of old cultures and the meaning of the sun for the Mayas , Aztecs andIncas. In the area of biology/nature/environment we will grow flowers and vegetables in our schoolgarden and the growth of (sun) flowers till the autumn will be documented in written form. With photoswe will view and keep record of the turning movements of the plants. In the area of art artists (ClaudeMonet, Van Gogh, Joan Miro,etc) who used the sun in their works of art will be introduced. All resultswill be documented in written form and should be published on the website for all interested people.In doing so accurate verbal expression will be demanded because the results should also betranslated into English. Beside a website, where we would like to publish our project work for allCall 2019 Round 1 KA2 - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practicesKA229 - School Exchange PartnershipsFormId KA229-18AD8E02 Deadline (Brussels Time) 21 Mar 2019 12:00:00EN 4 / 104people, we will also produce two issues of a magazine to attract people who cannot read about ourproject in the internet. We will also visit photovoltaic constructions and debate about their necessity.The reduction of prejudices and the improvement of getting to know each other should be supportedamong all participants with the help of a conversation about the topic “what do we know about theother country or what do we think to know”. Through the activities the joy about learning will besupported in a long term way. Models will be produced for the lessons with materials on the topic of the sun will be provided on the website.