Eco-LOGICAL Challenge

Context/background of the projectEnvironmental education addresses cognitive, affective and psychomotor learning of the students. Information gained through preschool and school ages underpins the terminal behaviors of the future. We can raise such active individuals who are conscious on environmental problems, responsible and decision makers. However, sustaining the indifference to protection of the environment will probably put the humanity on the verge of big dangers. Just to spite the humans invading the nature for their self-interest, we need to raise the next generation equipped with environmental consciousness for a livable and sustainable world. Thanks to the intramural and extramural projects we plan to conduct, we will make sure that the participants to these projects will have the love of nature and respect to it. Numerous planned activities will enable the environmental consciousness and awareness through fun, application and creative designs.ObjectivesO1- Acquainting the students with the environmental problems of the society and contributing to the precautions O2- Increasing the awareness of the students for nature by using art and technologyO3- Forming a livable environment with the awareness of an active individualO4- Strengthening our social responsibility behaviorsO5- Teaching the germination and development stages of plants by first-hand experience O6- Improving the consciousness of saving by teaching the types of wasteO7- Introducing types of waste and teaching the students the importance of recyclingO8- Ensuring the sustainability for the next generationsO9- Improving the creative natural skills of the studentsShort Description of the ActivitiesLTTA1 - New Developments in Nature - Botanical Gardening – New Methods of Recycling - Organic FarmingLTTA2 - Global warming, its effects and precautionsLTTA3 - Theatre fest / La Fontaine in the Forest Court – Environmentally friendly short play acted by students, coast cleaning, fabric bag makingLTTA4 - Environmentally friendly animations, naming the characters from nature, waste listing at home and school, making beehive and collecting honey, feeding cows, herborization at botanical garden, carbon footprintsLTTA5 - Waste week (introduction of plastic, glass, metal bottles, blue lid, battery and paper) recycling residual oil and devices, speech bubbles in parks, forest cleaningLTTA6 - Cycling tour for zero emission in nature and clening the forest (creating #trashtag challenge), kindergarten decoration, art contest, visit to a water treatment plant, savings seminar by Bilgi University, visit to Istaç Recycling FactoryResults and ImpactsTangible results are a large video archive of lectures and recorded videos during the mobility on YouTubeChannel and on the eTwinning platform “Eco-LOGICAL Challenge’’, many educative materials on different seminars, demonsrative lectures and school presentations and the visuals such as short movies, animations, theater plays, evaluation forms, questionnaires, countless collected waste, clean parks and coasts, numerous plants, recycling seminars by academic people, financial literacyseminars, art contest, cycling tour, fabric bags, waste list, slogans. E-magazine after LTTAs and paper magazine at the end are also vital outputs.Intangible results are improved environmental awareness, stage performance, knowledge on digital tools, raised awareness of attending own learning process, more motivated pupils and further academic achievements, awareness of the similarities and differences, improved communication skills and critical and creative thinking ability.The METHODOLOGY to be used in carrying out at the project is basically student-centered and cooperative learning and learning through experience. In addition, different assessment methods (evaluation and feedback forms, preliminary and final and satisfaction survey)are used to evaluate implementation, management and dissemination of the project.The success of the mobility is measured comparatively against the results and level of satisfaction of students who gained theenvironmental awareness.Number and Profile of ParticipantsEach short-term exchange mobility will include the participation of 20 students(age range between10-16) and 5-10 teachers, and totally 120 students and 50 teachers will take part in all mobility. Students will be selected regarding transparent criteria (computer and language skills,peer and teamwork ability, availability and adaptability)For a sustainable environment, we as teachers, students, and the community will work together for the activities in local and transnational spectrum for many years.