AirNet

School students between the ages of 14-18 from Sindelfingen, Dronfield, Malaga, Barcelona, Idrija and Kourou worked collaboratively on the „AirNet“ project and studied the theme of air in various contexts (Science, Technology, Music and Art). The participating school students and teachers from each country were already making preparations for the project meetings. Each school had chosen its own focus, individual to each country, and was organising collective learning activities for all participants.The principle of the project meetings was that the school students from a variety of cultural and social environments got to know each other and learnt from each other. By collaborative activities in European teams the school students learnt to overcome language and cultural hurdles, to develop greater tolerance and to experience the joy of working together in heterogeneous teams. One significant aim of the project, linking many subjects, was that school students could become engaged in various interests that were linked by a common theme so that a real collective team spirit could develop. The overall aim, which was realised at the conclusion of the project, was the exhibition called “Pictures in motion” and the great public „Air-Performance“, where all the students had participated.The theme of air was chosen as it is extremely relevant for the environment yet is seen as a lesser priority in terms of environmental resources (eg Water). There are, however, many investigation opportunities in the stated subject areas and thereby many school students with a variety of interests and competences could become involved.One of the aims was that this project would stimulate the personal development of the participating school students, that they improved their professional and employment potential and that their life horizons would be broadened. Through intensive collective group work on the various aspects of the theme of Air the school students improved their subject knowledge and understanding, they broadened their linguistic abilities (English, French, German and Spanish) and they developed their creative talents. For the project ideas the school students , according to their preferences, presented their project findings via their chosen medium (Video, sound, pictures, creation of web-pages and computer applications).A further aim was the enrichment of professional competences of the teaching staff involved through new challenges and activities, increased motivation and self confidence. During the project the ideas and results of the activities were made available for colleagues in all schools so that these may be used as educational building blocks in schools. (see under results). Thereby the project is stimulating an improvement in teaching abilities in the schools.Each school acted as host school on one occasion and organised learning activities for the participating school students that was specific to the theme of that school. Thus each school had its own individual focus for the successful completion of the project. The project meetings involving the responsible coordinating teacher in each school would be held in one of the participating schools at the start (November 2014, Sindelfingen), at the mid-point of the project ( September 2016 Idrjia)and at the end of the project ( June 2017, Malaga). Communication between the teachers from the participating schools was guaranteed via the medium of Whatsapp („Erasmus-teacher-group“)and via email contact. Contact between the participating school students was realized via email contact as well and via social media networks.Results: display “Pictures in Motion“, Applications for smartphones, production of an ongoing homepage, artefacts involving Art, Music and Flight. The title “Pictures in Motion” includes creative and informative realisation of the whole project in all participating countries in a digital framework. Long term uses: sustainable information via picture screens with overall information about the project and educational building blocks on the homepage.