EcoLOGIClimate

CONTEXTEnvironmental 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- Increasing the awareness of the students for nature by using art and technologyO2- Ensuring the sustainability for the next generationsO3- Improving the creative natural skills of the studentsO4- Strengthening our social responsibility behaviorsO5- Acquainting the students with the environmental problems of the society and contributing to the precautionsO6- Improving the consciousness of saving by teaching the types of wasteO7- Introducing types of waste and teaching the students the importance of recyclingO8- Teaching the germination and development stages of plants by firsthand experienceO9- Forming a livable environment with the awareness of an active individualACTIVITIESEach LTTA participating to the project will organize meetings with the local NGOs to look over to the environmental issues in the local area, cultural activities and visits, teaching workshops which will enhance the interdisciplinary collaboration,and information on the methodology of organizing a localenvironmental action with students.The LTTAs are;LTTA1-Waste Management-#Trashtag Challenge - waste week (introduction of plastic, glass, metal bottles, blue lid, battery and paper) recycling residual oiland devices /speech bubbles in parks, forest cleaningLTTA2 – La Fontaine in the Forest Court–Trekking - Short Movie - Environmentally friendly short play acted by students, coast cleaning, fabric bag makingLTTA3 – Farm Life - Animations - Carboon Footprint -Environmentally friendly animations, naming characters from nature, waste listing at home and school, making bee hive and collecting honey,feeding cows, landscaping the botanical garden, carbon footprints.trekkingLTTA4 –Sing for Climate- Aromatic Herbs - Global warming, its effects and precautions, journey of polar bear(story book)LTTA5 –Cycling for Zero Emission - Waste List- in nature and forest cleaning (creating #trashtag challenge before after photo album), kindergarten decoration, and art contest, visit to the water treatment plant, savings seminar by university academics, visit to Recycling Factory(Istaç)PARTICIPANTSEach short-term exchange mobility will include the participation of 15 teachers, and totally 60 teachers will take part in 5 mobilities.Participants will be selected regarding transparent criteria; computer and language skills, willingness, peer and teamwork ability, availability and adaptabilityThe 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.RESULTS and IMPACTSTANGIBLE results are a large video archive of lectures and recorded videos during the mobility on YouTubeChannel “EcoLOGIClimate’’, many educative materials on different seminars, demonstrative lessons 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 literacy seminars, 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 communicationskills and critical and creative thinking ability.*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.