«Let’s BEE Nature Lovers»
To protect the health of our planet and our public health, it is crucial to integrate sustainability into our education and training systems. Education and training enable learners to develop competences and acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to truly value our planet and take action to protect it. This will help achieve the transition to a fairer, greener economy and society.
It is said that Albert Einstein once predicted that when bees disappear, human will die within the next four years of their disappearance.
The bees…
-They are an invaluable treasure for human survival.
-They respect the environment.
-They are an organized society with absolute cooperation.
-They work hard.
Thinking about how important role bees have for the environment and humans, it’s important to create in our project "Let's BEE Nature Lovers" a bee whose purpose is …
The members (bees) have to..
-acquire a positive attitude and behavior for the environment through experiential activities.
-improve their knowledge. Students have to realize the value of green spaces and forests as shelters for life, but also as valuable natural resources and to be informed about the problems arising from their destruction, environmental degradation, pollution and climate change.
-acquire a willingness to take initiatives to save forests, canyons, lakes, green spaces (parks).
Connection with school subjects: Language, Art, Music, IT, Robotics, Mathematics, Physics, Implementation of project plan. (STEAM Method)
Aim of the project.
The aim is to make students aware of how they can help tackle climate change and loss of biodiversity and promote a positive attitude towards environmental actions and change-making in the students. This project also allows students to create gardens (vegetable allotment and vertical) , take identify plants using QR codes and teaches them how to take care of their local environment.
21st century skills
This project corresponds to 21st century skills because students are going to use ICT to produce some of the open source tools, they are going to deal with webpages or apps. They will be working in teams, thus improving their collaborative skills. Furthermore, they will develop their:
• environmental competence/conscience, climate change awareness
• creativity
• digital competences
• communication skills and talents.
Think creatively and logically.
• Improve the ability to ask questions, notice problems, search for and gather the necessary information to solve these problems.
• Planning and organising work for problem-solving.
• Learn to search for information from various sources.
Outcome of the project
Students will be able to realize that nature can help people and that people are dependent on nature.
Students plan a solution for their closest surrounding (school and house) .
Students will end up building a vertical vegetable garden and planting in the created allotments. Moreover, students will be part of a network of eco friendly schools, sharing activities or experiences with other students.
Trends
Project-Based Learning, Collaborative Learning, Visual Search and Learning, STEM learning, Outdoor Education: learning outside of the school building in the “real” environment. Civic awareness and eco-system pedagogy
