Science projects bySzkoła Podstawowa nr 9im. Mikołaja Kopernika

Dzierżoniów, Poland

Professional Development WorkshopScience, environment and entrepreneurship in eTwinning projects

Warsaw, 9-10 October 2015

Ecosystems around us –Greek and Polish students

leading to meaningful education through

concept maps

Twin schools:• Szkoła Podstawowa nr

9 im. Mikołaja Kopernika,

Dzierżoniów, Poland• Koordynator:

Anna Szczepaniak

• 33ο Δ.Σ. Παληού Καβάλας, Καβάλα,

Greece• Koordynator:

Thomais Kartsiotou

At the beginning students made mind maps by hand

They painted the ecosystems and described

them in English

Then students started using mind42

To show the ecosystems to each other they made Powerpoint presentations…

Quiz about wild animals made in Powerpoint

…and photofilms with our own photos using Movie Maker

To let the others see what we were doing we posted messages in our Project Diary and

created wiki

http://twinblog.etwinning.net/16948/archive/?201005

http://ecosystemsaroundus.wikispaces.com/

NATURE EXPLORERS CLUB

Partner schools 137 SOU "Angel Kanchev", Sofia, Bulgaria

Leikskólinn Furugrund, Kopavogur, Iceland

Agrupamento Vertical de Escolas de Aljezur, Aljezur, Portugal

33ο Δ.Σ. Παληού Καβάλας, Καβάλα (School of Palio, Kavala),

Greece

ekoPrzedszkole i SP AMC, Hello Polly English & Play, Warszawa,

Poland

First task – knowing plants in our school gardens

Greece - Kavala

Bulgaria - SofiaPoland - Dzierżoniów

And making albums with dried leaves and flowers.

Children had to find out the plant name in two languages

Students looked for living creatures in the school garden soil.

Then students knew the trees species in their home town.

One of the project aim was learning outside the classroom. Students were discovering

nature in different places.

Pets are important for children and we found out what pets students had.

About wild animals students wrote in English and drew pictures on their

own.

In spring we watched plants growing.

Learning through observation

Children used different ICT tools: Glogster, Prezi...

Anastazja’s flowers

…PictureTrail, Issuu, Powerpoint, Slideshare

Young explorers loved experiments.

How to remove a shell from a raw egg in Prezi

We organized photo contest. We have organized it till now since

then.

Fun corner – a place where students could find quizzes (Hot Potatoes, Quizzlet, Photopeach).

Wild animals in Polandin Quizzlet

Quiz in Hot Potatoes

Wild animals - quiz in PhotoPeach

http://photopeach.com/album/4qtb8n

Even in Science project each live videomeeting is one of the most interesting part of the project for students. This

one was the first videomeeting at our school

Project started in September 2015.

Our aim is to develop students’ creativity, to let them learn about

nature through action.Children aged 10-12.

We are four schools from different parts of

Europe.

Students have chosen the most popular animal in our region – an owl, and made many owls…

very creative!

School garden for the beginning:

Lessons outside the classroom

Looking for the trees names and making

albums.

Animals in our region: interesting, but not easy. Trip to

„Forest School” and Wildlife Park of the Owl Mountains.

How creative our students are you can see

watching some wonders of nature made of autumn leaves and fruit.

Students know the plant species in

all partner schools.

Tilia trees from Italy

Pines from Georgia

And some trees from

Portugal

Medlar tree Walnut treeFig tree

Photo competition in 3 cathegories: plant, animal and landscape. The photos we use to make quizzes

and presentations.

Task for students in PhotoPeach:Name the animals in Polish and English:http://photopeach.com/album/x62l7m

Anna Szczepaniak

Małgorzata KrzemińskaJolanta Uchacz-Krzyżaniak

Thank you

Szkoła Podstawowa nr 9im. Mikołaja KopernikaDzierżoniów, Poland

Professional Development WorkshopScience, environment and entrepreneurship in eTwinning projects

Warsaw, 9-10 October 2015