ETWINNING PROJECT

“ WHAT IS ENERGY,

REALLY?

UNDERSTANDING

ENERGY WITH

REAL LIFE

EXPERIENCES”

Catherine Wimmer (one class)

Lycée A. Schweitzer, Mulhouse

Roberta Ghetti (one class)

Peter Ulf Johan Helgesson (one class)

Liceo G. Ricci-curbastro, Lugo, Italy

THE PARTNERSHIP FRANCE-ITALY

All of us were first time eTwinners

We came in contact via the Partner Forums of

the eTwinning Live platform, with the help of a

French eTwinning Ambassador (Mrs. Natacha

Hansen)

MULHOUSE LUGO

PARTNER FORUMS ON ETWINNING LIVE

THE PARTNERSHIP FRANCE-ITALY

All of us were first time eTwinners

We came in contact via the Partner Forums of the

eTwinning Live platform, with the help of a French

eTwinning Ambassador (Mrs. Natacha Hansen)

Initially, teachers kept in contact via Skype and e-mail

to discuss the aims of the project and develop a common

plan of activities and project time schedule

MULHOUSE LUGO

COMMON PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Stimulate to explore the world from a scientific

point of view

Understand the importance of science and

technology in our lives

Increase social competences

Increase motivation and satisfaction in learning

Increase cooperative learning

Improve communication in a foreign language

PROJECT MAIN PHASES

The students work in groups of 4-5 pupils

Each group had to:

Present each other (the school and town) to the

eTwinning partners

Prepare a physics quiz for the other school

Solve the quiz prepared by the other groups

Explain aspects of energy using experiences

from everyday life (“experiments”)

Vote the best experiment

PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION & CREATIVITY

Presentations: choose materials

and how to present to students

from another country

Quizzes: reflect what is general

and what is more specific and

the appropriate level of difficulty

Experiments: realize that

physics is all around us

(and not just in text books),

discuss ideas, hypothesis

and conclusions with other

group members

Improve linguistic and

citizenship competences

Students are not passive

subjects but become active

in their own learning

Students become

empowered and active

protagonists of their own

learning

Students learn outside the traditional school schemes

PRESENTATIONS OF TOWN AND SCHOOL

PRESENTATIONS OF TOWN AND SCHOOL

PRESENTATIONS OF TOWN AND SCHOOL

EXAMPLE OF QUESTION & FEEDBACK

The two blocks

arrive at the same

time . It was Galileo

who first found it out

by dropping objects

from the leaning

tower of Pisa …

GROUP 1

The skater

GROUP 3

Elastic energy

GROUP 4

Video with slinky

GROUP 2

The Death Loop

INTEGRATION IN CURRICULUM OF STUDIES

Energy: is a basic concept in physics

Interdisciplinary: with other subjects (sciences,

English)

Being requested to vote the best experiment:

study the materials of the other groups (instead

of a text book) come in contact with more real-

life situations

Utilize the TwinSpace, share materials with the

partners: more motivation, collaborative

attitude, closeness with the foreign country and

foreign partners

COMMUNICATION & EXCHANGE BETWEEN

PARTNER SCHOOLS

Utilized all TwinSpace tools:

Diary: for important communications and events

Chat: for students to get to know each other and exchange opinions

Forum: to select and vote the best experiments

Immages,Pages: to make clear every step of the project

Aim: to share scientific experiences between the two countries, discuss the most convincing experiments, vote the best experiment

Students very enthusiastic and showed competence and innovative thinking

EXAMPLE POSTS FROM THE LIVE CHAT

USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN DIDACTIVE

ACTIVITIES

We utilized:

All the TwinSpace tools

Other programs to create videos and presentations

Google Forms (for the questionnaires)

Teachers and students engaged with technology

not for the sake of it, but to achieve the

learning goals

RESULTS, IMPACT, DOCUMENTATION

The concept of energy has become less abstract and

more bound to common experiences

Other competences have been developed:

learning how to learn

increase initiative and engagement

group learning, social integration

Exchange with partner school:

the fact that we are here today!

possibility of future projects

connect different schools in a European network

Reach non-eTwinning teachers by dissemination

the results were presented on the school-website

and on the public TwinSpace

VERY MANY THANKS TO…

All the students and their great engagement!

THE END