The Wonderful World of Water
2005-2008
Slovenia, Brežice 23. 10.
2005 – 28. 10. 2005
Italy, Padua 22. 5. 2006 – 26. 5. 2006
Poland, Bielsko-Biala 23. 10. 2006 – 28. 10. 2006
Turkey, Usak
12. 4. 2007 – 18. 4. 2007
Latvia, Kandava 2. 12. 2007 - 8. 12. 2007
Slovenia, Brežice 14. 4. 2008 – 18. 4. 2008
On the one hand, you can see that we all have travelled a lot - each school individually and all the schools together. Our five schools have made 131 trips in three years. The number of trips depends on the amount of money we get from the EU and the number of visits and trips organized by each of the schools. On the other hand project has involved three times more students and teachers who helped in researching, designing products and translating.
- SLOVENIA 16 + 9 = 25
- POLAND 14 + 17 = 31
- ITALY 13 + 13 = 26 All together 66 + 65 = 131
- LATVIA 9 + 12 = 21
TURKEY 14 + 15 = 29
Contents
In the first year we researched waters: marshes, thermal waters, subterranean waters, seas and rivers chemically, biologically, geographically and physically. As economy has developed the use of water has changed, too. That is why each school presented the national characteristics in this field.In the second year we identified great polluters and studied the environmental legislation. We visited a lot of water treatment systems and proposed how to reduce pollution.In the third year some interesting business plans have been designed. We proposed kayak and canoe rental enterprise, swimming school, bottling mineral waters …
2005-2006 Characteristics of water
Use of water now and before
2006-2007 Water pollution
Water treatment systems
Environmental legislation
2007-2008 Business plan
Awareness of water
During these three years we have made more than three calendars, six researches on water characteristics, ten researches on the use of water now and in the past, ten presentations based on the research of great polluters in each country and the damage they cause, five proposals on how to improve our everyday habits to reduce pollution, five new business ideas. We have also introduced our schools and countries, compared our different school lifestyles, produced a small dictionary, written a vocabulary on ecology, designed connected web pages, organized several photo contests and we edited a brochure at the end of every project meeting.