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Project titleNational Parks = International Treasure

Field: School Education (eTwinning)Action: eTwinning Project

PartnersShkolla 9-vjecare Polis-Vale, Albania; Gymnázium Kroměříž, Czech Republic;Zespół Szkół nr 9, Poland; Základná škola s materskou školou, Slovakia;Colegio Internacional Eurovillas, Spain; IES Bañaderos-Cipriano Acosta, Spain

Nature and cultural heritage preservation became more familiar to young people around Europe with the help of this eTwinning project Lessons are sometimes too traditional especially for new gen-erations that got used to be overstimulated by new technolo-gies. The project ‘National parks = International Treasure’ inno-vated the way of giving lessons through a range of interactive activities focused on nature.

Students from all participating countries started by making their profile on TwinSpace, an online platform for students and teachers. They introduced themselves to the others, try-ing to find common interests in the same time.

The next step was to build one common international park, following the main theme of the project: nature. Divided into 8 groups, the students started by broadening their vocabu-lary in their field and collecting the best elements and spe-cies from the national park in their country.

Project coordinator Lubomir Dohnal said:

‘ Lessons are more attractive, and students can become real experts in nature. I think national parks got everything we should preserve.’

Nature and cultural heritage preservation became more familiar to young people. They discovered the need of preserving species, created a dictionary of nature, and worked in an international environment.

‘The project changes the way of studying. The activity we do with students is something they never did before. They interact with international students and have cultural and experience exchanges in their schools,’ said Dohnal.

Apart from studying biology, geography and art, stu-dents also improved their language competences, gained valuable IT skills and made friends abroad.

An innovative way of studying nature

Photo: © Ludomir Dohnal

Participants:74

Countries:5

EU grant:N/A

Project duration:2016-2017