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Be Ocean Wise

School information

School name
Agrupamento de Escolas Dr. Alberto Iria
School year
2020-2021
City
Olhao
Country
Portugal
Sea basin
Atlantic Ocean
Region
Coastal: <20 km from the sea

Project information

Starting date of the project
End date of the project
Level of education
Middle school
Project website
Categories
Ocean and Climate
Healthy Ocean
Categories - other
biodiversity

The activities proposed in this project aim to develop students' awareness, Critical Thinking; Communication; Collaboration and Creativity, encouraging them to take action to make the world a Greener and Healthier place.
This project aims to Promote citizenship: collaboration in transnational groups and learning about their own culture, and sharing with partners from other countries.
It will also encourage Students and Teacher to Identify a Problem and Doing Research on:
*Ocean Literacy
*Ocean Pollution
*Choosing a Local Problem with which the students feel related with (From Local to Global)
*Climate Change and Sea Rising Level (causes and effects of climate change or global warming, including suggestions for solutions)
*Biodiversity and Habitats.
We aim to develop our Students' 21st century Skills.
The project will offer high quality, academically education to a European student body in a supportive and understanding environment. It will promote a positive attitude towards creativity, allowing students to actively engage in the learning process, it will encourage students to understand their surroundings as well as other countries' realities. It will also develop students' awareness on Ocean Pollution and Take Actions.

The results of the project will be of diverse nature and consist of skills and competences, as well as concrete (tangible) results:
*Project's Logo Competition
*Schools' Presentation
*Students' Profiles on eTwinning
*Celebration of European Ocean Day (20th May)
*Organizing Workshops/Debates
*Organizing Cleaning Up Campaigns
*Art and Works Exhibitions
*Building a Blog
*A Photo Challenge
*Create short videos, drawings and Comic Books

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