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School information

School name
Centro de Educação Integral
School year
2024-2025
School website
City
São João da Madeira
Country
Portugal
Sea basin
Atlantic Ocean
Region
Coastal: <20 km from the sea

Project information

Project name in native language
Todos ligados pela água
Starting date of the project
End date of the project
Level of education
Primary school
Project website
Project contact
Categories
Ocean and Climate

Objectives:
● Developing students' active role in the sustainability of water resources.
● Foster a sense of responsibility for protecting aquatic ecosystems.
● Involve students in water conservation efforts.
● Improve literacy about oceans and the water available on the planet.

Activities:
● Build a story and charact about living beings that depend on water, freshwater species, marine species, human beings, other animals.
● Theatre demonstrations by pre-school students.
● Collect data on existing and already reported problems in relation to the water available on our planet. Over the months, in addition to online research, application of questionnaires and interviews, they will go to the places (rivers and beaches) where the impact is evident.
● Awareness-raising talks for families given by primary school students.
● Dissemination of the bad practice report by 2nd cycle students.
● Investigate what will be the good practices that each one can do in their role (at home, at school, in companies, on the street, ...)
● Workshops on good practice organised by the 3rd cycle students.
● Investigate the impact of local businesses on water, work to find out what existing solutions can help these businesses reduce the negative impact.
● Second-cycle students will investigate what are the reasons for water quality to be at risk. They will visit places where this poor quality is evident and follow the trail over the months to the sources of this negative impact.
● Awareness-raising activities for local businesses by secondary school students.
The methodology that will be used is Project-Based Learning, Collaborative Learning, STEM Learning; Outdoor Education, Game Based Learning, Student Centered Learning, Students from the age of 3 to secondary school will feel part of a bigger project and a key part of the final success.