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Strategic Partnership Project (Key action no 2)
“ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS THROUGH FORMAL
AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION” (ACEAFNE)
org/regionalseas/marinelitter
Greenpeace International: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/
campaigns/oceans/
ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT
3/ Class summary (5 minutes)
Collected questions. If you collected questions during the lesson, agree with students on the
procedure that will follow (e.g. are there volunteers that will find the answers?).
STUDENTS‟ IMPACT *
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Awareness of the impact of human actions on nature
Enhancing of interest in participating in the environmental protection activities
Active involvement during the curriculum integrated activitie
Shaping active citizenship abilities and skills
Refinement of the independent learning techniques through investigation, selection,
presentation
 Confidence in own capacity to communicate in the language of the project and refining of
linguistic abilities
CONCLUSIONS AS TO THE STUDENTS‟ BEHAVIOUR, INTEREST, ACTIVITY:
The lesson was very interactive, a big weight on the students´ activity and engagement, real life
connections and increasing of the awareness of the global environmental issues.
Creativity skills and critical thinking were highly supported.
Students were surprised with the real outcomes of their research.
Materials to be used:
- Plastic quiz“, cut-out slips – Worksheet No. 1 (one set per class)
- Possible solutions (diamond method), cut out cards
– Worksheet No. 2 (one set per group)
- glue, scissors, paper, a long transparent piece of plastic to symbolize the sea (e.g. a plastic material
used for covering furniture before painting) or a big piece of paper instead (or a rope, cloth)
- photos of plastic waste (printed or projected on the wall), e.g. use google search: “plastic waste in
the Pacific Ocean“
- waste to create the “Plastic Sea” (preferably plastic bags and other plastic waste, if not available,
you can also use other types of waste – paper, textile etc.); you could ask students to collect the
waste on their way to school or you can bring some yourself
- blank paper for questions (Main activity)
- students‟ personal journals
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