Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter 2017 No. 7 | Page 61

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter
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Communication classes the students talked about
their partners living places and their traditions and
habits. They learnt some basic words in their
partners language related to the weather. They
created stories- both in Romanian and English; they
described life in space and astronomical
phenomena. They talked to the other partners
during the several online meetings we organized
and wrote short stories in English. In Mathematics
and Science they found out about the Milky Way,
the Solar System, the weather, famous astronauts
and astronomers. They calculated, solved problems,
made experiments and explained specific natural
phenomena related to Space. During the ICT
lessons, they used different devices for creating and
playing online games and quizzes, took photos and
edited them, searched for and found specific
information related to the topic. In Art they made
cards, posters, drawings and paintings. They learnt
songs in Music and in PE made outdoor experiments
(like calculating the distance between planets in our
Solar System using a scale). During the Personal
Development lessons the students found out
solutions for problems (e.g. How would you survive
in Space?) and they presented their project work to
their schoolmates, teachers and parents.
The project ‘started where the children were', it was
built on the knowledge and ideas children brought
with them to lessons and helped them to develop
their understanding of scientific concepts related to
the Universe. It helped them to understand the
diversity of weather conditions and as part of a
world community and their responsibility for the
environment. The students are able to identify main
planets and stars on the sky and they have of basic
notions related to Earth and Sun.
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