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Project Name:Sustainable growth: the environment and its impact on economy Name & Surname:- Eeva Pettinari Address/Nation: ITALY E-mail [email protected] Profession: Teacher Role in the initiative/project: tutor

Brief description of the initiative/project The project deals with pollution: causes and effects on health and on the ecosystem, pollution etc. A relevant part of the work deals with its economic impact and is an active study of a possible idea for sustainable growth. Objectives: development of the ability to analyse the territory on the issue of pollution, a critical analysis of the correct behaviour citizens could adopt and a possible idea for sustainable growth for the area under scrutiny. Subjects:; science. Target: 1st and 2nd Degree secondary school of the Istituto Tecnico Commerciale “Vittorio veneto”, Latina.

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Outline of the problem What are the causes, characteristics and type of pollution and their effects on human health? What is the economic impact? What are the hypothesis for sustainable growth?

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Objectives Develop the ability to examine, study and analyse the hygienic and health care shortcomings in a given territory Knowledge of what citizens, institutions and environment associations could do to prevent solid waste pollution. Propose a hypothesis for sustainable growth for the area under scrutiny

Brief description of the adopted methodology Activities, steps and timetable Time: 2 months, divided as follows: 1st week: basic information on ecology 2nd week: drawing up of a questionnaire on hygienic, health care and economic situation of the area 3rd and 4th week: data collection on pollution and lectures on waste disposal techniques, separate collection of rubbish and sewage system, videos, analysis of the economic network of the area. 5th week: visit of the area and to local businesses. Data collection. 6th and 7th week: written report; 8th week: meeting with the experts and final discussion. 9th week: preparation of a multimedia presentation

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Details The project is divided into 7 stages: group work and result sharing will begin from stage 3. The activities will be carried out in chronological order. Each group will be of 3 students

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Requirements Know how to use software for: Word processing Image processing Multimedia presentations Internet Have a computer at home with internet. Know the basics about economic and environmental institutions. These requirements are for each group as such and not to single students.

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Technological Setting Hardware A computer at the Lab and in each of the students’ house* A scanner A printer Software Internet browser Multimedia program Image processing program *At least one computer for each work group

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Abilities, introduced or consolidated Write and format documents to develop a multimedia presentation Add still or moving images, graphs and tables Edit and proof-read texts Assess material and search for new (data sheets, web sites, paper documents etc) Develop the presentation Present the final work

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General Outline The single items will be linked together. collection of data on environmental pollution pollution in other European countries presentation of collected data with chats and diagrams environmental impact on economy analysis of cases of industrial pollution debate on results achieved

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Log Book Presentation of the project to the students Students’ feasibility study outlining difficulties Outline of possible difficulties Teaching sessions, if needed, to deal with the difficulties arisen Task assignment with the students Setting up timetable for single tasks Estimate of total tine needed (9 weeks)

Brief description of the adopted methodology SWOT ANALYSIS

STRENGHTS (Focus on innovation)/ CRITICALITIES (Focus on barriers and difficulties)/ OPPORTUNITIES (Focus on added values)/ THREATS (Focus on limits of time, space, country….)/