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Project Details

Project Name: Research on water resources and per capita consumption Name & Surname:- Raffaele Nardella Address/Nation: Milan (ITALY) E-mail [email protected] Profession: English Teacher in ITIS Giorgi di Milano Role in the initiative/project: tutor

Brief description of the initiative/project The project’s objective is to make young people aware about water saving and sustainable growth. The students will collect data about the use of water in their families, carry out conceptual mapping, diagrams and charts synthesising all the information they have gathered; at the end of the project they will create a multimedia presentation. Subjects included: natural science, maths, computer science, physics/chemistry, law. Target: 2 year course in a II degree Secondary Schools.

Brief description of the adopted methodology

Outline of the problem Human life and other forms of life all depend on water. Resources are limited Use/consumption is increasing daily. Can Man/Water relationship be rationalised/modified? Is our behaviour within the family environment primary in determining positive results in the use/consumption of water resources?

Brief description of the adopted methodology Objectives Set up a research method Collect and transmit data Data reprocessing after transmission Consider water as a resource and outline problems linked with water saving, pollution and sustainable growth.

Brief description of the adopted methodology

Activities, steps and timetable Presentation of the project (1h) Division in groups (3 students -1/2h) Handing out of material for web research (1/2h) Handing out of material to measure and collect data on a family’s water consumption (1/2 h) Web research in class and /or at home (4h) Research at home (1/2h for 7 days) Presentation, analysis and processing of collected data (4h) Outline and processing of data and drawing up of charts and diagrams (2h) Power Point presentation with students’ conclusions and proposals (5h)

Brief description of the adopted methodology

Details The projects will be divided into 9 steps. Starting from the 5th step (guided research on suggested websites) the students, after having collected the relevant data, will skim the most important information, critically elaborate it and draw up a conceptual map which will be included in the presentation. At the same time each student, through the use of the material they’ve received, will start collecting information on their family’s water consumption and will jointly draw up the relevant charts and diagrams (using Excel) They will also analyse the data, discuss and elaborate the concepts that will be included in the final report and in the multimedia presentation

Brief description of the adopted methodology

Requirements Knowledge of the state of matter and physical change Components of the atom and chemical bonds Knowledge of the words: law/legal rules, environmental offences, sustainable growth Use of software programs (Word, excel, power Point) and computer graphic programs (Microsoft Photo editor) Knowledge and use of physic quantity and units. Know how to carry out spreadsheet calculations

Brief description of the adopted methodology Technological Setting Computer room equipped with internet and workstations for each student or more. Programs: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Microsoft Photo editor/Adobe photoshop Conceptual maps ( a free CMap program to develop and visualise via internet conceptual maps created by the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, University of West Florida, downloadable from http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/)

Brief description of the adopted methodology

Abilities, introduced or consolidated Research, analyse and process information . Measure and find data. Show, set up and format documentation for multimedia presentation. Graphic preparation of texts. Insert still or moving images (diagrams, charts) Editing and proofreading. Plan the presentation. Create a multimedia presentation.

Brief description of the adopted methodology

Table of analysis Web research Measurements Collecting and processing of data Sources Organisation Contents Originality Workload

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….)/