Al c2 h6 ol

Al C2 H6 OL

What contributed to the success of this

project?

Annual Conference 2013

Lisboa14 March – 16 March

2013

Paulien du FosseNathalie Sherri

Mariangela BielliOdile Belrose

FlexibleCross curricular

Active roleof students

FlexibleIt can be broken up into modules or expanded and adjusted to syllabuses or age levels. The project framework can be transferred to any topic.

Cross curricularThe project is actually cross curricular and integrates Science (syllabus and lab activities, e.g. experiments) Art (campaign), English (communication with partners), Health Education. Many teachers cooperate.

MotivatingStudents share and exchange opinions in the blog and they practice team working.

Flexible- Be flexible: everybody

has to deal with his/her own syllabus, lesson programme and school situation.

- What you already do in regular lessons

- Exchange and stay open to other new activities

Cross curricular:

Art

Chemistry

Biology, English, ICT

Students steer their own learning process:After teaching the theory:- Ask students what

they think is the most annoying effect of alcohol

- Let them think of ways to warn their peers for those effects

- Let students interact in any possible way

Alcohol SurveyConsumption of alcohol

amongst European teenagers.

Survey

Aim Of the survey:• Maltese Biology students need to

carry out a scientific investigation as part of their final GCSE exam.

• It entails a lot of work, so it has to be interesting enough to motivate them to complete it in an appropriate way.

• Alcohol is an innovative topic that arouses interest amongst all teenagers.

The survey was set online to facilitate communication amongst all partner schools.

It was anonymous to ensure privacy and freedom of expression.

After the survey was analysed, all schools commented on the results obtained.

The survey300 European teenagers

answered the survey

Some of the results obtained:

The students’ work:

It encourages collaboration and teamwork amongst all students.

It improves their creativity, evaluation and analysis skills.

It changes and improves their abilities, knowledge and attitudes.

It helps students to work within a time frame, and to manage tasks better.

The survey &

eTwinningWhy is it an advantage to work through an eTwinning project?

Al C2 H6 OL

How did we manage to work together?

ExperimentsUse each other’s material in the

lessons

Feedback

Aim of the experiments:

• Italian students carry out a scientific investigation as part of their biology curriculum and possibly of their final exam.

• They use the CLIL methodology to share with partners and so they study biology in English. This is a motivating way to study part of the curriculum.

• Our lab is not well equipped so we use experiments carried out by our Maltese partners as a brainstorming or an introduction to the lesson.

ObservationsPupils investigated how alcohol is produced. They discovered yeast. In France pictures has been taken and other students had to guess what it was…The others countries went on with experiments.

Yeast Scientific investigation

across countries

A picture is uploaded in the TwinSpace

Students are asked to guess what it is

They exchange opinions in the blog

GuessingAnother way to

interact and stimulate curiosity

..and here is the answer!

Results

Results:Students improved their knowledge, skills and

attitudes.

Questions?

Paulien du FosseNathalie Sherri

Mariangela BielliOdile Belrose

Annual Conference 2013Lisboa

14 March – 16 March 2013