1. An example of a
completed project
method concerning
the protection of the
forest ecosystem in B
class of Primary
school.
2. The project method
Is a study on a specific topic of which the designing,
the implementation and the evaluation are executed
by a group of students or the entire class.
3. Requirements
Differentiation of the roles both of the student and the
teacher.
Experiential approach of learning.
Group-centered learning process.
4. Objectives of the method
Students:
To participate actively in the learning process.
To practice in research.
To set goals and a frame of reference.
To promote communication and collaboration skills.
To develop creative and critical thinking.
6. The pain of this loss
and the deep anxiety
about our natural
environment and its
future created the
necessity for
awareness and
education about the
forest ecosystem, its
contribution to our
lives and its
protection.
7. Topic selection
Triggered by the major fires that destroyed large forest
areas across our country during August.
we expressed in class our feelings we all experienced
and our thoughts.
the children raised some initial questions and this was
the stimulus of the implementation of the work plan.
8. Team work
The class was divided into five groups.
Each group gave out roles to its members.
Each group chose its name and created the flag of the
team.
9. Exploration
Utilizing the teaching technique of brainstorming the
students mentioned whatever came to their minds
when hearing the word ‘’forest’’.
Their ideas were marked down on the board and were
classified in the form of a simple concept chart.
10. Designing the thematic units
What a forest is
What the forest gives us
Threats to the forest-forest protection
Fires in forest-causes
Consequences of deforestation
11. Designing the thematic units
Each group undertook to study a theme section of the
subject with which they got involved under the general
title: The secrets of the forest
12. Objectives of the project
The students:
To adopt positive attitudes towards the natural
environment.
To understand what the forest is and to discover its
value.
To understand the dangers threatening it.
To develop values and actions to protect the forest.
To enrich their experiences and develop critical skills
and creative thinking.
To collaborate in groups and communicate with each
other for shared goals and objectives.
13. Activities
We extracted information from books, magazines,
newspapers, the internet and the direct observation.
We went out in the forest, we observed the animals, we
collected leaves and we made herbaria.
Made posters and collages, wrote poems , made
questionnaires and assignments .
We planted plants in the classroom and we watched them
growing .
Each group presented its work to the whole class and to
other classes of co-located schools.
14. What a forest is
Name of the team:
Golden Eagles and Silver Nightingales
15. Animals living in a forest
Name of the team:
Golden Eagles and Silver Nightingales
16. What the forest gives to us
Name of the team
The Hares and the Does
