The Comenius Project (2012-2014) focused on environmental preservation through various activities, involving multiple countries and participants, including teachers and students. Key initiatives included the creation of e-books, joint exhibitions, guided tours, and competitions related to local landscapes and sustainability practices. The project also aimed to enhance curriculum content on environmental education and responsible living, fostering collaboration and creativity among students across Europe.

1. Comenius Project 2012-2014
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2. Meeting Lonate Pozzolo
14-20 October 2012
GUESTS: 14 teachers – 8 students

3. Meeting Nivala (Finland)
21-25 January 2013
Mobilities: 3 teachers – 4 students

4. Meeting Sliema – Malta 4-8
March 2013
Mobilities: 2 teachers

5. Meeting Vigy – France
20-25 May 3013
Mobilities: 4 teachers – 10 students

6. Questionnaire
Link on the school website
Students : all
Teachers: all
Parents: most
Results shared with teachers

7. Project BLOG
http://comenius4p.wordpress.com/
Update and implementation:
Country/School pages
Lonate Meeting
Logo selection
Sustainable Christmas trees
Easter greetings and photos selection
Creative writing: Calligrams e-book
PPT Activities year 1
“Art and Landscape” e-book in progress

8. LOGO contest

9. Creative writing
Class 1A - 1B Secondary school
Final product : E-Book http://wp.me/P2PSv8-mF
http://issuu.com/mariagraziacardani/docs/calligrammi_1a_1b_all?mode=window
Final event at school: Exhibition of calligrams + matching poem in mother tongue and
English translation

10. Art and landscape
Let’s make our landscape
Objectives of the activity
•To guide students/children analyze the main aspects of
local/national landscape
•To promote the knowledge of local/national artistic
representation of the landscape
•To appreciate the benefits of a well preserved environment

11. Art and landscape
Class 2B Secondary school
Final product : Joint E-book
Final event at school: Exhibition of famous paintings or artworks
representing the local/national landscape + matching processed image
with children comment in mother tongue and English translation

12. Art and landscape

13. “Separate collection” project
Class 2C – Secondary
Final product: PPT and Game
Final event: exhibition and presentation of the activity to parents and to
the “University of the 3 ages” members (local cultural association)

14. Craft booklet
Class 2C - Secondary

15. Photo e-book
year 3 Classes – Secondary school
Selection of the 4 most relevant monuments or sites in town with
comment in Italian and English

16. Mapping “Via Gaggio”
• 2 guided tours with local guides to take pictures of the points
of interest
• Workgroup in class: searching the Internet and books for
historical/environmental information about Via Gaggio
• Selection of information and text writing
• Uploading texts and photos on the dedicated website
• QR code insertion (IT experts support)
Class 3A - Secondary school
Final product: Website dedicate do Gaggio road

17. Mapping “Via Gaggio”
Class 3 A - Secondary school
IT support : Gullp association
Final product: Logo and Website dedicated to “Gaggio road”
QR code linked to points of interest

18. The cleanest classroom
competition
Every day, at the end of the lessons, caretakers assess the cleanliness of the
classrooms
3 points : tidy room
2 points : almost tidy room
1 point : untidy room
A “pizza” for all the children in the tidiest class at the end of each school term.

19. Flower growing
in springtime

20. Horticulture in the classroom…

22. … and outside

23. Something left for
NEXT YEAR…

24. Adopt a site
Students ‘s City Council
Installing a sink and a
tap to make water
available

25. Revision of the ESD Curriculum
s.y. 2012-2013 - Primary
Class
Age
Activity
1^
6-7
Adopt a tree: two seasonal outings (autumn – spring) in
“Via del Gaggio”
2^
7-8
Little gardeners: realization of a small vegetable garden
in the schoolyard
3^
8-9
Let’s recycle: guided visit of the waste collection centre
4^
9-10
Energy: guided visit of the water purifier in
Sant’Antonino Ticino
5^
10-11
My Town: visit of Lonate Pozzolo; photo report;
processing of photos (worsen and improved)

26. Revision of the ESD Curriculum
s.y. 2012-2013 - Secondary
Class
Age
Science Information
Technology
Geography Mother tongue -
English
History Art Music
1°
10-11
Air, water,
land,
Ecosystems
Environmenta
l footprint
Renewable
resources.
Environmental
responsibility
Recycling and
disposal of
industrial
garbage
European
natural
environment.
Parks, protected
areas.
Woods,
deforestation,
Protection of
the territory
Protection and
promotion of
nature: reading
comprehension
/writing texts and
poems concerning
the protection and
promotion of
nature
Local
history:
The Gaggio
road and
the village
in the
Middle
Ages
Greek and
Roman Art.
Castles and
Monasteries
in the Middle
Ages
Acoustic
pollution

27. Revision of the ESD Curriculum
s.y. 2012-2013 – Secondary
Class
Age
Science Information
Technology
Geography Mother tongue -
English
History Art Music
2°
11-
12
Food and
diets
Agricultural
production
and respect
of harvest
time
Tag reading
Environmenta
l impact and
effects on
health
of the
modern agro
industrial
system.
Food
education:
Education for
a sustainable
food culture
Models and
lifestyles in
European
countries
Reading
comprehension
/writing texts and
poems concerning
the cross curricular
subjects
Local
history:
the Age of
Communes
and
the rural
culture.
The pre-
industrial
culture
The Roman,
Gothic and
Renaissance
art in the
surrounding
area

28. Revision of the ESD Curriculum
s.y. 2012-2013 - Secondary
Class
Age
Science Information
Technology
Geography Mother tongue -
English
History Art Music
3°
12-13
Bio-
technolo
gy
OGM
Radio-
activity
Pollution
Costs of the
different
energy
sources.
Energy
saving
World.
Extra-European
environment.
Development
and under
development.
Globalization
Reading
comprehension
/writing texts
and poems
concerning the
cross curricular
subjects
Local history:
the 19th and
20th century.
History of
aviation. The
“Field of the
promise” and
the birth of
Malpensa
airport.
Industrial
settlements in
the area
Painters and
artists of the
19th and 20th
century in the
surrounding
area

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It has been a great pleasure to work with each of you!
Thanks for such a pleasant cooperation!