The document outlines the activities of the Istituto Magistrale “Emilio Ainis” school in Messina, Italy regarding their 2009-2011 Comenius Programme on solar energy. It lists the school staff and student committee. It then describes the educational and laboratory activities conducted, including questionnaires on energy consumption, workshops on food traditions, and visits to solar plants. The activities explored topics like solar power systems historically and their economic impacts. Finally, it lists the partner schools involved in Italy, Cyprus, Turkey, Spain, France, Romania, and Germany.

1. BIOSE Bright Ideas On Solar Energy Multilateral Partnership LLP/Comenius Programme 2009/2011 2009-1-CY1-COM06-00472-5 - Istituto Magistrale “ Emilio Ainis” Messina - Italy

2. Classes: socio-psico-pedagogico, linguistico and scienze sociali European experiences: language stages (France, Spain and UK). European projects sponsored by FSE.

3. Staff 1 Headmaster: Prof. Elio Parisi Bursar: dott. Leonarda (Lea) Ilardo Stazzone School chart (POF) Prof. Cetti De Luca European Projects Area: Prof. Amina Zavan Photo shy Photo shy

4. Teresa D’Andrea Rosa Marchese Eugenio Cianflone Staff 2 Teachers Nadia Egi Photo shy Logo to be Maria Santoro

5. Staff 3 Students

6. Students’ committee Galletta Giada Puleo Anna Maria PRESIDENT Bombaci G. Naomi Simone Venuto VICEPRESIDENT Graziella Veneziano Claudia Pisacane SECRETARY Claudio Iannello William Caruso BURSAR

7. Activities a.s. 2009/10 Educational actions Interdisciplinary paths: solar time/legal time in the world economic aspects of sustainable power and its diffusion in Europe comparison between solar-powered houses and traditional ones history and images of Helios, Amon and Apollo warming systems in Roman houses and public buildings sundial in Romanesque cathedrals influence of sun on plants and animal life.

8. Laboratorial activities Questionnaire implementation and data processing on power consumption in households Questionnaire administration, data count and graphic elaboration Logo implementation Photos/videos English translation of data

9. Research Interviews on power consumption life-styles Interviews to solar plants owners and State representatives Workshops on local traditions (food drying and preserving methods)

10. Study plan Meetings with experts of physics and of food - and – wine traditions Visit to the solar power plant in Adrano (CT) Visit to houses with solar plants Visit to a solar panel factory Visit to CNR (National Research Center) Advertising: school’s website and local media.

11. PARTNERS LANITEIO LYKEIO B’ - Limassol - CY (Coord.) IST. MAGISTRALE “E. AINIS” - Messina - IT ARSLANBEY FEVZIYE TEZCAN ATL ve EML - Kocaeli - TR IES SIERRA DE GADOR - Berja - ES LYCEE POLYVALENT LOUIS ARMAND - Nogent-sur-Marne - FR COLEGIUL TEHNIC “ IULIU MANIU” - Simleu Silvaniei - RO FRANZ-JURGENS-BERUFSKOLLEG - Dusseldorf - DE