Plastic-free school network: – English online course for the Environment
This course is online, free of charge and proposes a series of lessons covering the micro-language and associated grammar on the theme of environmental topics to allow participating schools and teachers to communicate with colleagues from other European countries about their activities and transfer the micro-language to children. The course is for adult learners who don’t feel confident enough in communicating and who need to build their vocabulary and practice their grammar. The topic area is vast and so the course has been divided into eight main topic areas (see scheme), each of which contains a number of sub-topics which will provide the topics for the micro-language. Topics will be chosen from the different areas on a rotating basis. Each lesson will be 2 hours – 1.5 hours linguistic aspects of the topic + 30min discussion to be delivered on-line and will deal with a particular sub-topic. Each lesson will use the opportunity provided by the subject matter to cover relevant micro-language and associated grammar forms for teachers involved in the project activities and who are taking part in the school plastic free movement. All the participants will receive a participation certificate based on the number of hours of attendance. Under less than 75% of the hours they will not receive any certificate. The certificate will be emitted by Polo Europeo della Conoscenza, the Project’s coordinator Organization, a Public body in Italy and It is valid as training credit. For those requiring we will prepare also the europass certificate.
Note: This course is only open to all the teachers who are willing to join the Plastic-Free Schools network.
The total duration is 16 meetings online for teachers .
|
Session |
Month 2021/22 |
Date |
time |
Macro area |
Sub-topic |
|
1 |
April 2021 |
13 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Modern life | Technology in everyday life |
|
2 |
April |
26 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Waste | Reduce reuse recycle replace |
|
3 |
May |
3 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Energy | Global warming |
|
4 |
May |
18 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Conservation | Ecosystems |
|
5 |
May |
25 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Technology | Plastics- microplastics |
|
6 |
June |
7 |
17:00-19.00 Rome time |
Climate Interactive En-Roads tool | Climate change |
|
|
July |
|
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|
|
August |
|
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|
7 |
September 2021 |
6 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Pollution | Pollution |
|
8 |
September 2021 |
20 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Energy |
Global warming |
|
9 |
October 2021 |
4 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Technology |
Plastics - microplastics |
|
10 |
October 2021 |
18 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Modern life |
Sustainable cities: transport, gardens |
|
11 |
November |
8 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Conservation |
Interconnectivity |
|
12 |
November |
22 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Energy |
Greenhouse gases |
|
13 |
December |
13 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Conservation |
Invasive species |
|
14 |
December |
20 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
The use of land | Food production |
|
15 |
January 2022 |
10 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Waste | Biodegradability |
|
16 |
January 2022 |
24 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Water | water scarcity |
|
17 |
February 2022 |
7 |
16.30-18.30 Rome time |
Modern life | Local action |
The course will be delivered by Dr. Gordon Kennedy Ph.D., freelance science educator with broad experience in teaching adults and students.
To join the course please fill the form here. All the participants will be added to the school plastic-free movement googlegroup and to join our community on Viber. Further communication will be available by email.
1st lesson April 13th, 2021 4.30 pm
Modern life – Technology in everyday life
2nd lesson April 29th, 2021 4.30 pm
Modern life – Technology in everyday life (food and tools)
3rd lesson May 3rd 2021 4.30 pm
Waste – Reduce reuse recycle replace
4th lesson May 18th 2021 4.30 pm
Waste – recycle
Ecosystems
5th lesson May 25th 2021 4.30 pm
Ecosystems 2 part
6th lesson June 7th 2021 5.00 pm
Climate Interactive En-Roads
Links related to Climate Interactive En-Roads:
En-ROADS is a transparent, freely-available policy simulation model that gives everyone the chance to design their own scenarios to limit future global warming.
En-Roads User Guide: Open here
Roads web site: Open Here
7th lesson 6th September 2021 4.30 pm
Pollution
8th leeson 20th Sptember 2021 4.30 pm
Pollution – Energy – Global warming
9th lesson October 4th 2021 4.30 pm
Energy – Global warming (part 2)
10th lesson October 18th 4.30 pm
Energy – Global warming
Technology – Plastics and microplastics (part 1)
11th lesson November 8th 2021 4.30 pm
Technology – Plastics and microplastics (part 2)
Modern life – Sustainable cities: transport, gardens
12th lesson November 22nd 2021 4.30 pm
Modern life – Sustainable cities: transport, gardens (part 2)
13th lesson December 13th 2021 4.30 pm
Modern life – Sustainable cities: transport, gardens (part 3)
Conservation – Interconnectivity
14th lesson December 20th 2021 4.30 pm
Greenhouse gases – Climate models
15th lesson January 10th 2022 4.30 pm
Food production
16th lesson January 24th 2022 4.30 pm
Urban agriculture – Invasive species
17th lesson February 7th 2022 4.30 pm
Invasive species – overview of topics
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