A MAGNIFYING GLASS ON SAINT-VINCENT

Author: class III B, I.S. Abbé Trèves - St. Vincent, Valle d’Aosta (IT)
PARTNER: class III A, I.S. Abbé Trèves - St. Vincent, Valle d’Aosta (IT);
class V, IC Bosco Chiesanuova, Corbiolo, Verona (IT)

Introduction

From the website: St.Vincent, its flora and fauna in the pupils' drawings (own photo)

Our class aims to inform the fellow pupils in Corbiolo about the flora and fauna of the territory of Saint-Vincent in order to intrigue and encourage them to visit our region.

Learning Objectives

Key competences for citizenship (EU) - cultural knowledge and expression: learning how to learn
Civic education: acquiring information and developing a critical spirit on environmental education issues
Civic education: knowing the main rules of behaviour and respect that protect the natural environment
Science: understanding current scientific issues and adopting responsible behaviour
Science: to know the flora and fauna of the area and how to behave to preserve it
Langue : produire des textes multilingues de différents types en fonction de différents objectifs de communication
Technology: to use the most common technologies by identifying potentially useful solutions in a given application context from the study activity; to know and use information and communication tools
Technology: conoscere e utilizzare strumenti informatici e di comunicazione
Technology: building a magic cube with images about the biodiversity of our territory

Task

Process

To accomplish this task, the work will be divided into several phases:

1. Understand that a mini website is built with digital hardware

locate where to find information
learn how to select and save links

This phase will be conducted by teachers with the whole class using an integrated educational approach, it provides for the use of the interactive whiteboard and guided navigation and the selection of websites.

2. The class is divided into study groups that will refer to the resources and materials provided by their teachers

GROUP A: seek information concerning the flora and fauna of the territory of Saint-Vincent
GROUP B: research the behaviours that we must adopt to preserve biodiversity

This phase takes place in the computer room where each pupil will use the computer for guided navigation on within the websites provided by the teachers. Each student will bring to the group the information they have found.

3. Learn how to realise a web minisite

This phase is conducted by the teachers with the whole class using an integrated educational approach, through the view of a tutorial and the use of the interactive whiteboard.

4. Creation of the mini website

Group work: coordinated by their teachers, the groups will participate in the design and implementation of multimedia according to the assigned tasks.

The mini website must included of the following parts:

a cover with the title of the activity and the class it concerns
a menu of topics covered
the themes:
- the flora and fauna of the territory of Saint-Vincent
- the protection of the ecosystem, i.e. the behaviour that we must exhibit in order to preserve biodiversity.

5. Building of the Magic Cube: “The Nature Box”. Individual Work

Evaluation

Knowledge acquired

Getting to know the territory's biodiversity
Knowing the virtuous behaviours to preserve biodiversity

Skills acquired

Ability to search for information on selected websites
Use of the information found
Use of the most common technologies
Making an object by explaining the process steps

Competences acquired

Cultural skills
Social skills

The evaluation of the work completed is based on:

Teachers' observation of the students during the different steps
Compilation of assessment headings on the development of cultural and social skills
Final assessment questionnaire

Conclusion