2017-2018: Urban Garden

Hi everyone!

La Trama school has been enrolled in a new e-Twinning* project. That is the "URBAN GARDEN" where many countries are going to share with us different materials. All of them will have to be in English due to the fact that all of us speak different languages.
This time is the URBAN GARDEN PROJECT where Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Moldovia, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and Albania are going to share our ideas for making a greener planet. By the way, if you want to learn about those countries, tap on the image and find out about them.

*It's the community of schools in Europe. It was set up with the idea that by collaborating together and sharing practices the schools can develop meaninful skills. It makes learning more interesting and more fun, too.

The project aims are to create an urban garden in a space dedicated to school. The eye will be turned both on the scientific study of the plants that will be cultivated, and on the respect of nature for the preservation of the planet.

OBJECTIVES

The objective is the development of the new 8 key competences in which the theme of the environment and sustainability are the main aims of this project.

ACTIVITIES

Common activities will be carried out with the partners following some steps:

-Survey of plants and trees present in the school garden

-Creation of a QR CODE for each plant, to catalog and explain it

-Sowing new plants

-Record of plant growth progress

-Production of jam or other products

-Product exchange with partner countries

-Creating a digital site, book or magazine

FINAL PRODUCT

There will be a well organized twinspace and documentation of all the activity through a dedicated website or digital magazines.

STARTING POINT

The school wants to become greener, so we encourage families to bring plants at school.

After that, our City celebrate "PARKING DAY" on September 21st. This celebration promotes healthy cities by doing different actions. Click on the photo and look at the samples.

Then, as a consequence, La Trama agrees to be enrolled in URBAN GARDEN project.

First, let's follow the plane to see the countries participating in this project:

Here you have the European flags

Now, we have to create a personal avatar and upload it in the padlet below. Remember that you have to introduce your name at the top of your post and some information about you. Look at the examples below:

Then, let's introduce students' presentations:

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE LOGO

LET'S DIVE INTO PLANTS TOPIC
It's Autumn, so let's find out why do leaves change their color in this season

By the way, do you know why leaves change their color in the Fall? We will find out through a reading and after that we will dive into this video:

Now, it is time to check basic vocabulary related to plants:

LOGOS FOR THE PROJECT

AND THE WINNER IS

Here you have this ppt to check what we are learning. After that, click here and review vocabulary.

Now, after introducing the power point in the English lessons, it is time to play a game related to Urban Garden Project ( code 942417) .

Just one important note, the game will ask you for your name. You can introduce a nickname if you do not want to use your real name. Also, if the game asks you for a mail, you will have to click on "skip for now" and you will play with any problem.

Also, here you have two puzzles. Let's do them! Click on the pics and have fun!

Searching about European countries involved at the very beginning (we finished the project 5 Countries, the ones with a star)
Republic of MOLDOVIA*
CROATIA
ITALY*
SERBIA
PORTUGAL
JORDAN *
TURKEY
ALBANIA
ROMANIA
SPAIN*
SLOVENIA
GREECE*

COVID-19 WEEKS' ACTIONS:
1) Draw the plants that you can see from your bedroom:

2) Reuse old t-shirts to reduce rubbish

3) Germinate lentils

Hi there, do you remember your project about plants? Yes, you are right, the Urban Garden Project. Along the first and second term, we learnt some facts about plants. Now, we are going to check our learnings by experimenting at home. We are going to become "lentils spies" (espíes de llenties ).

SPY

The experiment consists of placing around 50-60 gr of dried supermarket lentils in a jar and cover with water. The process is explained with photos in this power point. It's important you read it properly until the end.

How to germinate lentils at home from Inès Rosado

I was able to eat my sprouts in a salad. They were delicious. I encourage you to taste your buds, too.

STUDENTS' photos