Website: www.graspingclimate.net
Summary
The main goal of the project was to develop an understanding how use of energy impacts our environment and climate, and how our individual choices in everyday life are of importance for the future. This was done by inspiring and development of methods for educators to work with their pupils in thematic projects. Teknikens Hus is one of Sweden's largest and most renowned science centres. The complementary knowledge and experience in the partnership between Norrbottens Energikontor (NENET) and Teknikens Hus in Sweden, NEF in the UK and RAEE in France made it possible to carry out the task in a successful way. The combination of exhibitions, training of teachers and pupils with new pedagogic methods has been really successful in the three participating regions in three countries. All together there has been successful and established pedagogic methods of combining interactive exhibition and dramas together with theory and practical experiments will be used as a model. The National Energy Foundation in UK is more specialised in teaching children about energy issues and complement therefore Teknikens Hus in a good way. Interactive exhibitions and dramas will be set up. After the project period it will be possible for others to rent the exhibitions. A teacher inspirational guide, in English and Swedish, summarising experiences and ideas collected during the project will be produced.
Results
In the three participating countries the exhibition has really been a success, more then 123 000 visitors during the period of about six month. And the exhibitions are still attracting people long after the project is finalized. In Sweden the exhibition is booked in different cities for some years forward.
New pedagogic tools were used in the project for example interactive dramas and role-plays with more than 7000 pupils with good results. And more then 10700 pupils has been activated in other pedagogic activities. Based on experiences in the project an inspirational guidebook for teachers was produced in Swedish, English and French with contribution from all project partners. The guidebook is focussed on that it should be fun to work with comprehensive subjects and for the whole humanity important issues like climate and lifestyle. The guidebook has been disseminated to teachers in the three participating countries.
Norrbottens Energikontor (NENET) together with Teknikens Hus won the County Councils annual environmental award for the most important work for the environment in the county of Norrbotten for the project "Grasping Climate" in 2005
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: Biomass & Bioenergy
: Citizens
: Cooling
: District Heating
: Education
: Energy Efficiency
: Geothermal Energy
: Heat/Heating
: Households
: Hydropower
: Lighting
: Local Government
: ManagEnergy
: Photovoltaics
: Regional Government
: Schools & Colleges
: Solar Thermal
: Sustainable Communities
: Sustainable Development
: User behaviour
: Wind Energy
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