Gymnasium Harksheide
(Grammar school)
Falkenbergstrasse 25
D 22844 Norderstedt
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany


project plan "Climate protection and energy saving"  

survey

timetable 

contents and topics 

results and materials 


Survey::

period:
                    August to November 1997 (to be continued in another context)
 
Learning group:

                   11th form: 24 pupils (16 to 18 years old)

Teachers and subjects (the subjects underlined are engaged in the project):

Kathrin Lentz (geography /English language)
Ralf Borutta (physic / methods / mathematics)
Manfred Steingräber (ethics|religion /history / Russian language)
Gerd Clasen (geography /economy and politics /history)
 


timetable

phase I:

Introduction and information acquisition

Preparation of the project days

August/September 1997

 

phase II:

Project "energy saving at Gymnasium Harksheide"

4 Project days before autumn holidays (29.09 - 02.10.1997)

1 Project day soon after autumn holidays (24.10.1997)

 

phase III:

Reworking and publication of the results (poster exhibition - homepage)

establishing of contact and communication by Internet with the others schools involved in the BEENET project

October/November 1997 

 

phase IV:

Transfer of the energy saving project to the entire school

Starting October 1997


contents and topics  

phase 1 

phase 2 

phase 3 

phase 4 

  Phase I: cross curriculum teaching and information acquisition (no timetable!)  

Geography / economy and politics

Physics and methods instruction

Religion / ethic

History

(1 hr.) 

subjects of geoecology

     
(2 hrs.) 

Introduction of the project  

subjects, teachers, intentions and projects 

discussion  

(2 hrs.) 

Introduction of the project 

subjects, teachers, intentions and projects 

 discussion

(2 hrs.) 

Introduction of the project  

subjects, teachers, intentions and projects 

 discussion

(2 hrs.) 

Introduction of the project (2 hrs.) 

subjects, teachers, intentions and projects 

 discussion

(2 hrs.) 

Greenhouse effect 

  • natural / man made greenhouse effect
  • radiation balance of earth 
(8Hrs.) 

Energy: 

  • what is energy; a short consideration of the history of energy 
  • units and orders of energy
  • examples for wining of power by "man power"
  • energy transformation / degradation of energy + problems
  • power generation / efficacy / examples
  • primary and secondary energy
values and sentiments of natural living nations 
  • speech of the Standing Bear
(2 hrs.) 

problem discussion 

climate as a possible factor for modifications in history and culture 

  • examples from different eras 
(1 hr.) 

radiation balance of earth 

  • absorption, reverberation, Albedo
  • greenhouse effect: squash
(7 hrs.) 

electric energy: 

  • formulae and units / orders 
  • pupils practice: energy and tension measurement, energy calculation
  • calculations on energy transfer (variation with volt, line cleared down)
Occidental - Christian understanding of nature 
  • environmental pollution through mass animal keeping, mono culture, waste and emissions
  • the destruction of the forests and desertification

 

(2 hrs.) 

Critics to written sources 

Early writings about climate and history 

  • possibilities of reconstruction of former climates and their effects on the history of man
(4 hr.) 

teamwork: results of the greenhouse effect 

Topics: 

  • sea level rise: Netherlands and Germany
  • sea level rise: Bangladesh and Maldives
  • USA: agriculture
  • oceans: Gulf Stream
  • climate archaeology: RIP/Greenland
  • Arctic/Oetzi
  • forest/ecological systems
( 2 h ) 

light: 

  • formula and unit of the luminous excitance
  • DIN-standard to the training room light increase
  • measuring instrument for determination of luminous excitances
the Christian antropocentrism and the destruction of nature 

 

4 hrs.) 

The climate in the beginning of the history of mankind  

  • Ice Age and life of the prehistoric men
  • Old Stone Age
  • New Stone Age
  • Origin of city culture

  

  

 

  ( 6 hrs. ) 

Heat energy: 

  • formula and unit of heat energy
  • lagging regulations as result of the oil crisis
  • building sins of the past / contemporary low energy design
  • ventilation / oven control
  • gross calorific value initiative in Hamburg
The spiritual and historical evolution from the early nations to the Greeks and the Romans 

 

(2 hrs.) 

Environmental awareness and environmental behaviour in the antiquity 

  • survey over Greek history 
 (1 hr.) 

The reasons of the greenhouse effect 

  • carbon circuit
   The Jewish anthropocentrism  
  •  the different narration's on the Creation in the bible
 (2 hrs.) 

Athens 

  • case study: wood for Athens ships
 (1 hr.) 

traffic as a main reason the greenhouse effect 

  • transport links of a strawberry yoghurt
     
  

(1 hr.) 

same emission rights for all people? 

  • the conflict between industry and less developed countries (the example the car)
  • the problem of "development"
  • Eco - colonialism 
     
 (2hrs.) 

International climate politics: 

  • evolution up to the conference of Rio de Janeiro; Climate convention; agenda 21
     
(1 hr.) 

National climate politics: 

  • measures and regulations by the Federal Government to protect the climate  
     
(1 hr.) 

regional and local climate politics: 

  • climate alliances
     
(2 hrs.) 

calculation of the CO2-emissionen of the pupils 

  • software "your personal CO2 balance"
     

Phase II: Project "energy saving at the Gymnasium Harksheide" four project days (29.9 - 02.10.1997)  

Subproject 1

Subproject 2

Develoment of an advertising strategy for an energy saving project at the Gymnasium Harksheide 

Documentation of the subject area "climate protection and energy saving" - preparation of an exhibition   

Evaluating the energy saving potential at the Gymnasium Harksheide 

Information about modern heating and lighting engineering 

Temperature, light and energy measurements - data acquisition

  Project day 24.10.1997  

starting an energy saving project at the Gymnasium Harksheide information of the school public 

Phase III:

Phase IV:


© Gerd Clasen Oct. 19th, 1997