Finnish school contributions to "Climate Protection and Energy Saving"

Subproject work plan

1) Name of the school: Pieksämäki upper secondary school

 2) Title of the subproject: Energy production, energy saving and climate protection in Pieksämäki
 

3) Participants:

a) Teachers
 

- Mr Mikko Laakso, biology, school coordinator
- Mr Heikki Aspegren, biology, geography, environmental science
- Mr Ari Kallio, art, religion
- Mr lipo Kaunisto, mathematics, automatic data processing
- Ms Pirjo Koukkari, physical and health education
- Mrs Maiju Laakso, geography, biology, environmental science
- Ms Sanna Liukkonen, English, Russian
- Mr Heikki Myllyluoma, psychology, religion
- Mr Juhani Pakarinen, physics, chemistry
- Mr Tommi Pantzar, physical and health education, psychology
- Mr Jyrki Ruotsalainen, physics, mathematics
- Mr llpo Turunen, automatic data processing, mathematics, physics
- Ms Marianne Tyrväinen, Finnish, oral communication

 

 - some 80 pupils from grades 1 to 4
 

4) Schedule

As a part of the subproject, a lichen survey was carried out in Pieksämäki by a group of 2nd and 3rd grade pupils in spring 97. The purpose of the survey was to evaluate the air quality of Pieksämäki by comparing the results with those of a similar survey from 1988.

Small projects 1 - 8 will be implemented in August - November 97, numbers, 9 and 10 in October - November 97.
 

5) Implementation

The subproject will be implemented in the form of 1 1 small projects integrated in the school curriculum and carried out by teams of 2 - 30 pupils. The 3 evaluation / documentation steps will be implemented as scheduied by the Coordinator. The processes and outcomes will be reported in writing and as posters where applicable.

The small projects are:
 
 

- team 1: the significance of bogs to climate protection and energy saving; climatic impacts of natural vs. ditched bogs; economic impacts of using bog peat as a fuel
- team 2: the significance of forest ecosystems to climate protection and energy        saving
- team 3: waste recycling at the school: present state and areas of improvement; survey and improvement plan
- team 4: the environmental impacts of the 2 (thermal and electric) power plants run by the Pieksämäki Energy Company (see also No. 1 0)
- team 5: bird migration survey; migratory birds and energy saving
- team 6: green house effect
- team 7: atmospheric ozone and life
- team 8: the Moilanen Bakery; energy consumption and waste management; the life cycle of bread
- team 9: energy consumption with different means of travelling to and from school; survey and energy efficiency analyses; energy saving plan
- team 10: air pollution and fallouts in the vicinity of the 2 power plants (see No. 4)
- team 11: lichen survey (see above)  

 Gathering and analysing of information will be based on the following sources and methods: 
- literature, Internet, interviewe, inquiries, diaries, observations, company visits, measurements, computing