Baltic Environmental Education Network BEENET Consortium 2

Finnish school contributions to "Climate Protection and Energy Saving)2

Subproject work plan

1) Name of the school: Rantasalmi secondary school

2) Title of the subproject: Forest

3) Participants:

a) Teachers

          - Mr Jaakko Laukka, biology, school coordinator

- Mrs Airi Kianto, art
- Mr Josi Mikkilä, automatic data processing
- Mrs Ritva Taavitsainen, English & Swedish
- Mrs Raiii Vatanen, mathematics, physics, chemistry
 
b) Pupils - 8th grade, 22 pupils
- 9th grade, 13 pupils
 
4) Schedule

The subproject will be implemented during the autumn term 97 in two steps:

- period 1: August 1 1 - October 1
- period 2: October 2 - November 25
 

5) Implementation

The subproject will be implemented in the form of 2 optional courses embedded in the school curriculum and scheduled as above. The participants are divided into 8 teams. Each team is assigned a small project with a clear connection to both "Forest" and "Climate Protection and Energy Saving". The small projects are:

- team 1: general information on forests
- team 2: forest management
- team 3: harvesting and Transport of wood
- team 4: processes and environmental impacts of forestry
- team 5: ethics of forest utilisation
- team 6: multiple use of forests
- team 7: past, present and future aspects of forest utilisation
- team 8: recycling and reuse
The 3 evaluation / documentation steps will be implemented as scheduled by the Coordinator. The results of the teamwork will be documented and compiled in the form of an exhibition.
 

6) Methods

a) Period 1:

al) gathering information (literature, electronic databases, interviewe, measurements, research, field work)
a2) evaluating information (relevance, applicability)
a3) processing information (analysing, classifying, editing, writing)

b) Period 2:

bl) document (written reports, graphs, tables, pictures, etc.)
b2) displaying the work process and its outcome