Project Details

Project Name:Sustainable growth: the

environment and its impact on economy

Name & Surname:- Eeva Pettinari

Address/Nation: ITALY

E-mail eevapettinari@yahoo.it

Profession: Teacher

Role in the initiative/project: tutor

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The project deals with pollution: causes and effects on health and on the
ecosystem, pollution etc.
A relevant part of the work deals with its economic impact and is an
active study of a possible idea for sustainable growth.
Objectives: development of the ability to analyse the territory on the
issue of pollution, a critical analysis of the correct behaviour citizens
could adopt and a possible idea for sustainable growth for the area under
scrutiny.
Subjects:; science.
Target: 1st and 2nd Degree secondary school of the Istituto Tecnico
Commerciale “Vittorio veneto”, Latina.
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Outline of the problem

What are the causes, characteristics and type of pollution and their
effects on human health?
What is the economic impact?
What are the hypothesis for sustainable growth?
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Objectives

Develop the ability to examine, study and analyse the hygienic and
health care shortcomings in a given territory
Knowledge of what citizens, institutions and environment associations
could do to prevent solid waste pollution.
Propose a hypothesis for sustainable growth for the area under scrutiny
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Activities, steps and timetable

Time: 2 months, divided as follows:

1st week: basic information on ecology
2nd week: drawing up of a questionnaire on hygienic, health care and
economic situation of the area
3rd and 4th week: data collection on pollution and lectures on waste
disposal techniques, separate collection of rubbish and sewage system,
videos, analysis of the economic network of the area.
5th week: visit of the area and to local businesses. Data collection.
6th and 7th week: written report;
8th week: meeting with the experts and final discussion.
9th week: preparation of a multimedia presentation
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Details

The project is divided into 7 stages: group work and result sharing will
begin from stage 3.
The activities will be carried out in chronological order.
Each group will be of 3 students
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Requirements

Know how to use software for:

Word processing
Image processing
Multimedia presentations
Internet
Have a computer at home with internet. Know the basics about economic
and environmental institutions.
These requirements are for each group as such and not to single
students.
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Technological Setting

Hardware
A computer at the Lab and in each of the students’ house*
A scanner
A printer
Software
Internet browser
Multimedia program
Image processing program
*At least one computer for each work group
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Abilities, introduced or consolidated

Write and format documents to develop a multimedia presentation

Add still or moving images, graphs and tables
Edit and proof-read texts
Assess material and search for new (data sheets, web sites, paper
documents etc)
Develop the presentation
Present the final work
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General Outline

The single items will be linked together.

collection of data on environmental pollution
pollution in other European countries
presentation of collected data with chats and diagrams
environmental impact on economy
analysis of cases of industrial pollution
debate on results achieved
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Log Book

Presentation of the project to the students

Students’ feasibility study outlining difficulties
Outline of possible difficulties
Teaching sessions, if needed, to deal with the difficulties arisen
Task assignment with the students
Setting up timetable for single tasks
Estimate of total tine needed (9 weeks)
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SWOT ANALYSIS

STRENGHTS (Focus on innovation)/

CRITICALITIES (Focus on barriers and difficulties)/

OPPORTUNITIES (Focus on added values)/

THREATS (Focus on limits of time, space, country….)/