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 * __Title:__ Sustainable Energy Plan**
 * It is about learning how to save energy and save environment as well**


 * //Age group: 12-16 Duration: 6 months//**

__**Pedagogical objectives**__ - Pupils learn to investigate the needs of their the partner school. - Pupils investigate the possibilities for renewable/sustainable energy resources (investigate the surroundings and the building(s), etc) - Puplis make a survey on ground for renewable sources of energy - Pupils design a solution in which they help their partner school to use renewable energy resources for the future.

__**Starting Activities**__ - Use some of the ice breaking activities and scientific chat to get the pupils familiar with each other. - Set up groups of four or five pupils in your class where each group forms a kind of independent consultancy agency, - Make a survey in public to investigate some opinions about renewable sources of energy. - Each group has as assignment to develop and present a realistic energy plan for the partner school using. Using the chat, forum and/or video conferencing to present and discus the outcomes. - Progress in monitored by updating a weblog by every group of pupils

__**Phase 1**__

- Investigate the level of energy use today in the school and wishes/needs for tomorrow. This is done using a questionnaire. The pupils of each school make the questionnaire. - Collect data by a survey ( asking various people, in a certain community, of different jobs and level of education about their own ideas of using and saving energy) - Once the questionnaires are ready and the data is collected, they are uploaded - Make sure that pupils/groups have to have their own access - Compare the questionnaires and the results of collected data and make a final version including all new questions.

__**Phase 2**__ - The partner school tries to find the answers to the questionnaire making a reply document, which is also uploaded. - The time and place is set for a chat in order to exchange the latest information and finding answers to the remaining questions.

__**Phase 3**__ - After the first exchange of information, both partners investigate how sustainable energy could be used for their own situation. - Different sources of energy and also levels of energy demand are investigated. - A general idea of the possibilities is to be developed in order to be able to judge the outcomes later - The groups could upload a PowerPoint Presentations about sources of sustainable energy (national/local)-

__**Phase 4**__

- Uploading this first concept and other documents - Setting up a chat to discuss this first concept using chat room and/or videoconferencing - Pupils are doing research on sustainable energy resources for the partner school and how these resources could be used in their plans to be developed. - This ends with a first concept, which is discussed with the partner school.

- Finalising the energy plan. - Upload the second version of the energy plan , - Set up a second chat/video meeting in order to discuss the changes.
 * __Phase 5__** : **//Conclusion//**

__**Phase 6**__ : **//Outcomes or evaluation//**

- Presentation of the final plan ( website or any other way) - Reactions and opinions (maybe even marks) are given from the students. - Students compare the outcome of the energy plan received with the outcomes of their own investigations - Upload the final plans - Present the plans using video conferencing or a slidecast if a real time meeting is out of the question

__**Follow up**__
 * - T**he energy plans suggested could be subject of an additional research assignment and checked for their cost and financial or economical value..