The project consists of three main activities. During these, children should be encouraged to explore their own interpretations of nature and explain their own personal connections without influence from teachers.
Cultural ExchangeEach school pair will communicate in a private Facebook group. First, each pair will conduct an ice-breaker to get to know the other school and country. If agreed on, each class can prepare short videos of children answering these questions. They will then move on to sharing photographs and artwork from the first two activities, along with the associated recordings or text. After viewing the posts from the other class, they can follow a list of suggested questions to discuss what they've seen and learned about the other country.
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Photography
Each child will be given the opportunity to photograph nature around the school or their home. Children should be encouraged to think about nature and what they consider to be part of nature. For example, photographs might include animals, plants, fungi, particular locations or other items that the children consider to be part of nature. Each child is then to select one or two photos that mean the most to them and the teacher will make a short recording (either video or voice only) of them answering a few questions. Children may write or type their answers if they prefer.
Art
Each child will create a piece of artwork (any media) with the theme 'My Ideal Time in Nature'. This can be of a real experience they've had, or as imaginative as they like. For example, it may be a real place they've visited, flying through the air with birds, or a particular animal they like. Each child will then answer a few questions about their artwork.
Cultural Exchange
Each school pair will communicate in a private Facebook group. First, each pair will conduct an ice-breaker to get to know the other school and country. If agreed on, each class can prepare short videos of children answering these questions. They will then move on to sharing photographs and artwork from the first two activities, along with the associated recordings or text. After viewing the posts from the other class, they can follow a list of suggested questions to discuss what they've seen and learned about the other country.