COMENIUS PROJECTRenewable Energy,

a challenge for the future?INTEGRATION into the CURRICULUM

Lycée Maurice RAVELEnseignement général

2NDE générale (16 years old)

1ères litterature 1ères Economy

1ères sciences (17 years old)

terminale sciences

(18 years old)

BACCALAUREAT

Terminale Economy

Terminale litterature

2NDE générale (16 years old)

Time table:Mathematics: 4 hoursFrench: 4 hoursEnglish: 3 hours Spanish: 2 hoursHistory and Geography: 3 hoursPhysic and Chemistry: 3 hoursSVT (biology and geology): 1,5 hourSport: 2 hoursJuridic and civic Education: 0,5 hour

Options in choice:Economic sciences: 2 hoursMeasurements in physic and computers: 3 hoursBilingual section (Basque): 3 hoursEuropean section (Spanish): 3hours

2NDE générale (16 years old)

4/6 classes involvedEuropean section

International sectionMPI sectionClassical section

Themes involved:Physic and ChemistryBiology and geologyEnglishFrenchSpanishMPIBasque

2NDE générale (16 years old)

2009/2010

ACTIVITIES

subject hrs pupils

English 3 20 Knowledge of the school: presentation of the region, the high school and the timetable and the activities practised at the high school. (C)

BasqueEnglish

32 Knowledge of the Basque country; video realized with a comment in Basque and under titration in English by 2nde bilingual Basque. (C)

French 8 35 Writing of fantastic short stories on the theme of the renewable energies, the ecological problems and the human behavior to protect the Earth.

PHYSICSENGLISH

6 16 Knowledge of the various forms of the energy: definitions, primary and secondary energies, fossil and renewable fuels, energetic chain of the producer to the consumer, the part of the renewable energies in the power production in France. Work made in class of 2nde MPI with realization of a presentation in English. (C)

PHYSICS

2 16 Survey on the energy consumption coordinated by Germany: text of the survey rewriten and adapted to the local situation. Realized by the pupils of 2nde MPI. (C)

Physics

6 16 February 2010

Measure of the necessary electrical energy to warm a quantity of water and comparison of the energy performances of various bowls. Scientific approach of investigation (2nde MPI)

t (ks)0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5

P (W)

2

4

6

8

10

12

T (°C)

10

20

30

40T : Température

P: Puissance électriqueP = 12,2W

22.04

0.002745

49.62

3.577

t (ks)0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5

T (°C)

5

10

15

20

25

30

P (W)

2

4

6

8

T: température

P: puissance électriqueP=9,1W

21.15

0.000

32.62

3.552

Récipient Non isolé isoléMasse d’eau (kg) 0,200 0,200Durée (s) 3575 3552Température mini (°C)

21,15 22,04

Température maxi (°C)32,62 49,62

Quantité de chaleur reçue par l’eau (J)ΔQ = m×c×(θ2-θ1) en J avec m en kg,c chaleur massique de l’eau c = 4180 J. kg-1. °C-1

9588 23060

Puissance électrique (W)P = U×IU en V et I en A

9,1 12,2

Energie électrique (J)W = P×Δt 32500 43300

Rendement du calorimètreEnergie utile/Energie reçue

29,5 % 53,3%

Energie électrique nécessaire par °C (J) 2830 1570

FrenchEnglishSpanish

2/week 30 Satiric Theatrical performance on the daily behavior harmful to the environment (in particular connected to the wasting of energy): creation of a trilingual representation (French, English, Spanish) from texts of authors, translations and pupils' texts (class of 2nde European ).

PHYSICS

6 16 Conference on the renewable energies with a professor (teaching and research) of the ESTIA (engineering school): classes of 2nde, 2nde MPI, 1S (C)

RENEWABLE ENERGIES

TODAY AND TOMORROW

12 April 2010

Octavian CUREA

SVTEnglish

1.5 35 Presentation about the climate change realized in French and in English within the framework of the thematic studies of the life science curriculum. (C)

PhysicsSVTBasque

1.5 90 Interactive Visit of an exhibition " ECOCITOYENS " organized by the association of the botanical garden of Saint Jean de Luz: raising awareness of the pupils of 2nde ( 3 concerned classes) to the causes and the effects of the climate change in Aquitaine. Questionnaire realized in association with the presenter: Oral presentations of the results. Activity realized in French (2nde "classic") and in Basque ( bilingual class).

1ère Sciences (17 years old)

Time table:Mathematics: 4 hoursFrench: 4 hoursEnglish: 3 hours Spanish: 2 hoursHistory and Geography: 3 hoursPhysic and Chemistry: 4,5 hoursSVT (biology and geology): 4 hourSport: 2 hoursJuridic and civic Education: 0,5 hour

TPE 2/week 4 Knowledge of the renewable energies:

the hydro power in France and in the Basque country. Presentation realized by a group of pupils of 1st class within the framework of the TPE in French and in English. (C)Visit of a hydroelectric plant at a private individual to Banca ( 64 ). Realization of a video.Meeting of a professor (teaching and research) of the ESTIA (engineering school of Bidart (64)) specialist of the renewable energies: arrangement of the ancient mills.

TPE 2/week 2 Knowledge of the renewable energies:

study of the pile with Hydrogen and its integration in a system associated with the photovoltaic solar energy for an energy autonomy: presentation realized by a group of pupils within the framework of the TPE in French and in English. (C)

PhysicsSVTEnglishTPE

2/Week 20 Are renewable energies a longlife and sustainable solution?

Presentations realized by 5 groups of pupils of 1st class within the framework of the TPE in French and in English. (C) the hydro power in France and in the Basque

country: Visit of a hydroelectric private plant at Banca ( 64 ). Realization of a video.

Storage of CO2: meeting with an ingeneer. Lithium Battery, a solution for the future?:

meeting with a journalist of the local newspaper who wrote an article about the lithium production in Bolivia and the politic and economic consequences.

Photovoltaic panels. Windmills, clean Energy?

1ère Economy (17 years old)

Time table:Mathematics: 4 hoursFrench: 4 hoursEnglish: 3 hours Spanish: 2 hoursHistory and Geography: 3 hoursEconomy and Sociology: 4 hoursSVT (biology and geology): 1,5 hourSport: 2 hoursJuridic and civic Education: 0,5 hour

Economic sciences

2 30 Writing an Inquiry about knowledge of renewable energy and improvement in behavior (C).Inquiry finalized in Salamanca with Spanish pupils.

PhysicsSVT

2 20 Conference with “Lacq Odyssée”: “Towards responsible architecture”.

CONCLUSION

The first year of the project was very busy.We find it was difficult to coordinate all the activities with all the teachers involved in the project. It was necessary to take extra time with the pupils to coordinate their activities: they felt it was too much so they were not very motivated to work during an extra time.Most of the teachers didn’t want to go on because of the extra work.English teachers were not motivated by the project except the training teachers who gave us a help.

We decided to reduce the group of pupils and to focus on one activity which was easy to integrate into the curriculum and into the time table.This activty (TPE) was important for their final exam and gave them a mark included in the baccalaureat.

FOR THE FUTURE

Since 2010, new programs are developped. Energy and sustainable development are integrated into the sciences curriculae.Exploration subjects like « Scientist Methodes and Practices » and « personalized help » are suitable to work on this kind of project with pupils during lessons.In the future, this kind of project will be integrated into the curriculum so it will be easier to motivate teachers and pupils.