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Settings of Azores                      

Settings, decided during our preparation meeting 

in Arrifes (Sao Miguel, Azores), January 2001

I. Settings of our water-ecosystems 

I.1. Geography

·        Creating maps (ecosystem)

·        Coordinates (longitude ...)

·        Cause of pollution

·        Effect of pollution

I.2. Chemistry

   Dates:  1st week of October 2001, 1st week of February 2002, 2nd week of April 2002, Last week of May 2002 (1st  week of June  (Hungary), Last week of June 2002 (if possible)

Checkpoints:  every school has got a maximum of three checkpoints for this project

Problem: Not every school can buy all the necessary chemicals, Holidays in every country

 

Compulsory analysis (every school, same date)

Additional analysis (if possible)

·         Phosphate

·         Ammonium

·         pH

·         Carbonate

·         Nitrate

·         Chloride

·         Nitrite

·         Sulphate

·         solved Oxygen 

·         Organic Components (Benzoic, Petrol, Toluol,)

I.3. Biology

Compulsory analysis (every school)

 

·         Phytoplancton & Zooplancton (date: October 2001, April 2002, June 2002)

·         Mammals (deadline: June 2002)

·         Insects (Flies, Mosquitoes ...) (date: autumn 2001, spring 2002)

·         Waterplants (deadline: June 2002)

·         other invertebrates (deadline: June 2002)

·         Water based plants (deadline: June 2002)

·         Fish & Birds, (vertebrates) (deadline: June 2002)

 

I.4. Physics

 Dates:             1st week of October 2001, 1st week of February 2002, 2nd week of April 2002, Last week of May 2002 (1st week of June (Hungary), Last week of June 2002 (if possible)

 

Compulsory analysis (every school)

 

·         Temperature

·         Velocity (Speed)

·         Electrical conductivity 

·         Transparency 

I.5. History

 Deadline:             

·         Changes in the history (historical maps)

·         Human influence / Use of the water

·         People around the water

 

I.6. Arts

·         Photo-collage

·        Pictures of the water-systems, drawn by the students


II. Possible action

II.1. Project- Newspaper

structure of the newspaper:

 

 

 

International part (English)

 

 

 

 

 

national language part

 

 

 

International part (English)

 

 

 

International part (English)

 

 

 

 

International part (English)

 

 

 

 

national language part

responsible school: not the German school, ??? (decision in Spain, 2002)

II.2. Final product

-        5 brochures in the own languages, with short information about the other eco-systems

-          suggestion: 2 brochures of Monumento Natural “Los Barruecos” (Spain) and Ininerário ambiental: Explorando os Ginetes (Portugal) 

January 15th, 2001

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