1. Cooperation among schools Part four – Best practises from schools (at international level) Realized by MIHAI MADALINA – TEACHER AT SCHOOL NO.4 – RM. VALCEA MARANDICI TATIANA – TEACHER AT “C.N. MIRCEA CEL BATRAN”-RM. VALCEA

2. SCHOOL NR.4 RM. VALCEA COLLEGE “JOSEPH DELTEIL” ROMANIA LIMOUX - FRANCE SOCRATES – COMENIUS 1 “WATER-THE GOLD OF TOMORROW” 2004-2006 THIS PROJECT WAS REALISED WITH THE HELP OF A.N.P.C.D.E.F.P. - BUCHAREST

3. PARTICIPANTS 22 FRENCH STUDENTS FROM 13 TO 14 YEARS OLD; 22 ROMANIAN STUDENTS FROM 13 TO 14 YEARS OLD; 16 TEACHERS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL FROM ROMANIA AND FRANCE - GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PHISICS, ENGLISH, FRENCH, MATHEMATICS AREAS; THE LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS; PARENTS; LANGUAGES USED – FRENCH AND ENGLISH.

4. OBJECTIVES TO INCREASE THE MOTIVATION OF THE TARGET GROUP CONCERNING THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER RESOURCES IN OUR LIFE AND FOR FUTURE; TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO MANAGE AND TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT; TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ AND TEACHERS’ COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND CAPACITY TO WORK IN A TEAM; TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ CAPACITY TO USE IT – TOOLS AND TO SYNTHETIZE THE INFORMATION; TO MAKE CROSS-CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OTHER SUBJECTS (BIOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, CHEMISTRY, PHISICS, MATHEMATICS); TO IMPROVE TEACHERS’ CAPACITY TO LEARN AND TO USE MODERN PEDAGOGICAL METHODS; TO PROMOTE FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURE TO PROMOTE THE CIVIC ATTITUDE IN EUROPEAN CONTEXT.

5. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT PUPILS HAD TO DO A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO RIVERS: THE OLT RIVER (ROMANIA) AND THE AUDE RIVER (FRANCE). THESE RIVERS ARE USED DIFFERENTTLY THE AUDE RIVER - FOR SPORT ACTIVITIES, FOR HYDROELECTRICITY AND TOURIST ACTIVITIES; THE OLT RIVER - FOR HYDROELECTRICITY AND HYDROTHERAPY; THERE WERE 7 WORK TEAMS AND THEY HAD 7 THEMS FOR RESEARCH: –1. THE CYCLE OF WATER; –2. SUBSOIL WATERS; –3. WATER TREATMENT WORN; –4.USE OF WATER AND CONSUMPTION; –5. POLLUTION; –6. THE EUROPEAN LEGISLATION; –7. A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE AUDE AND THE OLT.

6. THE FINAL PRODUCTS WEB-SITE – http://echangeroumanie.free.fr 2 EXHIBITIONS WITH POSTERS REALISED BY THE ROMANIAN AND FRENCH STUDENTS; BROCHURES IN ROMANIAN,ENGLISH AND FRENCH WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL; A MODEL WITH THE CYCLE OF WATER (THE FRENCH STUDENTS); A MODEL WITH THE HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATIONS WHICH ARE IN VALCEA DISTRICT (THE ROMANIAN STUDENTS); QUESTIONNAIRES ABOUT WATER CONSUMPTION.

7. CROSS-CURRICULAR APPROCH EXAMPLES OF THE TASKS THE PRESENTATION OF THE CYCLE OF WATER AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR LIFE (GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY); THE PRESENTATION OF THE EXHIBITION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL( GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY, DRAWING); THE PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT AT LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL (THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY SYMPOSIUM IN BUCHAREST – 2007, DIFFERENT SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUMS); DIFFERENT ARTICLES WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS OR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY MAGAZINES; THE QUESTIONAIRE WAS DISTRIBUTED AT 100 STUDENTS (MATHEMATICS);

8. COMMUNICATION WE HAD 2 VISITS OF DOCUMENTATION – THE FIRST WAS IN 2005 IN FRANCE AND THE SECOND VISIT WAS IN 2006 IN ROMANIA; DURING THE FIRST VISIT THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS DISCUSSED OVER THE MAIN POINTS OF THE PROJECT; AT THE END OF THE SECOND VISIT, THE BOTH PARTENERS WERE INVOLVED IN ORGANISING THE EXHIBITION IN ROMANIA; BETWEEN THESE VISITS THE COMMUNICATION WAS MADE VIA E-MAIL, OR USING THE TELEPHONE.

9. HOW ACHIEVED THE EXHIBITION THE POSTERS WERE REALISED BY EACH WORK TEAM ; THEY HAD TO COLLECT THEIR MATERIALS – PHOTOS, TEXTS, DRAWINGS, PICTURES AND PUT THEM ON BIG CARDBOARDS; EACH TEAM HAD TO REALISE 2 POSTERS – THEIR POSTER AND THEIR CORRESPONDENTS TEAM POSTER; THE MATERIALS WERE SENT BY POST AND THEY WROTE THEIR INSTRUCTIONS ( HOW TO STICK THEM ) ON PAPERS..

10. STRENGTH POINTS BOTH ROMANIAN AND FRENCH TEACHERS HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE 1991; UNTIL 2004 THEY HAD DEVELOPPED 5 CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND 1 SOCRATES - COMENIUS PROJECT – “EUROPAMI” – 2001-2003; THE TEACHERS HAD THE SUPPORT OF THEIR MANAGERS, PARENTS, COMMUNITIES; STUDENTS HAD ABBILITIES IN USING FRENCH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES AND THEY COULD USE THE IT – TOOLS; THEIR DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT WATER;

11. WEAKNESS POINTS THE ROMANIAN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAD TO WORK DURING THEIR SPARE TIME, EVEN IN WEEK-ENDS AND HOLIDAYS; THE COMMUNICATION WAS MADE BY E-MAIL AND THE STUDENTS DIDN’T ANSWER ALWAYS IN TIME;

12. THE OLT RIVER CALIMANESTI – THE HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION

13. THE PURIFY STATION THE STAN VALLEY

14. THE CHEMISTRY LABORATORY

15. THE LOTRU VALLEY CIUNGET POWER STATION

16. INSIDE THE HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION- CIUNGET

17. THE AUDE RIVER

18. THE AUDE LOCK

19. THE LOCK FILL WITH WATER

20. THE PARK OF LIMOUX

21. “SEARCHING FOR THE BEASTS”

22. PREPARING THE EXHIBITION

24. THE BROCHURE

26. ROMANIA-FRANCE

27. THE DANCING EVENING

28. “ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL”