ESTIC meeting in Iceland 26 September - 1st October 2014

ESTIC – Sustainable School Policy Meeting in Iceland 26th September-1 October 2014

The project has been funded with support from the EEA and Norway grants

Agenda Friday, 26th September

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Arrival of the participants Getting to know the school and the new members of Iceland’s team Tour in Reykjavik

Saturday, 27th September   

Excursion to the South Coast of Iceland Study kit „Shoreline“ Hike at the South Coast (Dyrhólaey/Reynisfjara) Arrival in Skaftafell

Sunday, 28th September   

Hike in Vatnajökull Nationalpark Study kit „Using smartphones in Skaftafell national park“ Excursion to the Glacier lagoon (Jökulsárlón)

Meeting objectives  gather material for the study kit  use some of the study kits during the meeting  share the development of the field of study

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 get to know Iceland’s school system

Monday, 29th September   

Departure for Reykjavík Study kit „Kirkjugolf“ Excursion Skálholt – Gullfoss – Geysir – Þingvellir

Tuesday, 30th September  

Participating in lessons Study kits and school curricula

Wednesday, 1st October Departure

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Participants

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ICELAND Guðný - mathematics Guðrún I. - natural science, chemistry, nutrition Hannes Í. - head of department for social science, social science Helmut - eManager, mathematics Hólmfríður J. - network administrator, information technology Jóna – head of department for natural science, mathematics Jónína G. – mathematics Loa - chemistry Rúna Björk - biology, chemistry, natural science Thor - biology Seathor - geology Svanhildur - information technology

ESTONIA Maarja – project manager Karmen - headmaster/co project manager Kersti- geography Ivi – biology Sirje –mathematics Merike – English Mare - director of studies of upper secondary school Alge - director of studies in lower secondary school/physics Vilve – education technologist Kirsi- Estonian language and literature Janek – history Erkki – physics, technology

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Field trip

Black beach in Vik

The area formed by the glacier rivers 3

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Skaftafell national park

Vatnajökull glacier

Jokursarlön glacier lagoon

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Geysir Strokkur ESTIC – Sustainable School Policy

Gullfoss

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School visit and sharing the development of the field of study

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Study kits presented and used during the visit We had a chance to use some of the study kits the Icelanders had prepared in practice. The study kits can be found here https://sites.google.com/site/esticproject/materials

Some comments about the visit „For me the highlight was the hiking trip in Skaftafell“ „I think the most memorable was standing on the glacier. Feeling the ice below the feet and listening to the sound of water flowing beneath the ice“ „The highlight was feeling the ice-cold air touching your skin when sailing between the ice-bergs“ „I liked that the places were connected with study kit assignments“

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„The whole trip was full of highlights. Cannot really share anything particular“

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The next steps

Study kit

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Each teacher will continue the work on their field to create a study kit based on the framework in google drive (added below as well) by March 2015 Estonia will create the video clips of the materials taken in Iceland to accompany the study kits by January 2015

Sustainable school policy Estonia will put the goals into practice Iceland will renew the sustainable school policy

Developing the field of study Estonia will carry on with the development of the field and compile the group of teachers for that 8

Iceland will take the example of Estonia’s presentation to present their field of study