More than 1000 students from 62 classes from 22 different countries in Europe joined to celebrate the Year of Light with a project for primary schools. The project covered disciplines such as English, science, computer science, geography, and more, that aimed to explain the physical properties of light.
Primary school teacher Olivier Reggiani and his class wanted to celebrate the international year of light in an original way. With the help of eTwinning, a European platform for school staff members, they found partner schools all over Europe. To broaden their capabilities, they also decided to work with classes from secondary schools.
“My partners and I decided to organise a contest to motivate our pupils. The goal was to do the most appropriate experiment to explain one of the physical properties of light.”, says Olivier Reggiani.
The first step of the project was an introduction to the topic. Then each team was free to create their own document, depending on their level of knowledge and proficiency.
All pupils took an active part in this project, and all of them could learn about the concepts of refraction, reflection, light spectrum, phosphorescence, and more. During this project, many different fields were covered, such as English, science, computer science, geography, and more, making this a trans-disciplinary project.
Reggiani underlines: “Our pupils were deeply involved in this project and they learnt a lot. They worked in a scientific and rigorous way, and they shared their knowledge.” The best documents in each age group were given a special award in a final vote.
This project was on the shortlist of the best European eTwinning projects and it was accredited by the French committee for the International Year of Light 2015.
Do you want to organise educational activities about light? For the International Year of Light, Universe Awareness produced a guide on 100 activities related to light and photonics. These have also been published on the website of IYL 2015.
Links
http://iylight2015.blogspot.fr/
https://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/index.htm
http://www.unawe.org/resources/guides/100light/
http://www.light2015.org/Home/HandsOnInvolvement/100-light-outreach-activities.html
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