Sustainability Valga

Fair/Sustainable Tourism. The word tourism in several languages.  The concept card is a pair of cards. Legal tourism in several languages. ET Eesti                                   õiglane turism ES   Hispaania                          turismo justo DA    Taani                               fair trade-turisme DE     Saksa                              fairer Tourismus EL     Kreeka                             Δίκαιος τουρισμός HR  - horvaatia                        etički t...

Lesson: The microscope looked at food and insects. Very cool hour, the students studied the micro world. Students found worms in the mushroom:) And experiments measurement: temperature, pH, material conductivity Photos: insect and mushrooms Photo: workshop - microscope Photo: experiments Photo:

We have combined the theory with practical activities. Workshops have been exciting and innovative. For example, molecular gastronomy where students conduct chemical experiments with food. Workshop "Molecular Gastronomy" The practical part brought the students to the chemistry-kitchen and we studied with the students where will the changing of the traditional cooking methods bring us, and is it even ethical. What will become of soup, when we use laborotory equipment to make food. How to make "wrong" caviar, spaghetti from juice etc. Required ingredients: agar-agar, smoothies, juice, oil. We used the school's chemistry class. We admit, that it took a long time for the three teachers to look at the kitchen chemistry videos and to study how to do it ourselves. It caused curiosity and synergy. The goal of the workshops was to turn our attention to how much food we waste, healthy eating and also to fantasize what would h...

Workshops have been exciting and innovative. • The theme is energy saving and what factors contribute to it. Focuses • Charity • Creativity • Simple things Workshop Wooden candle bases. Decorating wood with a wood burner. Polishing, designing, burning. The income made from charity will go to a young student in Kenya to help with her education. In October Skype meeting Valga  Gymnasium  and Kenya Kongo  school. Kenya was a volunteer teacher who helped. Photo: Workshop burning wood Photo: Skype meeting with Kongo school Photo: This is Maria in Kenya. We'll give him some money so he can learn .

The first lesson  Students could develope their knowledge listening and observing the presentation, analyzing video clips and working in groups.  At the end of the first lesson children checked their knowledge using quizizz. ( https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5a3774ca8c72f73125905195/startV4 ) Selection of films “What is Sustainable development?” https://etv.err.ee/v/0ae49b16-4335-4e78-8075-3e91c511f243 Students discussed their homework and their answers, analyzed, how much water and electricity do their families use, and compared the results. During this exercise students could work in groups discussing the topic of sustainable lifestyle and filling an online ecological footprint calculator individually http://jalajalg.positium.ee/ The second lesson Calculator individually. Link to An exciting calculator “how many slaves works for you”  link to  ( http://slaveryfootprint.org/survey/#where_do_you_live )  and one additional calculator...

Turism •        Group work in an online environment •         How to go green when you travel •        Which objects in Valga can be visited in such a way that there is no need for a map or paper ( QR code, etc) •        Homework: to mark places on the map of Valga, that should be marked with a QR code. •        Each group marks 2 •         5 groups in total Our project is helping the municipality For example •        students do brainstorm sessions for tourism in Valga •        paper-free guides •        cooperation with museums and other institutions •        studying history of our town •        it binds them to the home...

Valga, Estonia case Information Valga is a twin town with latvian city Valka. 13 000 people live in Valga. Valga Gymnasium has 163 students and 25 teachers.  Our school system consists of 4 different study directions which are humanitarian, maths/science, economy and national defence directions. Our school is a very active UNESCO school: we educate people of all ages on climate and environmental issues. We organize seminars or workshops in other schools to give them our knowledge. The aim is to help young people understand : •        their role in a globalizing world •        these topics through practical tasks and experience. We deal with different global goals topics: •        Inclusive society (individual involvement,...) •        Sustainable lifestyle (recycling, eco ...) •        Sustainable tourism (pa...