E-TWINNING PROJECT
Nature
Kindergarten of Ano Volimon2023-2024
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greece
12 Schools
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27 Schools From 4 different countries
greece
3 Schools
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italy
5 Schools
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italy
5 Schools
from
greece
3 Schools
from
greece
7 Schools
from
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Timeline
The project lasted 8 months
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Also animations to make it fun.
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Through a scheme, to tell everything in an orderly way
Through a scheme, to tell everything in an orderly way
With calmness and conciseness. Summarize the content.
Through a scheme, to tell everything in an orderly way
Show enthusiasm! Take a deep breath and start your presentation on the topic.
Show enthusiasm! Take a deep breath and start your presentation on the topic.
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worked
in small groups(small groups were formed from students from different countries)
(students from the same country may also work in pairs)
to decide and plan the activities to implement the activities in pairs
(students from the same country may also work in pairs)
to implement the activities
to discuss (formulate hypotheses and describe new knowledge) in plenary
to organize their actions to present their work
to take parts in events related to the project
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STEP 1
STEP 2: Online meeting
- They are an aesthetic resource
- They tell stories by themselves
- They keep the brain awake
- They make your content more memorable
- They illustrate what you want to tell
- They allow you to synthesize content
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We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Social beings
Narrative beings
We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
We teach through stories. They entertain us and help maintain attention.
Narrative beings
We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, including those from other cultures.
Visual beings
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The story of Luna
'Your content is liked, but it is much more engaging when it is interactive'
Students meet Luna and learn about its story:
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With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to engage the class from minute 1. Also highlight key content to facilitate its assimilation and even embed external content that surprises and provides more context to the topic: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!
Section
Visual content is a cross-cutting and universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Ιnforming parents about the e twinning project!
Introduction to the e-twinning program
Parental Permission about project!
The students of the Ano Volimo kindergarten created their own rule for the program
Students prepare a collaborative book about the rules of our project.
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- They make your content more memorable
- They illustrate what you want to tell
- They allow you to synthesize content
- They are an aesthetic resource
- They tell stories by themselves
- They keep the brain awake
Partner schools on the Map
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- They illustrate what you want to tell
- They allow you to synthesize content
Introducing our school
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In order to manage the project effectively, the partners decided to divide the schools into 5 groups. Their separation was done by random selection. However, the particularities of the schools were also taken into account.
Our goal was to create school groups that would function effectively with enthusiasm and creativity.
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NOVEMBER 2023 "Project Commencement - Setting the Stage"
October Action Plan: "Earth Keepers" Kick-off
The first month of the project focuses on student socialization, collaborative identity, and team-building. Key activities include introducing students to the eTwinning community (Task 1) and mapping partner schools through photos and media greetings (Task 2). Students collaboratively establish project rules by creating a subtitled video for "The Golden Contract" (Task 3). To build our project identity, classes meet the mascot EcoLino and co-create our official Collaborative Logo using student drawings from every school (Task 4). Finally, the month concludes with a live online meeting featuring interactive games and a shared dance, fostering strong European partnerships from day one (Task 5).
NOVEMBER 2023 "Project Commencement - Setting the Stage"
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Creating Our Collaborative Logo
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
November Action Plan: Exploring Nature with EcoLino & Mossy
November focuses on understanding the natural world through the 5E instructional model and collaborative STEAM activities, guided by EcoLino and a new character, Mossy. Initially, students receive a video message from EcoLino and collect natural materials like leaves and twigs during family walks. They study these items and contribute drawings to co-create a collaborative digital artwork of a tree, finishing with interactive educational games. Next, in a hands-on STEAM activity, classes analyze material properties, build physical nests for the mascot, and write short descriptions about their research. Partner schools then connect in a live online meeting to build a shared digital mind map of their findings and sketch components for a joint digital forest nest. Finally, students play targeted digital games to solve puzzles and uncover the first hidden clues about the appearance and name of EcoLino’s magical friend.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
The Digital Tree of Nature
Ecolino Speaks to Us!
Ecolino’s Nest in Our Classroom
Our Nature Mind Map
Ecolino’s Forest Nest
Our Nature Mind Map
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
December focuses on the principles of a healthy, eco-friendly diet through the 5E instructional model, family involvement, and cultural exchange. The month begins with an engaging video message from EcoLino that introduces students to food groups and the concept of a balanced "Healthy Plate" consisting of fruits, vegetables, proteins, and carbohydrates. After identifying nutritious foods through interactive lessons, students apply their knowledge by creating a physical Healthy Plate for their classroom.
Collaboration deepens as partner schools form international groups to design unified, AI-enhanced healthy plates for the character Mossy. In this joint effort, each class selects a specific food group, draws an item, and records a video explaining its health benefits, culminating in a shared presentation of unique nutritional plates. Families are also invited into the learning process through a creative Food Art activity at home.
The month finishes with cultural exploration and reflection. Students play partner-made digital review games and contribute to a major collaborative project: a European recipe book titled "EcoLino’s Yummy World." For this cookbook, each school submits a traditional, healthy national recipe written in their native language with English translations, accompanied by student artwork that breaks down the recipe's ingredients into proper nutritional categories.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
1. Students identify healthy and unhealthy foods, learn about basic food groups, and are introduced to the “Healthy Plate” model in a simple way
(½ vegetables–fruits, ¼ protein, ¼ carbohydrates).
2. Every class then works collaboratively to design and assemble its own Healthy Plate using drawings, magazine cutouts, or other craft materials.
3.Share Your Healthy Plates in the Gallery bellow.
Each class chose a food group and a type of food, the students drew or created the chosen food and at the end explained how this food contributes to human health.
Ecolino Speaks to Us!
Balanced Meals For Mossy
The Digital Tree of Nature
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
Each school presents a traditional healthy recipe from its country.
Recipe Book: EcoLino’s Yummy World
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
Recipe Book: EcoLino’s Yummy World
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
January introduces students to organic farming and closed ecosystems through hands-on STEAM learning and the 5E instructional model. The month kicks off with an inspiring video message from EcoLino, challenging the children to become organic farmers. To prepare cognitively, students watch educational videos about plant growth and draw plants inside jars. They then collaborate internationally using a shared digital platform to contribute individual plant crafts, building a collective virtual Sky Garden for the project mascot.
The core practical phase focuses on engineering and science as each class constructs its own mini-greenhouse using jars, boxes, or plastic bottles. Students fill these with soil or cotton, sow seeds, and engineer a simple automatic watering system using straws or cotton to observe how water naturally circulates in a closed environment. Throughout the month, students take on the role of scientists by keeping a class Plant Diary. They use a standard observation sheet to measure and record vital growth data, such as height, humidity, and temperature, across four distinct developmental stages, documenting the progress through photos and illustrations.
To conclude the month, these individual class diaries and greenhouse photos are compiled into a massive, unified presentation showcasing every school's effort. Finally, families participate through a dedicated home activity, and students test their knowledge by playing interactive, partner-made digital games centered on farming and the environment.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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Each class drew or made a plant inspired by nature and sustainability and a shared Sky Garden was created for EcoLino. We made a watermelon!
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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Recipe Book: EcoLino’s Yummy World
Students complete a plant observation sheet.
They observe plant growth in the greenhouse and record key information (height, humidity, temperature) at four different stages.
Parents and children worked together to write some kind and encouraging words to help our hedgehog continue his journey.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
February focuses on biodiversity, environmental sustainability, and digital citizenship. Guided by a video message from EcoLino, partner schools collaborate in international groups to write and illustrate a shared e-book titled "EcoLino and the Five Seed Friends." Each school contributes a specific stage of a plant's life cycle using shared documents, naming their characters through interactive voting and generating matching artwork with AI tools.
Simultaneously, in the "My City Life Cycle" activity, students investigate local biodiversity by observing a native plant or animal near their school. They document its four growth stages with drawings, photos, and brief descriptions, which are combined into a joint presentation showcasing wildlife across partner cities. Finally, classes celebrate Safer Internet Day by designing original digital safety characters, which are merged into a collaborative poster titled "Heroes of the Digital World," alongside themed partner games and family activities.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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The students worked in school groups.
Each school chose a stage of the life cycle and took turns writing part of the story.
Each school waited their turn before writing.
After writing their part of the story, the school used Artificial Intelligence to create an image that matched the text.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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The students worked in school groups.
Each school chose a stage of the life cycle and took turns writing part of the story.
Each school waited their turn before writing.
After writing their part of the story, the school used Artificial Intelligence to create an image that matched the text.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
Our Collaborative Heroes of Safe Internet Day
The students worked in school groups.
Each school chose a stage of the life cycle and took turns writing part of the story.
Each school waited their turn before writing.
After writing their part of the story, the school used Artificial Intelligence to create an image that matched the text.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
March introduces students to the principles of waste reduction and reuse through the 5E instructional model and hands-on environmental creativity. Prompted by a video message from EcoLino, partner schools collaborate on two major activities. First, they build a shared digital dictionary titled "EcoLino's Word Garden," where each class contributes assigned vocabulary related to sustainability, providing definitions in their native language alongside simple illustrations.
Second, in the "EcoBots for a Cleaner Future" challenge, students collect recyclable items to design and build physical robots engineered to protect the environment. Classes document their construction stages and create a brief video presentation, which are compiled into a collaborative project-wide video gallery. The month concludes with interactive Spring Online Workshops connecting both students and parents across Europe, followed by themed digital games where classes decode Mossy’s emails to unlock new clues about the appearance and name of EcoLino’s mysterious friend.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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In this collaborative project, students from different schools worked in small groups and created a shared multilingual digital dictionary. Each school added a word for the circular economy in their language, wrote a short definition and drew a simple illustration of the concept.
In this hands-on activity, students designed and built a robot from recyclable materials.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
April centers around Earth Day and global environmental citizenship aligned with the sustainable development goals. Guided by a video message from EcoLino, students embark on a virtual journey across six partner countries, with each school taking on a specific eco-friendly mission. Children from Greece tackle water conservation, Italy focuses on sustainable mobility, Lithuania protects forests, Romania practices waste recycling, Spain explores clean solar energy, and Türkiye drives creative material reuse. Reinforcing school-home continuity, students practice these green habits in class and repeat them at home with parental support, documenting their everyday gestures through photos. Individual school drawings are then combined into national collages and pinned onto a shared interactive European map of good deeds.
Furthermore, schools use AI assistance to compose a themed song or nursery rhyme in their native language representing their specific environmental mission, which is added to a joint digital display called the "Flower of the Earth." The month concludes with all partner schools visiting a shared platform to sign a collective environmental commitment titled "The Green Pact." Finally, students play their last round of interactive digital games to decode Mossy’s final emails, unlocking the remaining hidden clues to solve the mystery of EcoLino’s magical friend.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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The students were introduced to the six stages of the journey and the missions through a poster. Then, we took on the task of creating Greece’s mission, which was about saving water.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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Each country created a song according to the symbol related to its mission. We created a song about water.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
The Flower of the Earth
Each country created a song according to the symbol related to its mission. We created a song about water.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
The Flower of the Earth
At the end, each school read and signed the agreement.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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Need more reasons to use dynamic content in class? Well: 90% of the information we assimilate comes to us through sight, and we retain 42% more information when the content is in motion.
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To find out the name and form of Ecolino's magical friend that we were looking for with Mossy, a big celebration was organized!
We will watch a video about the long-awaited reunion of EcoLino and her friend, Tirsel.
We played a digital game and found her form, which was a turtle, and her name was created from the first letter of each country participating in the program. "TIRSEL"
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We will dance and sing the song by EcoLino and Tirsel about their friendship.
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ONLINE MEETINGS AMONG TEACHERS
We better capture visual content. This type of content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things come in through the eyes, the first image is what counts. We associate visual content with emotions.
ONLINE MEETINGS AMONG TEACHERS
We better capture visual content. This type of content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things come in through the eyes, the first image is what counts. We associate visual content with emotions.
PROJECT EVALUATION
Also, one of the most important parts of the project was the PROJECT EVALUATION! It was done three times: once at the beginning, once in the middle and once at the end of the project! The evaluation was done both by the teachers, as well as by the students and parents
Initial evaluation
The initial evaluation phase of our project aims to gather reflections from teachers, students, and parents on the starting steps, student engagement, and the relevance of the activities to the curriculum. Please provide feedback on what worked well, possible challenges, and suggestions for improvement to guide the next stages of our collaboration.
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Initial evaluation
This evaluation helps us reflect on the activities completed so far and identify what works well or needs improvement. It ensures that the project goals are being met and supports better planning for the next steps
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Initial evaluation
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Initial evaluation
STUDENTS: The students participating in this project chose "Ecolino's Forest Nest" as their favorite collaborative activity, while "The Digital Tree of Nature" was their least favorite. Regarding individual activities, their favorite was listening to the monthly messages and challenges that Ecolino posted, and their least favorite was learning about the life cycle. In general, they are more aware of how to reuse materials and its importance to nature, as well as of turning off the tap, but less so of turning off the lights or throwing trash in the proper place. They love working collaboratively with children from other countries and, of course, becoming eARTH KEEPERS!!
FAMILIES: Half of the families reported that their children talked about the project frequently at home, and that they also followed its progress often via Twinspace and other social media. Three-quarters of the families perceived significant changes in their children's attitudes toward environmental care, highlighting saving water and electricity, and an increased interest in plant care, as the most established habits. There were differing opinions on the project's influence on their children's interest in other cultures. Overall, they felt the project had improved their children's digital skills, and nearly 100% considered the communication of information about the project from schools to be adequate. They all agreed that their children's favorite activity had been building the nest for Ecolino!
TEACHERS:For most of the participating teachers, the project has met their pedagogical expectations, and they rate the collaboration and communication with the other participants as excellent. Regarding the digital tools used, the most valued was the use of WhatsApp and the least valued was the Twin Space Forum. Regarding the integration of the project into the curriculum, most have been able to do so completely.The greatest impact of the project on the students has been to increase their knowledge about environmental problems. Overall, the workload for this project has been balanced; the biggest obstacle encountered by a small number of participants has been the lack of time and resources in their home schools. Most would be delighted to participate in new projects with the same colleagues, and overall they affirm that the project has been very visible within the educational community. Finally, the favorite activity has been building mini greenhouses in the classrooms to observe the growth of the seeds.
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E twinning project/ 2025-2026 34th Experimental Kindergarten of Ioanina
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E-TWINNING PROJECT
Nature
Kindergarten of Ano Volimon2023-2024
start
Highlighted phrase
greece
12 Schools
from
27 Schools From 4 different countries
greece
3 Schools
from
italy
5 Schools
from
italy
5 Schools
from
greece
3 Schools
from
greece
7 Schools
from
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Timeline
The project lasted 8 months
You can add interactivity to your timeline.
20XX
20XX
Also animations to make it fun.
The important thing is that everything fits the theme.
20XX
The important thing is that everything fits the theme.
20XX
The important thing is that everything fits the theme.
20XX
The important thing is that everything fits the theme.
20XX
The important thing is that everything fits the theme.
20XX
Table + text
Table + text
Table + text
Text + image
Through a scheme, to tell everything in an orderly way
Through a scheme, to tell everything in an orderly way
With calmness and conciseness. Summarize the content.
Through a scheme, to tell everything in an orderly way
Show enthusiasm! Take a deep breath and start your presentation on the topic.
Show enthusiasm! Take a deep breath and start your presentation on the topic.
Text + image
worked
in small groups(small groups were formed from students from different countries) (students from the same country may also work in pairs) to decide and plan the activities to implement the activities in pairs (students from the same country may also work in pairs) to implement the activities to discuss (formulate hypotheses and describe new knowledge) in plenary to organize their actions to present their work to take parts in events related to the project
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STEP 1
STEP 2: Online meeting
List / Processes
We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Social beings
Narrative beings
We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
We teach through stories. They entertain us and help maintain attention.
Narrative beings
We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, including those from other cultures.
Visual beings
Text + image
Contextualize your topic
The story of Luna
'Your content is liked, but it is much more engaging when it is interactive'
Students meet Luna and learn about its story:
Text + image
With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to engage the class from minute 1. Also highlight key content to facilitate its assimilation and even embed external content that surprises and provides more context to the topic: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!
Section
Visual content is a cross-cutting and universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Ιnforming parents about the e twinning project!
Introduction to the e-twinning program
Parental Permission about project!
The students of the Ano Volimo kindergarten created their own rule for the program
Students prepare a collaborative book about the rules of our project.
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Partner schools on the Map
Introducing our school
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In order to manage the project effectively, the partners decided to divide the schools into 5 groups. Their separation was done by random selection. However, the particularities of the schools were also taken into account. Our goal was to create school groups that would function effectively with enthusiasm and creativity.
Write the title of your section here
NOVEMBER 2023 "Project Commencement - Setting the Stage"
October Action Plan: "Earth Keepers" Kick-off The first month of the project focuses on student socialization, collaborative identity, and team-building. Key activities include introducing students to the eTwinning community (Task 1) and mapping partner schools through photos and media greetings (Task 2). Students collaboratively establish project rules by creating a subtitled video for "The Golden Contract" (Task 3). To build our project identity, classes meet the mascot EcoLino and co-create our official Collaborative Logo using student drawings from every school (Task 4). Finally, the month concludes with a live online meeting featuring interactive games and a shared dance, fostering strong European partnerships from day one (Task 5).
NOVEMBER 2023 "Project Commencement - Setting the Stage"
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Creating Our Collaborative Logo
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
November Action Plan: Exploring Nature with EcoLino & Mossy November focuses on understanding the natural world through the 5E instructional model and collaborative STEAM activities, guided by EcoLino and a new character, Mossy. Initially, students receive a video message from EcoLino and collect natural materials like leaves and twigs during family walks. They study these items and contribute drawings to co-create a collaborative digital artwork of a tree, finishing with interactive educational games. Next, in a hands-on STEAM activity, classes analyze material properties, build physical nests for the mascot, and write short descriptions about their research. Partner schools then connect in a live online meeting to build a shared digital mind map of their findings and sketch components for a joint digital forest nest. Finally, students play targeted digital games to solve puzzles and uncover the first hidden clues about the appearance and name of EcoLino’s magical friend.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
The Digital Tree of Nature
Ecolino Speaks to Us!
Ecolino’s Nest in Our Classroom
Our Nature Mind Map
Ecolino’s Forest Nest
Our Nature Mind Map
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
December focuses on the principles of a healthy, eco-friendly diet through the 5E instructional model, family involvement, and cultural exchange. The month begins with an engaging video message from EcoLino that introduces students to food groups and the concept of a balanced "Healthy Plate" consisting of fruits, vegetables, proteins, and carbohydrates. After identifying nutritious foods through interactive lessons, students apply their knowledge by creating a physical Healthy Plate for their classroom. Collaboration deepens as partner schools form international groups to design unified, AI-enhanced healthy plates for the character Mossy. In this joint effort, each class selects a specific food group, draws an item, and records a video explaining its health benefits, culminating in a shared presentation of unique nutritional plates. Families are also invited into the learning process through a creative Food Art activity at home. The month finishes with cultural exploration and reflection. Students play partner-made digital review games and contribute to a major collaborative project: a European recipe book titled "EcoLino’s Yummy World." For this cookbook, each school submits a traditional, healthy national recipe written in their native language with English translations, accompanied by student artwork that breaks down the recipe's ingredients into proper nutritional categories.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
1. Students identify healthy and unhealthy foods, learn about basic food groups, and are introduced to the “Healthy Plate” model in a simple way (½ vegetables–fruits, ¼ protein, ¼ carbohydrates). 2. Every class then works collaboratively to design and assemble its own Healthy Plate using drawings, magazine cutouts, or other craft materials. 3.Share Your Healthy Plates in the Gallery bellow.
Each class chose a food group and a type of food, the students drew or created the chosen food and at the end explained how this food contributes to human health.
Ecolino Speaks to Us!
Balanced Meals For Mossy
The Digital Tree of Nature
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
Each school presents a traditional healthy recipe from its country.
Recipe Book: EcoLino’s Yummy World
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
Recipe Book: EcoLino’s Yummy World
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
January introduces students to organic farming and closed ecosystems through hands-on STEAM learning and the 5E instructional model. The month kicks off with an inspiring video message from EcoLino, challenging the children to become organic farmers. To prepare cognitively, students watch educational videos about plant growth and draw plants inside jars. They then collaborate internationally using a shared digital platform to contribute individual plant crafts, building a collective virtual Sky Garden for the project mascot. The core practical phase focuses on engineering and science as each class constructs its own mini-greenhouse using jars, boxes, or plastic bottles. Students fill these with soil or cotton, sow seeds, and engineer a simple automatic watering system using straws or cotton to observe how water naturally circulates in a closed environment. Throughout the month, students take on the role of scientists by keeping a class Plant Diary. They use a standard observation sheet to measure and record vital growth data, such as height, humidity, and temperature, across four distinct developmental stages, documenting the progress through photos and illustrations. To conclude the month, these individual class diaries and greenhouse photos are compiled into a massive, unified presentation showcasing every school's effort. Finally, families participate through a dedicated home activity, and students test their knowledge by playing interactive, partner-made digital games centered on farming and the environment.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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Each class drew or made a plant inspired by nature and sustainability and a shared Sky Garden was created for EcoLino. We made a watermelon!
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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Recipe Book: EcoLino’s Yummy World
Students complete a plant observation sheet. They observe plant growth in the greenhouse and record key information (height, humidity, temperature) at four different stages.
Parents and children worked together to write some kind and encouraging words to help our hedgehog continue his journey.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
February focuses on biodiversity, environmental sustainability, and digital citizenship. Guided by a video message from EcoLino, partner schools collaborate in international groups to write and illustrate a shared e-book titled "EcoLino and the Five Seed Friends." Each school contributes a specific stage of a plant's life cycle using shared documents, naming their characters through interactive voting and generating matching artwork with AI tools. Simultaneously, in the "My City Life Cycle" activity, students investigate local biodiversity by observing a native plant or animal near their school. They document its four growth stages with drawings, photos, and brief descriptions, which are combined into a joint presentation showcasing wildlife across partner cities. Finally, classes celebrate Safer Internet Day by designing original digital safety characters, which are merged into a collaborative poster titled "Heroes of the Digital World," alongside themed partner games and family activities.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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The students worked in school groups. Each school chose a stage of the life cycle and took turns writing part of the story. Each school waited their turn before writing. After writing their part of the story, the school used Artificial Intelligence to create an image that matched the text.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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The students worked in school groups. Each school chose a stage of the life cycle and took turns writing part of the story. Each school waited their turn before writing. After writing their part of the story, the school used Artificial Intelligence to create an image that matched the text.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
Our Collaborative Heroes of Safe Internet Day
The students worked in school groups. Each school chose a stage of the life cycle and took turns writing part of the story. Each school waited their turn before writing. After writing their part of the story, the school used Artificial Intelligence to create an image that matched the text.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
March introduces students to the principles of waste reduction and reuse through the 5E instructional model and hands-on environmental creativity. Prompted by a video message from EcoLino, partner schools collaborate on two major activities. First, they build a shared digital dictionary titled "EcoLino's Word Garden," where each class contributes assigned vocabulary related to sustainability, providing definitions in their native language alongside simple illustrations. Second, in the "EcoBots for a Cleaner Future" challenge, students collect recyclable items to design and build physical robots engineered to protect the environment. Classes document their construction stages and create a brief video presentation, which are compiled into a collaborative project-wide video gallery. The month concludes with interactive Spring Online Workshops connecting both students and parents across Europe, followed by themed digital games where classes decode Mossy’s emails to unlock new clues about the appearance and name of EcoLino’s mysterious friend.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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In this collaborative project, students from different schools worked in small groups and created a shared multilingual digital dictionary. Each school added a word for the circular economy in their language, wrote a short definition and drew a simple illustration of the concept.
In this hands-on activity, students designed and built a robot from recyclable materials.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
April centers around Earth Day and global environmental citizenship aligned with the sustainable development goals. Guided by a video message from EcoLino, students embark on a virtual journey across six partner countries, with each school taking on a specific eco-friendly mission. Children from Greece tackle water conservation, Italy focuses on sustainable mobility, Lithuania protects forests, Romania practices waste recycling, Spain explores clean solar energy, and Türkiye drives creative material reuse. Reinforcing school-home continuity, students practice these green habits in class and repeat them at home with parental support, documenting their everyday gestures through photos. Individual school drawings are then combined into national collages and pinned onto a shared interactive European map of good deeds. Furthermore, schools use AI assistance to compose a themed song or nursery rhyme in their native language representing their specific environmental mission, which is added to a joint digital display called the "Flower of the Earth." The month concludes with all partner schools visiting a shared platform to sign a collective environmental commitment titled "The Green Pact." Finally, students play their last round of interactive digital games to decode Mossy’s final emails, unlocking the remaining hidden clues to solve the mystery of EcoLino’s magical friend.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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The students were introduced to the six stages of the journey and the missions through a poster. Then, we took on the task of creating Greece’s mission, which was about saving water.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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Each country created a song according to the symbol related to its mission. We created a song about water.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
The Flower of the Earth
Each country created a song according to the symbol related to its mission. We created a song about water.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
The Flower of the Earth
At the end, each school read and signed the agreement.
DECEMBER 2023 "Preparation and Logo Creation"
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To find out the name and form of Ecolino's magical friend that we were looking for with Mossy, a big celebration was organized!
We will watch a video about the long-awaited reunion of EcoLino and her friend, Tirsel.
We played a digital game and found her form, which was a turtle, and her name was created from the first letter of each country participating in the program. "TIRSEL"
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We will dance and sing the song by EcoLino and Tirsel about their friendship.
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ONLINE MEETINGS AMONG TEACHERS
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ONLINE MEETINGS AMONG TEACHERS
We better capture visual content. This type of content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things come in through the eyes, the first image is what counts. We associate visual content with emotions.
PROJECT EVALUATION
Also, one of the most important parts of the project was the PROJECT EVALUATION! It was done three times: once at the beginning, once in the middle and once at the end of the project! The evaluation was done both by the teachers, as well as by the students and parents
Initial evaluation
The initial evaluation phase of our project aims to gather reflections from teachers, students, and parents on the starting steps, student engagement, and the relevance of the activities to the curriculum. Please provide feedback on what worked well, possible challenges, and suggestions for improvement to guide the next stages of our collaboration.
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Initial evaluation
This evaluation helps us reflect on the activities completed so far and identify what works well or needs improvement. It ensures that the project goals are being met and supports better planning for the next steps
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Initial evaluation
STUDENTS: The students participating in this project chose "Ecolino's Forest Nest" as their favorite collaborative activity, while "The Digital Tree of Nature" was their least favorite. Regarding individual activities, their favorite was listening to the monthly messages and challenges that Ecolino posted, and their least favorite was learning about the life cycle. In general, they are more aware of how to reuse materials and its importance to nature, as well as of turning off the tap, but less so of turning off the lights or throwing trash in the proper place. They love working collaboratively with children from other countries and, of course, becoming eARTH KEEPERS!! FAMILIES: Half of the families reported that their children talked about the project frequently at home, and that they also followed its progress often via Twinspace and other social media. Three-quarters of the families perceived significant changes in their children's attitudes toward environmental care, highlighting saving water and electricity, and an increased interest in plant care, as the most established habits. There were differing opinions on the project's influence on their children's interest in other cultures. Overall, they felt the project had improved their children's digital skills, and nearly 100% considered the communication of information about the project from schools to be adequate. They all agreed that their children's favorite activity had been building the nest for Ecolino! TEACHERS:For most of the participating teachers, the project has met their pedagogical expectations, and they rate the collaboration and communication with the other participants as excellent. Regarding the digital tools used, the most valued was the use of WhatsApp and the least valued was the Twin Space Forum. Regarding the integration of the project into the curriculum, most have been able to do so completely.The greatest impact of the project on the students has been to increase their knowledge about environmental problems. Overall, the workload for this project has been balanced; the biggest obstacle encountered by a small number of participants has been the lack of time and resources in their home schools. Most would be delighted to participate in new projects with the same colleagues, and overall they affirm that the project has been very visible within the educational community. Finally, the favorite activity has been building mini greenhouses in the classrooms to observe the growth of the seeds.
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