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FROM ICARUS TO INTERPLANETARY TRAVELS COMENIUS MULTILATERAL PARTNERSHIP 2012 - 2014 ACTIVITIES ORGANISED IN ROMANIA Liceul Tehnologic de Servicii „Sf. Apostol Andrei” Ploiesti Romania

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Project activities carried out in Liceul Tehnologic de Servicii "Sfantul Apostol Andrei" (2012 - 2014)

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FROM ICARUS TO INTERPLANETARY TRAVELSCOMENIUS MULTILATERAL PARTNERSHIP2012 - 2014

ACTIVITIES ORGANISED IN ROMANIA

Liceul Tehnologic de Servicii „Sf. Apostol Andrei” Ploiesti Romania

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The Comenius multilateral partnership

“From Icarus to Interplanetary Travels” (12-PM-729-PH-HU) has been funded with financial support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the European Commission or ANPCDEFP cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Disclaimer

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ROMANIAN TEAM

Coordinator: Sorina Monica Andrei – teacher of English Members: Magdalena Pana – head teacher

Nicoleta Marin – deputy head teacher Ana Maria Tanase –teacher of Romanian Beatrice Fanareanu – teacher of English Maria Visan – primary school teacherMarilena Jigaila – teacher of Economy Daniela Varvaruc – teacher of Tourism Cristian Voicu – teacher of GeographyBogdan Petrache – teacher of Psychology Cosmin Preda – teacher of History Mirela Sima – teacher of Food Services

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Activities carried out during the first year

of the project

November 2012 – June 2013

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We have designed a Questionnaire for our

students related to Icarus legend and the theme of our partnership. They answered these questions in November, before starting the activities, and our intention is to use it at the end of the partnership as well, with the same students, to be able to measure the impact of the project and how much their knowledge has improved.

Teachers: Sorina Monica Andrei Sima Mirela

Initial questionnairenovember 2012

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Creating the Romanian team

logo

On the 16th of November, 8 talented students showed their drawing skills in their attempt to design the Romanian logo and the result was a collection of beautiful drawings. They used their creativity and imagination first at home, then together at school, where they created a final logo which contains aviation symbols and national signs.

Teacher: Sorina Monica Andrei

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International Day of Tolerance

On the 16th of November 2012 we celebrated the International day of Tolerance and our teachers Ana-Maria Bianca Tanase and Beatrice Fanareanu made a PPT presentation in Romanian and English about the alphabet of tolerance. Our pupils were very interested in this activity and learnt to become more tolerant with each other and to accept other opinions.

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Communication between partners’ students

Our students became pen pals with pupils from Greece, Slovakia and Portugal. They were very happy not only to receive letters and cards, but also to write and send their reply along with small gifts. It’s difficult to describe the happiness and excitement of our students receiving their letters.

Teachers: Sorina Monica AndreiRoxana Steoalfa

Beatrice Fanareanu

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Watching the movie„Up-above all”

In December 2012 our students watched the cartoon "Up", then they discussed about the unusual quality of the main character to fly. They talked about other heroes who can fly, why flight is important for imaginary heroes and how real people can fly today. They invented their own heroes having this amazing ability to fly and some pupils even wrote stories about characters who can fly. There has been an exhibition organized with all these creations.

Teachers: Ana Maria TanaseBeatrice Fanareanu

Roxana Steoalfa

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Research activities about the history of

aviationDecember 2012

Our students worked in groups and made some research about the history of aviation and the idea of flight in human history. They made PPT presentations and a meeting was organized when they presented the materials to their colleagues. All 17 PPT presentations were put together in a final product to be used with students even after the end of the partnership.

Teacher: Sorina Monica Andrei

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Modern air tourist transport

On January 22nd 2013, Daniela Varvaruc, teacher of tourism organized a lesson about how people use planes as means of transport nowadays. Students learned about modern aviation, tourist transport by plane, advantages of transport by plane, the importance of aviation for our lives, airline companies etc. Students practiced the procedure for buying a plane ticket online.

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Motivation to fly

In February 2013, Bogdan Petrache, teacher of Psychology, organized a lesson about people‘s motivation to fly and he discussed with pupils why people have always wanted to rise themselves from the ground, to go beyond their limits, to feel free to dream and turn their dreams into reality. There was also a PPT presentation to help students identify the human motivation to fly.

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Nonverbal communication

in human being-alien meeting

Nonverbal communication is the easiest way for us to communicate with people who don't speak our language. Gestures, mimics, looks and facial expressions don't involve verbal communication, but it may help us communicate even with aliens came from the outer space - this is the message of our students who tried to act out their meeting with some aliens. Teachers Ana-Maria Tanase and Bogdan Petrache helped them prepare this activity. The video made during this activity can be seen at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRdUace75gc&feature=youtu.be

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THE KITEgame, construction and

joy

On the 14th and 21st of February, the pupils from the 5th, 6th and 8th grades built kites from different materials and fabrics. They were launched outside in the schoolyard, and students enjoyed the activity and found out interesting information about the Icarus legend and what flight means to mankind.

Teacher: Preda Cosmin

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Solar system, planets and

satellitesIn February 2013, Cristian Voicu, Geography

teacher, has organized a lesson about the Solar System, planets and satellites. He presented a PPT material, then pupils had to use art and crafts to design the Solar System and the Sun. They worked in groups happily, cut and glued the cardboard and threads and they were very proud of their final products which will be used in the years to come at the Geography lessons.

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Aviation historyFirst steps into modern days

of aviation

On the 5th of March 2013, Marilena Jigaila, Economics teacher, has organized a lesson in which pupils have learned about ancient legends of humans about creatures who could fly, about the history of flight in different cultures, how people could fly at the beginning, first attempts to fly, pioneers of aviation, first planes etc. There were four interesting videos and a PPT presentation about flight made by 10th graders for their colleagues.

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Flight historyPrehistoric enigmas of

flying

On the 21st of March, Preda Cosmin, History teacher, has organized an activity with students from the 6th grade and he has presented a PPT material about prehistoric enigmas of flying and Aeronautics and Astronautics relics that had been found in various places on Earth. Also, students were asked to make models of aircrafts (planes, rockets, flying saucers), working individually or in teams. There was a great exhibition organised with all their products and everybody could admire students’ models.

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The modern air transport

aircraft types and their uses

On the 26th of March, the Tourism teacher Daniela Varvaruc has organized a lesson to inform students from the 6th grade about air transport in terms which could be easily understood by pupils. They were very curious about, interested in and attracted to the topic of the lesson. A PPT material was presented to support the ideas presented. There was also developed a debate on what air transport means, advantages and disadvantages.

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FlyingApplications of physics and

mechanical lawsDuring this activity, which took place on the 29th of March, 6th

and 8th graders have experimented the gravitational law through activities like: „Why objects fall down?”; „What object falls faster?”; „Make a rocket.” Also, they learned about well-known scientists like Aristotel, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton and they were told interesting information about what Physics means for modern aviation, laws of Physics and Aerodynamics used in building planes (Coanda effect) and why planes fly. The video made during the activity can be seen at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIb1ibb8Vc8&feature=youtu.be

Teacher: Nicoleta Marin

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Constellationsa creative workshop

activity

This activity took place on March 23rd with students from 6th and 13th grades who learned about the stars people can see on the sky at night, groups of stars forming constellations and about what ancient astronomers imagined seeing on the sky: people, animals and mythological creatures. The pupils experienced the uniqueness of constellations building models of the most important constellations using paper and cardboard.

Teacher: Cristian VoicuSorina Monica Andrei

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The model plane enthusiasts

On the 22rd of March, the pupils from the 4th grade and their teacher Maria Visan, took part in a transdisciplinary activity about aviation enthusiasts and how model planes can be built. They visited the model plane department from “”Children Palace” where they learned how to build a simple model aircraft. After this visit, back to school, students built their own little aircrafts under the guidance of their teacher.

Teacher: Maria Visan

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Little aircraft modelsworkshop activity

On the 25th of March, the pupils from the 4th grade, after their visit to „Children Palace” from Ploiesti, back to school and under the guidance of their teacher, built their own small airplanes and organised an interesting exhibition in the school’s hall to present the products to their colleagues.

Teacher: Maria Visan

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Visits to important places related to

aviation Bucharest - April 2013

Teachers:

Monica Andrei – activity coordinatorDaniela Varvaruc – activity coordinatorMarilena JigailaCosmin PredaCristian VoicuAdriana SimionCorina Otelea

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The visit to ROMAERO plane factory (02.04.2013)

Pupils and teachers visited ROMAERO plane factory where they had the chance to see how planes are built, to ask questions to specialists working there, to visit 2 Boeing planes (the body and the pilots cabin) and to learn many things about the Romanian aircraft industry (one historical fact that amazed them was that till 1982, Romania was the only country in the world which had been able to build 9 entire planes from the first design till they were able to start flying).

Number of participating pupils - 52

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ROMAEROPlane Factory

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National Military Museum

Aviation section (2 April 2013)

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There were 52 students and 7 teachers who visited the National Museum of History, where they saw the first planes Romanian pioneers of aviation designed, built and flew establishing world records in the dawn of aviation. They found out interesting things about the contribution of the Romanian aviation to the development of the world aviation and about the participation of the Romanian aviators in both world wars. They could also see the astronaut costume which Dumitru Prunariu wore in May 1981 when he took part in a space mission becoming the only Romanian astronaut in history.

The visit to the National Museum of History – Aviation Department

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The visit to the Polytechnic University Museum–Aviation section

On 4 April 2013, 32 students and their teachers visited the Polytechnic University Museum (Aviation section) where PhD Aerospace Engineer Sorin Dinea explained Physics and Aerodinamics laws which help a plane to fly. They learned what things people have to take into consideration when building a plane, what Coanda Effect is, why this law is important for jet airplanes and how planes are designed and built. The students took part in practical experiments and could see with their own eyes Physics at work in designing and building planes.

Teachers: Andrei Monica, Varvaruc Daniela, Voicu Cristian

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Polytechnic MuseumAviation section

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National Agency of Meteorology

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32 students and 3 teachers visited the

National Agency of Meteorology (ANM) where they learned from specialists how to predict the weather, how to read the weather maps, how to measure the meteorological phenomena and the importance of weather predictions for aviation. They observed not only the modern information technology used to predict the weather, but also the mechanical and automatic devices from the outside weather station which were and are still used to predict the weather.

The visit to the National Agency of Meteorology-ANM

Teachers: Andrei Sorina MonicaVarvaruc Daniela

Voicu Cristian

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Launching Paper Lanterns - Children’s joy

Under the supervision of Mr. Cosmin Preda, teacher of History, the students built lanterns and lit their candles in order to rise and fly them up in the sky. The purpose of this project activity was to make students aware of the various ways in which people have tried to conquer the air throughout history and to travel from one place to another. Children were delighted to launch the lanterns and watch them while disappearing up in the sky. It was an unforgettable activity!

Teacher: Preda Cosmin

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Water rockets construction – a

delightful discoveryPupils were involved in another activity which surprised and fully committed them. Water rockets construction and launching was a real discovery for Romanian students and they were delighted to take part in this adventure. They worked in teams and built water rockets based on the explanations teachers gave them presenting the Physics laws that make the rockets fly up in the sky. The launching day was a joyful event for all our students and the school yard was full of curious spectators.

Teachers: Preda Cosmin and Andrei Sorina Monica

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Partnership presentation in school

Andrei Sorina Monica, the partnership coordinator, organised a huge space in the school main hall to promote the project, the activities carried out, the final products, the cards and letters received by our students from their Greek and Slovak peers, the photos from the project meetings, the pictures from the logo contest and the partners. It consists of a large billboard placed on a wall and a great number of model planes and rockets built by students and which hang from the ceiling.

Teacher: Andrei Sorina Monica

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Activities carried out during the second year of the project

October 2013 – June 2014

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Inspired by flight and under the supervision of

teachers Andrei Sorina Monica, Fanareanu Beatrice and Vlad Alina, the students from our school have created charming stories which represent the Romanian contribution to the all-partner final product of our partnership (a story book written in English by students from all partner countries which will be available in the libraries of all schools).

Teacher: Andrei Sorina Monica

Carried by the wings of inspiration

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Our students developed their practical skills by designing and

producing little aliens and using fabrics, sawdust, wheat seeds and other necessary accessories for creating the faces of the extraterrestrial creatures. Their work didn’t finish when the aliens were ready... no, they had also to bring the creatures to life by taking care of them at home and making sure they had all the conditions to grow and live: water, light, warmth and lots of love. After 2 weeks, students brought their aliens to school and the result was a real army of creatures which impressed everybody with their long green hair – the proof that children took good care of them watering the wheat seeds.

They talked about the life in the universe and their wish to travel to other planets to discover new worlds and civilisations.

Teacher: Maria Visan

Little Aliens

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Under the guidance of their teacher of English, Mrs. Sorina Monica Andrei, the students from the 11 and 12 grades wrote in January 2014 interesting essays trying to explain why people have always wanted to exceed their human limits in their attempts to rise up in the sky and fly like birds. They talked about the freedom of thought and action, which made people wish to fly and about their first attempts to design and build machineries and rudimentary aircrafts in Antiquity.

Teacher: Sorina Monica Andrei

Essays on the human desire to fly written by

students

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On 17th February 2014, the students took part in a very interesting and challenging Physics lesson organised by Marin Nicoleta, deputy head teacher and teacher of Physics. They were explained who Henri Coanda is, what his contribution to the world aviation is, what inventions he made, what Coanda Effect is and its importance for aviation. They learned that Henri Coanda was the first engineer in the world who designed and built the jet plane in 1910, his invention being based on the Coanda Effect. This discovery allowed him to create other break-through projects which were recognised by the international aviation authorities and some of them were built with success. The others are still waiting to be brought to life.

Teacher: Nicoleta Marin

The Coanda Effect explained to children

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This is a PPT presentation of the history of Romanian

aviation, which was made by some students under the guidance of the teachers Andrei Sorina Monica, the project coordinator, and Jigaila Marilena, a member of the project team. This presentation is the Romanian contribution to the all-partner final product which is a document containing PPT presentations of the history of aviation from every partner country.

Teachers: Andrei Sorina MonicaJigaila Marilena

“Flying from Manole to Vlaicu’s plane and Prunariu’s rocket”

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The students of our school visited the Planetarium from

Pitesti, the only Planetarium in Romania, along with their teachers on 27 March 2014. This visit was organised as a Comenius project activity by teachers Daniela Varvaruc and Cosmin Preda, who are members of the Comenius team. The students and teachers watched a documentary called “The Astronomy class” which was projected in the Planetarium hall and which presented all the important Astronomic information students should have about the solar system, planets, constellations and space distance.

Teachers: Daniela VarvarucCosmin Preda

The visit to the Planetarium from Pitesti

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Romanian acrobatic aerial stunt shows

The Romanian television DigiTV presented an interesting documentary about Romanian acrobatic aerial stunt shows and the talented pilots who dare to challenge gravity and all the other Physics laws while piloting their planes to the delight of the audience. Andrei Sorina Monica-the partnership coordinator contacted the television and got the documentary for educational purposes only, Vlad Alina-teacher of English translated it and Tanase Ana Bianca-teacher of Romanian and member of the Comenius team added the English subtitles. The documentary was presented not only to all the Comenius partners, teachers and students, but also to the Romanian students from our school.

Teachers: Andrei Sorina Monica, Tanase Ana Bianca, Vlad Alina

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Extraterrestrial fashion On 10 April 2014, Ms. Marilena Jigaila, teacher of

Economy, organised the workshop “Extraterrestrial fashion”. The students from the 9th A grade expressed their interest in finding out new and exciting information not only about aliens and UFOs, but also about their encounter with the human beings on Earth. Using old newspapers, pets, and other recyclable materials, the students have designed a kind of alien fashion presenting how they think aliens look like. They used their imagination and their fashion products seemed very interesting. A very cute “alien” wore the brand new clothes and the students were proud to present their creations in front of their colleagues and friends.

Teacher: Marilena Jigaila

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The visit to the Meteorological Station from Ploiesti

On 11 April 2014, Ms. Marilena Jigaila, teacher of Economy, organised the visit to the Meteorological Station from Ploiesti. The students from the 9th A grade expressed their interest in finding out how weather can be predicted and what tools and instruments meteorologists use to measure, analyze, quantify, estimate and predict the natural phenomena. The specialist from the weather station answered their questions, presented the mechanical and automatic devices from the field used for weather predictions and explained not only how the modern ones are used today, but also the way the mechanical ones were used in the past. Some experiments took place on the spot and students could watch every step and detail in weather prediction.

Teacher: Marilena Jigaila

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Stories about aliens Under the guidance of Ms. Andrei Sorina Monica, teacher

of English, the students from the 9th grades wrote challenging stories about aliens, extraterrestrial spaceships and their encounter with human beings. Some stories present real events that took place on Earth, while others are invented stories based on students’ imagination and creativity. Stories present alien abductions or recorded events when people witnessed the presence of aliens and UFOs on Earth. Some of the stories present unexplained events that happened in our country either in the recent years or at the beginning of history in ancient times. They tried to find an explanation for some unexplained events and concluded that our ancestors were in direct connection with aliens and their wisdom.

Teacher: Andrei Sorina Monica

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The lifecycle of a star from birth to supernova

On 8 April 2014, Mr. Cristian Voicu, teacher of Geography organised with students from different grades (5th, 9th and 11th) a complex activity about the evolution of a star from birth to supernova. The first part of the activity was theoretical and it consisted of a PPT presentation about the Sun, the biggest star in our solar system and the spots it has on its surface. The second part was a practical workshop in which students had to get out into the school yard and to observe the solar spots and the characteristics of a star by watching the Sun through a professional Newtonian telescope. The purpose of this activity was to make students aware of the unique characteristics of a star, its irreversible evolution from birth to supernova and to introduce to students the field of astronomical research.

Teacher: Cristian Jean Voicu

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Building lunar roversOn 9 May 2014, a creative workshop was organized with students from 9 A by Petrache Bogdan Petre, teacher of Psychology. The aim was to familiarize students with some Physics laws and to build lunar rovers and make them work. There was a short conversation about spacecrafts and vehicles built to function in the outer space and some photos were shown depicting lunar machineries and their working mechanisms. Students were explained Newton’s 3rd law of motion and its importance, then the teacher presented the materials they were supposed to use to build the rovers and explained the steps. The students started working in teams and at the end they presented their lunar rovers and their “aerial” performances.

Teachers: Bogdan Petre Petrache and Sorina Monica Andrei

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Sundial and the time measurement

On 21st May 2014, Ms. Andrei Sorina Monica, teacher of English, organized with students from IX A grade a visit to the Clock Museum from Ploiesti to talk about the measurement of time. The purpose of this activity was to familiarize students with means of time measurement people have used since the dawn of civilization and to particularly present the sundial, an astrologic method of calculating time according to the movement of our planet around the Sun. Students were explained by the museum guide how a sundial works and it is built and then the teacher presented different types of sundials people used in different parts of the world to measure time. Students became aware of the importance of time, how it passes without any stop and they witnessed its measurement while watching the shade moving on a sundial.

Teacher: Andrei Sorina Monica

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Distance measurement in the

universeOn 27 May 2014, Ms. Marin Nicoleta, teacher of Physics and Mr. Voicu Cristian, teacher of Geography, organized an activity with students of different ages (grades 5th, 6th and 11th) about the distance measurement in the universe. The aim of the activity was to make students aware of the huge distances from universe and to teach them how astronomers measure these long distances and the measurement units they use. Students learned about the astronomical unit representing the distance from the Earth to the Sun and about the light year used to measure the distances between the stars of a galaxy or between galaxies. They realized how big the universe is and how difficult it is to measure the distances even when using numbers with many zeroes. At the end of the activity students better understood the complexity of the universe we live in and the vast spaces human beings can’t even think about, not to mention measuring.

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“5 minutes after cosmos”-

a book about the Romanian astronaut Dumitru Prunariu

In May 2014, Ms. Tanase Ana Bianca-teacher of Romanian and Mr. Petrache Bogdan-teacher of Psychology organized a project activity dedicated to Dumitru Prunariu, the only Romanian astronaut who has ever got out into the outer space during a mission. The teachers used as a support the book “5 minutes after cosmos” written by Dumitru Prunariu and Alexandru Stark in which the astronaut presents his unique experience in space from May 1981, and also the years of preparation he underwent to be able to face the challenges from the spaceship. The teachers presented a PPT material containing information from the book in order to familiarize students from the 6th grade with the experience Prunariu had and based on it students were encouraged to express their opinion on the subject, to ask questions and try to find answers.

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Interview with a pilotIn May 2014, Ms. Andrei Sorina Monica-teacher of English and Mr. Preda George Cosmin-teacher of History organized the meeting between the students from the 7th grade and one of the most famous Romanian pilots. This meeting took place at Strejnic airfield near Ploiesti, where the students could see the planes, learn about the greatest Romanian pilots and watch a breath-taking demonstration of stunt flight. They took an interview to Andrei Serbu, one of the most talented and fearless pilots, who was ready to share his vast experience with our students, telling them about his trainings and thousands of hours of flight, what to be a pilot really means and what it is like to be up in the sky and perform stunts with the plane. The interview was recorded and the film was uploaded on Youtube, plus it will be a very good teaching material for future lessons. Follow the link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaQqheUdBpQ&feature=youtu.be

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Project posters

Students of different ages worked in teams under the supervision of Ms. Beatrice Fanareanu, teacher of English, and designed interesting posters starting from the theme of the project. The posters were about Icarus and his attempt to fly, about Romanian pioneers of aviation and their breakthroughs, the history of modern aviation, spacecrafts, the solar system, planets and future space exploration. There were used not only interesting photos, but also information gathered from different sources. Students needed some weeks to accomplish their work and used their imagination and creativity to design the posters. They were presented to their colleagues and teachers in a common exhibition and some of them were used to decorate the walls of the Excellence Centre from our school.

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In September 2013 Mrs. Andrei Sorina Monica, the

coordinator of the Comenius partnership and Mrs. Jigaila Marilena, teacher of Economy and member of the Comenius team, have organised in our school the Excellence Centre on European Projects. This centre was created in partnership with the school Inspectorate from Prahova and the National Colleage “Nichita Stanescu” from Ploiesti. The place was ornamented with products students had created as final products of the Comenius partnership (posters about flight, space exploration and Icarus legend, model planes and rockets).

Organising the Excellence Centre

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The final questionnaire of the

projectOn 19 June 2014, Ms. Andrei Sorina Monica, teacher of English and coordinator of the project, asked the students, who had taken part in the project activities for the last two years, to fill in a questionnaire. Its purpose is to get a real feedback from students at the end of the partnership regarding the activities performed and to see how much their knowledge has improved due to their involvement in the workshops, visits, meetings and activities carried out. The results of this questionnaire were compared to the results of the initial one which was held in 2012 at the beginning of the partnership, and the conclusions showed clearly the feedback of students and the fact that the project had a huge positive impact on their education and knowledge.

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5 videos about flight A group of six students worked under the guidance of Ms.

Marilena Jigaila, teacher of Economy, and designed 4 movie makers about flight. The titles of the videos are: “Art of Flight!”, “King of Heaven!”, “Power of Flight” and “That’s all you need to fly!”. The students who made these 5 videos are from the 11thD grade: Calin Nicolae, Tudose Alexandru, Manolache Angelo, Enache Gabriela, Balasa Adrian and Robescu Marius. They found the project and the topic of flying very challenging, therefore they made the videos with passion and professionalism. Their work represents one of the final products of the partnership and it is available on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DkLuw7FReYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N2kfnkoA18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv4v2cDn3Qc&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1avzUWeRogIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylLSj1TbtTg&feature=youtu.be

Teacher: Marilena Jigaila

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 Students worked as a team under the guidance of Mrs. Visan Maria, primary school teacher, and designed a PDF document representing the history of flight from Icarus in Antiquity to space exploration in the near future presenting in chronological order the most important events related to flying in history. It is bilingually written in Romanian and English in 2 separate columns and it also has many photos which perfectly illustrate the content. The document which has a length of 22 pages represents one of the Romanian final products of the Comenius partnership “From Icarus to interplanetary travels”.

Teacher: Visan Maria

From Icarus to space exploration -final product -

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Mr. Cosmin Preda, teacher of History, made a movie maker presenting the visits and practical activities organized during the first year of the Comenius partnership. There are presented the visits teachers from the project team organized with students at ROMAERO Baneasa, The National Museum of History (Aviation Department), The National Agency of Meteorology and The Polytechnic University Museum. There are also presented the practical activities in which, under the guidance of teachers, the students designed and built planes, model planes, rockets, kites, paper lanterns and water rockets. This movie maker represents one of the Romanian final products of the Comenius partnership and it can be watched on Youtube at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwVnEfkD8TA

Final product – movie maker – visits and practical activities from

2013

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Romania: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o-tLF0In_Y&feature=youtu.be

Greece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whm1DuS5P3U

Turkey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAGxzThAmaQ&feature=youtu.be

Hungary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUHvfxSTVtw

Lithuania: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4AeERIB2es&feature=youtu.be

Portugalia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5juUkRu5kYM

Slovakia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHAsU0XjSLg&feature=youtu.be

Videos/Movie makers of project meetings posted on Youtube

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THANK YOU!

Made bySorina Monica AndreiProject coordinator