Portable Water Power Station

Topic(s) addressed

• Natural Science

• Peer learning 

• Creativity support 

• Sustainability 

• Sustainable energy sources

Target groups

• 12 students from the local 

• 12 partner school students aged 16-18.

Methodologies

• Students were provided with primary materials and had to find solutions on how to build a portable water power station.  

• The students took the role of teachers. 

• During the project meetings, they discussed the laws of physics, rules and information about inventors. 

• They set the tasks to be solved by applying the laws and theory.

• Solving the tasks served as proof that they correctly grasped the theory.

Environments

• Our school supports environmentally based activities, exploratory teaching methods and linking theory and practice.  

• Students worked not only in class building the model of the water power station but also tested it outdoors on water courses and rivers. 

• Publishing a Handbook of Physics presented at the conference for teachers and students of basic and secondary schools which is still used in teaching Physics.  

Teachers

• The teachers’ role was mentoring, coordinating and organizing project meetings.

• The teachers of Physics from partner countries had a chance to compare teaching methodologies. 

• Teachers of the German language - project coordinators- improved their organizational and digital skills and learned a lot about the partner country’s history, culture and educational systems.

Impact

• The participants learned teamwork, practised time management, presented the results of their work and honed the skill of logical argument and conclusion.  

• Increasing students' interest in natural science in theory and practice.  

• In the laboratory, students proved the possibilities of electrical energy production from sustainable sources. 

• In practical testing, they could observe demonstrations of particular laws of Physics. 

• Project participants gained confidence in foreign language communication.