MĀLPILS VIDUSSKOLA LATVIJA,

Environment education in Malpils Secondary School, Latvia

Eco-schools program Coordinated by the Environment Foundation, representing the international Foundation for Environmental Education. Other progams –The Green Key, The Blue Falg, The young environment reporters

7 elements of the Eco schools program Eco-council School environment report School environment action plan Monitoring and evaluation Connection with the learning process Involvement of the schhol and society Environment code for the school

Eco schools program topics Waste /2010. Energy – 2011./2012. Water Transportation Healthy life style – 2008./2009. School surroundings Forests – 2010./2011. Climate changes

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All are involved Environment Ministry in the Student’s Parliament For the environment responsible students in each class Students and teachers together in the eco- council Public information activities – parents and society

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Comenius projects “Do it for yourself!” (Sport and healthy life style) “Class in the nature, nature in the classroom”

Our guests from other countries in Malpils

Waste sorting 4. b klase savāca 1t papīra

School surroundings

Cleaning of the school surroundings

Visiting enterprises

Snow sculptures festival “The white forest”

Activities of the projects week Ozoli Mālpils parkā Bērzs

Activities of the projects week

Exhibition of the project works

Projects week presentations about the forest (grades 5th-8th)

Paintings competition – “A good job for the forest”

Creation and testing of didactic games about nature

Study – plants growth

Study – from a seed to a flower

Study- how to identify trees in winter

Visual arts

Nature science lessons outside

Musical puppet show “Let be friends!”

Sport afternoon

CIDO juice Academy- drink juice and do gymnastics

With joy about the success to be continued