Science Across the World

Dear friends, this blog serves to provide an effective on-line communication tool for the SAW participants and regional Ukraine coordinators. Through this blog we can exchange information and share ideas. Do not hesitate to blog in. It's fun!

Friday, March 28, 2008

У суботу весь світ гаситиме світло


Годину без світла планують провести мешканці планети 29 березня.
Всесвітній фонд захисту дикої природи (WWF) закликає компанії, а також приватних осіб в усьому світі 29 березня приєднатися до унікальної глобальної акції Година Землі (Earth Hour) і вимкнути на одну годину світло.

Вимикання світла пройде по Землі хвилею: населення буде гасити світло о 20:00 за місцевим часом, а вмикатиме, відповідно, о 21:00. Про участь у даному заході, який покликаний знизити споживання електрики та забруднення повітря на планеті, уже заявили понад 17 тисяч компаній і понад 237 тисяч осіб.

Подібні акції проводилися й раніше - у Сіднеї, приміром, вимикання світла минулої весни підтримали понад 2 мільйони жителів міста, у результаті чого споживання енергії в місті впало на 10,2%, що за скороченням викидів було еквівалентно одногодинному видаленню з доріг 48 тисяч автомобілів.

А 8 грудня 2007 року вся Німеччина в рамках кампанії Врятуйте нашу Землю також на 5 хвилин вимикала всі освітлювальні прилади, щоб привернути увагу громадськості до проблем навколишнього середовища.

Однак уперше гасити світло буде увесь світ. Це дозволить знизити навантаження на навколишнє середовище, але, головне, приверне увагу мільйонів людей до проблеми захисту природи та необхідності обмеження викидів парникових газів.

Стаття www.korrespondent.net

Tuesday, March 18, 2008


Many children are intererested in the topic of the environment. You'll find lots of new activities related to this topic on LearnEnglishKids this month.

Go to http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-newsletter-latest and find out about:
* The latest topic - the environment
* Games - online games about the environment
* A new song and story - the environment
* Using environment activities in the classroom and at home

Thursday, March 06, 2008

SAW seminar in Odessa


Dear all,

Last week we ran our annual SAW event for the participants of SAW programme in Ukraine. The event was sponsored by British Council Ukraine and hosted by British Council in Odessa. Two days of practical workshops and roundtables for the representatives of Odessa, Cherkassy, Zaporozhye, Kherson, Lviv regions and Crimea were an excellent networking opportunity.

This year we were ‘especially innovative’ as Climate Change topic has a new format and the results of the students’ findings have to be published using Making the News tool, so a teacher learns how to place PPP or Word materials online following simple instructions.

Have a look on MTN website at the reports on Climate Change topic produced by the teachers-participants of the workshop.

The organisers of the workshop have received positive feedback from the UK moderators about the work done in Ukraine.

More pictures from the seminar can be viewed here

Wishing you success in your work

Julia Panchyzhna

Olga Nozhnina
Projects Co-ordinator

Friday, October 19, 2007

Energy saving week


Dear all

Next week is Energy saving week in the UK, organised by the Energy saving trust.
This link will take you to the site with some very useful information and tips of what can be done at work, at home, while driving your car, at various other occasions to save energy, money and fight the climate change.

This message is an invitation to you, your families and friends to join the Energy Saving Week 2007 - a unique, annual event hosted by the Energy Saving Trust. This year's event runs from Monday 22nd to Sunday 28th October 2007.
Take practical steps to save energy and let us know your actions.

Monday, July 02, 2007

Competition for bloggers!

Dear all,

First of all, my usual link to an interisting resource. This time it's a BBC website for Bitesize science. Have a look and enjoy topics, tests, games, audio bites and other features aimed at school science subjects revision.

We also closely follow your success in various projects that you report on your blogs. Now that the academic year is coming to an end we suggest that you write a brief summary on your school project activities and place it on your blog. It is our internal competition. The deadline is 15 July 2007. BC is giving away 20 videos to the most active participants of the project. Look at the information on the blogs and nominate your winners.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Hello


Hello everybody,
It is some time since I have checked on your blogs. Glad to here from Smila Liceum. Wondering whether Kherson established any exchanges with their Eating and Drinking form. Please, let me know! Well done Konstantin from Zaporozhe for sending an entry for the SAW - Egypt competition. I'm waiting for the info on the results!

Our congradulations to the Izmail Secondary school 1 for winning the Exchange form of the month competition! Everyone is invited to check it out on the Science Across main page!

And, have a look at this really informative Climate Change resource.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Great Climate Change Web Resource


Ecokids is a fantastic resource for children. It deals with Environmental issues such as Climate change, Pollution, Waste etc. You'll love it!