March 26, 2017

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8.30 – 09.00

Picking up from the hotel

09.00 – 09.30

Reception at CTT Auto  and welcome by the school headmaster

Visiting the school

9,30 – 10,00

Opening ceremony

Welcome speech adressed to the participants by  the  school headmaster

and authorities from the County School Inspectorate

10,00 – 10,30

Lectures held by

• Sorin Carablaisa, Ph.D. – Research Assistant from Geographical Research Station Center from Orsova, Bucharest University

“Actual climatic tendencies – human impact with consequences on the slopes’ vulnerability from the Danube channel of Iron Gates region”

• Amalia Raluca Dumbrava – Biologist, Iron Gates Natural Park

10,30 – 11,00

Traditional music and dances presented by Romanian students

11,00 - 11,15

Break

11,15 -11,45

Student Photography Exibition "Understanding Clouds" for marking the World Meteorological Day, 23 March 2017.

11,45 - 13,00

Students present themselves

“Getting-to-know each other”  Ice breaker activities: games, music, traditional dances from each country .

Learning each other's traditional dances.

13,00 – 14,00

Lunch

14,00 – 15,00

Meeting with the Major of Drobeta Turnu Severin

15,00 – 18,00

Guided tour of the city

18,00 – 19,00

Dinner  at “Carol” restaurant

March 27, 2017

8.00 – 08.30

Picking up from the hotel

08.30 – 09.30

Husnicioara landslide investigation

Students will make observations and write a report of a complex landslide which occurred in May 2016 and has destroyed the infrastructure in an area where under embankment are old mine galleries from Husnicioara Coal Mine (on a distance of 500-600 m has been a collapse with difference of up to 20 m and a horizontal landslide, affecting the entire platform of the road and adjoining land).

1. THEORETICAL approach

Scientific information about Husnicioara landslide and practical details regarding the field investigation (presentation, causes (geological, human, etc...), triggers,  methods of investigation,  working steps, field notes, how to record observations, content of  field investigation report)

• Florina Diaconu, Ph.D.- Geologist from Iron Gates Region Museum

9,30 – 10,00

Trip to Husnicioara (15 km)

10,00 – 10,30

Presenting the landslide area, work preparations

10,30 – 12,00

1. PRACTICAL approach

Field investigation of the landslide from Husnicioara

Working in transnational groups under guidance of teachers, students  will choose one of the prepared places for research and record their observations in field notebooks. 

12,00 – 13,00

Visiting the Husnicioara Coal Mine -   destructive impact on environment and mitigation measures

13,00 - 13,30

Back to Drobeta Turnu Severin

13,30 – 14,30

Lunch  at “Carol” restaurant

14,30 -16,30

Writing the groups' joint reports summarizing the investigation

Presenting the reports, conclusions.

Uploading materials on eTwinning platform  and project site.

16,30 - 18,00

First meeting of students

Preparing presentations in transnational groups (“Historical disasters”)

(using traditional Power Point or drama, TV news, report or other creative methods)

Data base revue.

18,00 – 19,00

Dinner at “Carol” restaurant

March 28, 2017

8.00 – 08.30

Picking up from the hotel

8.30 – 9.30

English lesson CLIL

1. Global warming

2. The Danube River

9.30 – 11.00

Presentation of school works about natural and induced hazards (10/15 min each country)

11.00 – 12.00

Quiz Contest: Natural and induced hazards in Europe

(with 5 questions from each country)

12.00 – 13.30

Work in transnational groups

Second meeting of students

• Preparing presentations: “Historical disasters”

• Discussion on lesson plans

13.30 – 14.30

Lunch at “Carol” restaurant

14,30 – 17.00

Visit to the Fire Brigade "Drobeta" , Inspectorate for Emergency Situations of Mehedinti county.

18.30 – 22.00

Romanian Evening – Party

March 29, 2017

8.00 – 08.30

Picking up from the hotel

8,30 – 10,00

Visit the "Iron Gates I" Hydroelectric Power Station (Free)

10,00 – 12,00

Trip to Iron Gates Natural Park 

• Visit the “Center of growth in captivity of Hermann's Tortoise”  Eselnita,

Part of Center of Environmental Reasearch and Impact Studies, University of Bucharest.

The  Hermann's Tortoise is a protected species  in our country, being threatened due to the decrease of the individuals’ number and the habitats’ destruction.

12.00 – 14.00

• Ranger-guided hike on limestone plateau Ciucaru Mare from the Great Boilers.

Ciucaru Mare Hill (318 m) is the most representative form of relief with a vertical cliff which marks off the Danube river.  

The ecotouristic route follows mountain paths that go through meadows and forests of oak or beech. From the belvedere points, made up of limestone rocks, we can admire the Great Gorges and Veliki Strbac, on the Serbian side of the Danube.

Time: 2 h.    Difficulty - easy.

• Outdoor education activity -  The biodiversity in the Natural Reserve Great Gorges, identifying the native plant species and invasive species

14.00 – 15.00

Lunch in a traditional restaurant, „Ancora”   (will be served freshwater fish) 

15.00 – 17.00

The Iron Gates Natural Park - a true open-air geological museum

• A motorboat cruise in the Great and Small Boilers (Cazanele Mari si Cazanele Mici) (40 lei /person, teacher or student)

• Veterani cave

• Rock sculpture of Dacian King, Decebal -  unique in Europe, the highest on the continent (55 m high, 25 m wide) by 8 meters taller than the monument of Christ in Rio de Janeiro.

• Mraconia Monastery

• Tabula Traiana

17.00 – 18.00

Back to Drobeta Turnu Severin

18,00 – 19,00

Dinner at “Carol” restaurant

March 30, 2017

8.00 – 08.30

Picking up from the hotel

08.30 – 09.30

Work in transnational groups

Third meeting of students

• Preparing presentations: “Historical disasters”

• Lesson plan

09.30 – 11.00

Presentation of works about historical disasters  (10/15 min each group)

- Earthquakes

- Floods

- Eruptions

- Landslides

- Storms, cyclones

- Fires

- Invasive species

11.00 - 13.00

Students from C.T.T. Auto will teach younger students ( 8th grade) from  Pedagogical National College “Stefan Odobleja” Drobeta Tr. Severin

Lesson 1 – Invasive species

Lesson 2 – How to make an earthquake alarm

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch at “Carol” restaurant

14.00 - 15.00

TEACHERS MEETING & STUDENTS MEETING

Evaluation, monitoring and further planning of the project activities

15.00 - 16.00

Writing on the project blog

Posting students' materials on eTwinning platform and the project site

16.00 – 18.00

Certificate giving ceremony

Farewell party

18.00 – 19.00

Dinner at “Carol” restaurant