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YES
- Young Energy Savers
School Project under Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) |
organisation
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The local children museums in the countries are:
Belgium: Technopolis,
Italy: Explora; Bulgaria: Artland; Ireland: Imaginosity; Poland:
ParkMiniatur.
Partners: Business Solutions Europe Limited (coordinator), UK; WWF European
Policy Office, Belgium; REC, Hungary; Explora, Italy; Griffilms Ltd,
UK.
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Duration:
01.09.2008 - 31.08.2010
Material in
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age
group |
School
children between the ages of 6 and 8. |
Topic |
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Sustainable
Education/Entertainment - Energy Efficiency - Renewable Energies |
Goal |
Young Energy
Savers (YES) is making cartoon films to raise awareness among children
about energy consumption.
The aim is to learn while having fun too!
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Resources |
A dynamic teaching pack on the animation
will be available for free download in June 2010 for use in the following
school year starting September 2010. |
Task |
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Description
and Evaluation |
The
project is led by cartoon animators, international environmental
organisations including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and school
students from 5 countries.
Each eight-minute episode of the animation will cover issues from energy
conservation, renewable energies and sustainable transport and will be
produced in English and translated into several languages. Finally, the
animated film will be available to broadcasters from across the EU for
free distribution.
Project YES is unique as it works with children across several European
countries to evaluate the content of the cartoon animation during its
entire production phase. The school children take part in focus groups
and questionnaires to provide the animators with their honest feedback
on the characters, concepts and messages. This ‘pedagogic evaluation’ is
coordinated by Explora and local children’s museums in each country.
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