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Fourth Guideline The fourth guideline “Transnational cooperation to promote scientific knowledge in school education” is available on the project portal.

Dedicated Links Several educational web sites promoted the E-learning from Nature project through a dedicated link. The complete list of web sites promoting the E-learning from Nature Portal is available in the section Press Review.

Third Guideline The third guideline “Effective use of new technologies to promote the scientific knowledge” is available on the project portal.

Second Guideline The second guideline “Enhance students’ scientific basic skills through their active involvement in the learning process” is available” on the project portal.

First Guideline The first guideline “Teaching scientific subjects through problem based and real life case scenarios” is available” on the project portal.

Third Meeting The third meeting took place in Limerick (IE) on 3 – 4 April 2017. Lorenzo Martellini presented the project and the activities carried out by the partners. Partners presented the new e-lessons produced and the draft contents of the guidelines for teachers.

Herons at the Fucecchio Marshes Thanks to the material collected in the geographical area of Regional Park of Kaunas Lagoon, Lithuanian teachers and students created the video lesson entitled Age of trees, topographic plan. The aim of the lesson is to calculate the age of deciduous trees in real forest and to make the topographic plan of directions according the scale.

Herons at the Fucecchio Marshes Thanks to the material collected in the geographical area of Fucecchio Marshes, Italian teachers and students created the video lesson entitled Herons at the Fucecchio Marshes. It deals with the description of one of the peculiarities of fauna at the Fucecchio marshes: the heron.

Life on the rocky shoreline Thanks to the material collected in the geographical area of Malahide and Portmarnock Dublin Bay, Irish teachers and students created the video lesson entitled Life on the rocky shoreline. The aim of the lesson was to observe the marine life on the rocky shoreline at an area of Dublin Bay.

The Honey Bee Life Cycle Thanks to the material collected in the geographical area of Park of Cointe, Belgian teachers and students created the video lesson entitled “The Honey Bee Life Cycle”. This lesson presents the main steps of honey bees’ life, their anatomy and the threats they are exposed to.It lets students better know this animal and raises their awareness about the threats to biodiversity.

Second Partners’ Meeting The second meeting took place in Liege (BE) on 24 – 25 October 2016. Partners presented the geographical areas identified and the e-lessons produced. Partners were also involved in a brainstorming related to the production of the guidelines for science teachers.

Bârnova The geographical area of Bârnova has been visited by Romanian teachers and students involved in the project. They collected several media materials including pictures, drawings and videos.

Douro International Natural Park The geographical area of Douro International Natural Park has been visited by Portuguese teachers and students involved in the project. They collected several media materials including pictures, drawings and videos.

Aukštadvaris regional park The geographical area of Aukštadvaris Regional Park has been visited by Lithuanian teachers and students involved in the project. They collected several media materials including pictures, drawings and videos.

Fucecchio Marshes The geographical area of Fucecchio Marshes has been visited by Irish teachers and students involved in the project. They collected several media materials including pictures, drawings and videos.

Devil's Bit and North Tipperary The geographical area of Devil's Bit and North Tipperary has been visited by Irish teachers and students involved in the project. They collected several media materials including pictures, drawings and videos.

Acheron river and Delta The geographical area of Acheron river and Delta has been visited by Greek teachers and students involved in the project. They collected several media materials including pictures, drawings and videos.

A visit to Herstal and Lower Meuse The geographical area of Herstal and Lower Meuse has been visited by Belgian teachers and students involved in the project. They collected several media materials including pictures, drawings and videos.

Kick off Meeting in Florence The kick off meeting took place in Florence on 11 - 12 January 2016 and it was the opportunity for the European project partners to present themselves and their activities, to discuss the activities to be carried out and to identify the main intellectual outputs to be produced.

Transnational Network of Schools The project partners are currently creating the network of schools interested in the identification of new methodologies to teach science. Several schools have already been involved from seven countries. The school teachers and students contribute to the identification of the geographical areas of scientific interest and to the development of the e-learning lessons. Do not hesitate to contact them!

E-learning from Nature The E-learning from Nature project has been funded by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme, Strategic Partnership for School Education. The aim of the project is to promote a proactive students’ approach to scientific subjects learning.