ProBleu, Promoting ocean and water literacy in school communities

ProBleu will expand and support the Network of European Blue Schools and improve ocean and water literacy across school communities.

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Description

ProBleu aims to engage school communities, improve the understanding of and enhance the sense of responsibility towards the value and challenges of oceans and waters among children, youth and teachers and to Grow the Network of European Blue Schools, an initiative of EU4Ocean, which aims to inspire teachers and students to develop a “Find the blue” project that links them to the ocean and inland waters.

Basic information

Coordinator

Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM) - CSIC, https://www.icm.csic.es/

Partners

• Kaunas University of Technology
• Plymouth Marine Laboratory
• Ocean Conservation Trust
• Earthwatch Europe

Programme

Horizon 2020 (programme-horizon-2020)

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Target groups

college students, education authorities, general public, industry, parents, policy makers, primary school students, researchers, teachers, university lecturers, vocational school students, youth clubs

Topic

Earth science, Environmental sciences, Fisheries science, Education, Other

Start year

2023

End year

2026

Url

https://probleu.school/

Contact person

Sasha Woods, swoods@earthwatch.org.uk

ProBleu includes a pool of innovative, practical resources based on methodologies of open schooling (the combination of online and place-based activities). These resources will be complemented by stimulating the connection between people and the places where they live. Besides several actions to promote, encourage participation in and increase the diversity of the Network, one resource, currently lacking from the majority of school curricula, is explored in ProBleu: what is collectively known as ‘citizen science’, defined as work undertaken by educators together with communities to advance science, foster a broad scientific mentality or encourage democratic engagement, which allows society to rationally deal with complex modern problems. Collecting and analysing data through citizen science ensures that student activities directly contribute to fostering their ocean and water literacy. By fostering relationships between the school communities and their local waters, ProBleu assists schools in developing project activities related to the SDGs, particularly SDG6 and 14.

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ProBleu acts to facilitate school activities related to ocean and water literacy through funding calls to sustain and enrich current school activities, and kick-start and support new activities. ProBleu is also adapting existing educational methods and resources, and developing new resources —including those related to citizen science— to support, strengthen and sustain school activities.

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