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Pic-nic all together in the forest : the rangers made the fire where we cooked sausages,eggs and potatoes. It was a nice place and we had a lot of fun...

From 23 to 27 September, a meeting of project partners of Comenius multilateral school partnership project “My river ... my life” took place. This time the honour to host the Romanian, Latvian, Spanish, Portu-guese, Swedish and Italian representatives was given to Kaunas King Mindaugas Vocational Training Centre...

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Pic-nic in the forest...Touring around Lithuanian cities…

Monitoring Buzau, Jiu and Al-viela River

We planted many trees...Speaking on Chemistry…

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Lituânia:um destino mistérioNa semana de 23 a 27 de setembro, os alunos Filipe Ga-naipo (11ºA) e Patrícia Justino (12ºB), do Agrupamento de Escolas de Alcanena – Escola Secundária, juntamente com as professoras Ana Cristina Gonzalez e Elizabete Catalão, deslocaram-se à Lituânia, no âmbito do projeto Comenius – My River My Life, sendo este o quarto encontro dos seis previstos. Ao longo dos dias, visitaram algumas cidades e os seus rios e participaram em bastantes experiências educativas.

Dando a conhecer Portugal (Rio Alviela)Após uma visita à escola anfitriã, os alu-nos dos 6 países fizeram uma pequena apresentação acerca de um rio da sua terra. Nesta apresentação, os alunos portugueses apontaram aspetos como a história do rio Alviela, a sua importância no meio local e os resultados de análises físico-químicas realizadas para averiguar da qualidade da água, após vários dias de pesquisa e recolha de amostras. Os alunos portugueses destacaram-se, tendo sido elogiados por vários profes-sores e alunos.

Quimicamente falando…No segundo dia do encontro, realizou-se uma visita ao Jardim Botânico local (cidade de Kaunas). Aí, depois de uma visita guiada, foi dada a oportunidade de desenvolverem algumas experiências químicas, de modo a dar aos alunos mais conhecimentos acerca da flora e fauna da região.

Um pouco de cada país foi deixado em Kaunas…Todos os participantes deixaram a sua marca neste país, ao plantarem, em conjunto, 3000 pinheiros, para ajuda-rem a recuperar uma parte da floresta perdida na zona de Kaunas. Cada país plantou uma fila destas árvores, um projeto que se tornou bastante divertido e recompensador, apesar da atividade ter ocorrido debaixo de chuva e com

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temperaturas de cerca de 8º C.Convivendo ao ar livre…Após a atividade, o grupo dirigiu-se até a um pequeno parque de merendas, onde o almoço foi cozinhado em foguei-ras geridas pelos guardas florestais que acompanhavam o grupo. Não só foi possível o convívio mais alargado entre todos, como também se proporcionou a oportunidade de conhecer um pouco mais da gastronomia local.

Uma visita pelas cidades lituanas…No dia 26 de Setembro, os professores e alunos participantes no projeto visitaram duas das mais importantes cidades do país, Vilnius, a atual capital, e Trakai, antiga zona de lazer da elite real lituana. Em Vilnius, o grupo teve a possibilidade de visitar os principais pontos, num per-curso pedestre, extremamente interes-sante por revelar uma cultura bastante diferente e uma estrutura arquitetónica muito particular. Foi também o momento para a aquisição de lembranças.Na cidade seguinte, Trakai, o grupo al-moçou num restaurante típico local, com vista sobre o ponto de maior interesse dessa cidade, um magnífico castelo no meio de um lago.

Recordações para uma vida…No último dia, durante a cerimónia de encerramento, alunos e professores receberam um diploma de participação: além de enriquecer o currículo, permite recordar aquilo que foi um grande en-contro entre línguas e culturas.Na viagem de regresso a casa, os alunos sentiram as primeiras saudades presen-tes em cada sentimento de nostalgia e felicidade, pelo que foi, sem dúvida, uma experiência para a vida!

Novo país, nova culturaDurante a estadia, alunos e professores foram confrontados com um meio e uma cultura diferentes. Os alunos consideram que, apesar dos hábitos e costumes serem claramente distintos, esta partilha constituiu-se numa oportunidade de enriquecimento cultural, nomeadamente no que respeita à cultura lituana, em aspetos como a gastronomia, os proces-sos de convivência, os hábitos familiares e sociais… O grupo português sublinha e agradece a hospitalidade e gentileza demonstra-das pela organização local e por todos os participantes que, em conjunto, propor-cionaram uma “viagem” e uma estadia memoráveis na Lituânia.

Participantes no projeto Comenius

Vilnius Visitando Trakai

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All together having fun…Hard work was followed by lunch in a small forest picnic area, with the meal cooked in fire stoves controlled by the forest rangers heading the group. Time for a meeting with the whole group while also meeting local gastronomy.

Touring around Lithu-anian cities…On the 26th September, teachers and students visited two of the most impor-tant cities in the country, Vilnius (current capital) and Trakai (ancient leisure area of the Lithuanian royal elite). In Vilnius, the group walked around some of the city’s highlights. The visit provided a very interesting perspective on a differ-ent culture and architecture. Also time for souvenirs.In Trakai, the next city, the group had lunch at a local restaurant with an aston-ishing view over the magnificent castle set in the middle of a big lake.

Lifetime memories…On the last day, students and teachers were given a participation certificate dur-ing the closing ceremony: good for the curriculum and a wonderful token to help us remember a great meeting between languages and cultures.On the way back home, first feeling of nostalgia and happiness showed up. Indeed, the chance of a lifetime.

New country, new cul-ture…During the meeting, students and teach-ers faced a different culture and mi-lieu. Though habits and traditions were clearly different, sharing them became an opportunity for cultural enhancement namely on what Lithuanian culture is concerned (gastronomy, social proce-dures, family habits…).

The Portuguese group thanks and under-lines the gentle and proficient welcome shown by the host school as well as the warm atmosphere among all the partici-pants that, as a group, made it possible for a memorable trip to Lithuania.

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Participantes no projeto Comenius

Filipe (Portugal) e Greta (Itália) participando nas atividadesPlantação de pinheiros

Lithuania: a mystery desti-nationBetween the 23rd and the 27th Sep-tember, the students Filipe Ganaipo and Patrícia Justino, from the Portuguese school Agrupamento de Escolas de Alcanena – Escola Secundária, together with the teachers Ana Cristina Gonzalez and Elizabete Catalão, participated in the 4th meeting of the Comenius project “My River – My Life”, in Lithuania (Kaunas). During the meeting, there were visits to some cities and their rivers and the students also developed several experi-ences on biology and chemistry.

From Portugal (Alviela river)After visiting the host school, the stu-dents of the six countries participating in the meeting made a small presenta-tion on the rivers of their homelands. The Portuguese students provided some information about the history of the river (Alviela), its importance for the com-munity and the results of the research

held on the quality of the river (chemical analysis). This research was based on water collected on different days. The Portuguese presentation was generally appreciated.

Speaking on Chemis-try…On the second day, the group visited the local Botanical Garden (Kaunas). After a guided tour, some chemical experi-ences were held, in order to improve the students’ knowledge on the local flora and fauna.

A bit of each country left in Kaunas…All the participants left their footprint in Lithuania, due to a joint activity in which 3000 pines were planted to help renovate a small part of the Kaunas for-est. Rows of trees were planted and the activity proved to be highly amusing and rewarding, though it took place under rain showers and temperatures around 8ºC.

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Data Answer Resposta

Width/Largura 12m 12m

Depth/Profundidade 0.5m 0.5m

Section/Secção (m/2) 6 6

Speed/Velocidade (m/s) 0.16 0.16

Flow/Fluxo (m3/s) (m3/s) 0.96 0.96

Water flow/Fluxo da água Slow pace Lento

Water colour/Cor da água Clear Limpa

Water smell/Cheiro da água No smell Sem cheiro

Other/Outros Some shades in the water Alguns tons na água

Objects found in the water/Objetos encontrados na água

Roots of trees, plastic re-mainders

Raízes de árvores, restos de plástico

Average temperature of the water/Temperatura da água

19º C on the waterspring 19ºC na Nascente

pH 8 8

Surroundings of the river/Áreas em redor do rio

Trees, woods, thickets, beaches

Árvores, bosques, mata, praias

Usage of the surroundings/Uso dessas áreas

Leisure and agricultural use

Lúdico e agrícola

Macroinvertebrates/Macroin-vertebrados

Stonefly, Baetidae, Cad-disfly, Non-biting Midges, Planarian, Predaceous Diving Beetles, Ancylini, Gammaradis, Dragon fly, Mud snails

Plecoptera, Baetidae, Trichoptera,Chironomidae, Planária, Dytiscidae, Ancylidae, Gammaradis, Libélula, Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Vegetation/Vegetação

Hawthorn, Eucalyptus, White Willow, Cork Oak, Maritime Pine, Rubus

Espinheiro Branco, Euc-alipto, Salgueiro-branco, Sobreiro, Pinheiro-bravo, Rubus

Birds/Aves

Black-crowned Night Her-on, Common House Mar-tin, Cattle Egret, Eurasian Jay, Apus Apus

Goraz, Andorinha-dos-beirais, Garça, Gaio-co-mum, Andorinhão-preto.

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ProgettoComenius 4° meeting KaunasQuando arrivammo a Kaunas, i nostri insegnanti ci lasciaro-no nelle rispettive case dei nostri partner.I nostril partner erano molto amichevoli e simpatici, ci mostrarono le loro case e cercarono di farci sentire come se fossimo a casa nostra.

Lunedì 22 i nostri partner ci fecero fare un giro di Kaunas : vedemmo molte chiese e ci fecero visitare la loro scuola. Nel pomeriggio, incontrammo i nostri com-pagni in un bar-pizzeria e ci divertimmo molto.

Nella mattina di martedì 23 pregammo nella chiesa della scuola, poi andammo nella sala artistic della scuola dove costruimmo un fiume con la tecnica del brico-lage.Dopodichè visitammo di nuovo la città con tutti i nostri compagni del progetto ed avemmo l’opportunità di conoscerli tutti. Pranzammo a scuola ed il cibo era un po’ strano, ma buono.Dopo pranzo andammo ad una conferenza dove esponemmo il nostro lavoro sul torrente Chioma e le analisi IBE. La sera andammo all’Akropolis, un centro commercial, per pattinare sul ghiaccio.

Mercoledì 24 visi-tammo il Giardino Botamico

dove vedemmo molte specie di ragni, serpenti,tartarughe e lucertole. Visitammo il laboratorio analitico dove analizzammo l’acqua del lago. Dopodichè, andammo in una foresta e piantammo molti alberi con I ragazzi lituani. Facemmo un pic-nic tutti assieme nella foresta : i rang-er fecero il fuoco dove noi poi cucinammo salsicce, uova e patate. Fu molto divertente. Nella sera, andammo alla pizzeria di Paolo con la nostra amica Neringa e le altre raga-zze di Casa Maura.

Giovedì 25 fu il nos-tro ultimo giorno. Visitammo due città : Vilnyus e Trakai. Vilnyus è la capitale della Lituania ed è una città dav-vero sorprendente, ricca di monumenti storici e chiese. Trakai è una città con un castello posto nel bel mezzo di un lago.Pranzammo in un ristorante tutti assieme; dopodiché, visitammo l’esterno dell castello (solo l’esterno perchè per visitare anche l’interno

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avremmo dovuto pagare un biglietto) . La sera andammo all’ tutti assieme. Facemmo molto shopping e comprammo dei regali per le nostre famiglie.

Nella mattina di venerdì 26, lasciammo Kaunas con gran dispiacere poichè non volevamo tornare a casa così presto. E’ stata una fantastica es-perienza che ci ha permesso di fare nuove amicizie con persone da paesi diversi dal nostro.Ci è servita anche per met-tere alla prova la nostra conoscenza della lingua inglese ed abbiamo imparato anche delle parole delle altre lingue. Adesso, abbiamo capito quanto sia importante la conoscenza della lingua inglese per poter comunicare. Abbiamo incontrato culture diverse, abitudini e stili di vita. Speriamo vivamente di rincontrare i nostri compagni di avventura un giorno.

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Project Comenius 4th meeting in Kaunas When we arrived in Kaunas, our teachers left us in our partner’s houses. Our part-ners were very friendly and nice, they showed us their houses and tried to made us feel like at home.

On monday 22nd we visited Kaunas with our part-ners: we saw many churches and they let us visit their school. In the evening , we met our mates at a bar-pizze-ria and we had a lot of fun.

On tuesday 23rdmorning, we prayed in the school church and then, we went to the artistic room and we built a river with brico-lage. After that, we visited the city again, with all our project-mates and we had the chance to know all them. We had lunch at school all together and the food was quite wierd but good. After lunch we went to a confer-ence where we explained our work about the Chioma river and the EBI analyses. In the evening we went to the Ak-ropolis, a shopping center, for a skating sessions.

On wednesday 24th we went to the Botanic Garden by bus where we

saw many species of spiders, snakes, turtles and lizards. We went to the analytic lab and we analyzed the water of the pond. We went to a forest and we planted many trees with the other Lithu-anian guys. We had a pic-nic all together in the forest : the rangers made the fire where we cooked sausages,eggs and potatoes. It was a nice place and we had a lot of fun. In the evening we went to Paolo’s pizzeria with our host friend Neringa and the other girls of Casa Maura.PLANTING TIME !

On thursday 25th was our last day.We visited two different cities:Vilnyus and Trakai.Vilnyus is the capital of Lithu-ana and it is a really amazing city, rich in historical monu-ments and churches.Trakai is a city where there is a castle in the middle of the lake. We had lunch in a res-taurant all together ; after-wards, we visited the castle,

only from outside because we should have paid a ticket in order to visit it inside.In the evening we went to Akropolis all together. Here everybody went shopping and we bought some presents for our fami-lies.

On friday 26th morning we left Kaunas and we were very sad because we didn’t like to go back home so early.It was a really great expe-rience, we made a lot of friends from different coun-tries.This experience helped us to improve our English and we learned some words of the other languages. We have now understood how impor-tant is knowing English to communicate. We have met different cultures, habits and lifestyles. We hope to meet them again one day because they are very nice and good friends.

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Experiència a Lituania El projecte Comenius representa una oportunitat molt important per mi. A part d’haver pogut viatjar a un altre país, he conegut a gent magnífica amb la que he establert amistat i espero que duri tot el temps possible. La vida a Lituania la vaig trobar bastant diferent. Allà tenen una moneda diferent: la lita. Tres lites i poc més equival a un euro. Una cosa que em va impactar molt va ser veure, al sortir de casa, una es-cola d’armament on podien anar des d’adolescents fins a nens petits.Una altra cosa que em va sobtar va ser com conduïen; anaven molt ràpid i ma-joritàriament no respectaven les senyals de tràfic. Els autobusos eren diferents dels que tenim a Catalunya; n’hi havia de dos tipus: el bus privat, que era com una furgoneta, on pagaves 2 litas i et portava on tu volies (com una espècie de taxi però amb més gent); i el segon tipus que s’anomenava “bus with mous-tache” perquè era elèctric. També em va impactar que pujaves, havies de tancar la porta ràpidament, perquè el conductor ja marxava, anaves a pagar-li, et feien assentar i després et passaven el canvi que feia el mateix conductor mentre conduïa. Cada vespre que teníem temps lliure anàvem a Akropolis, que és com un cen-tre comercial. Allà ens divertíem i una de les maneres era patinant sobre gel, una altre cosa important, que només per 7 litas (2 euros) podies passar-t’hi quaranta-cinc minuts a la pista.Per anar finalitzant, una altre cosa que ens va sobtar era la rapidesa amb que menjaven, caminaven, etc. Els hi vam preguntar a què era degut i ens van dir que era per que estaven acostumats a no tenir temps per culpa del treball,

l’escola, ...L’últim aspecte però no menys important del que vull parlar és la importància de l’anglès. Molts ja estem assabentats de que és un idioma internacional i que tots n’hauríem de saber, però alguns no ho valoren o no ho volen estudiar. Jo animo a tots aquells que els hi costi que hi dediquin més temps, però no a estudiar, si no a practicar-ho. No ha de ser pas avorrit, inclús és molt divertit si ho fas escoltant música que t’agradi, mirant la televisió, llegint, en anglès cada dia. Sense adonar-te veuràs que has millorat moltíssim. Aquí no podem demostrar tot el que sabem, però un cop ets en un altre país i necessites comunicar-te i parlar en anglès t’adones de que real-ment saps molt més del que pensaves.L’experiència ha sigut magnífica, la val-oro amb la màxima puntuació i puc dir que tornaria a repetir-ho amb la mateixa gent que he conegut.

Joana Serrano

B2B

El passat setembre vaig viatjar amb el projecte comenius sobre l’aigua i els rius que es fa al centre. Quan vaig sentir-ne parlar i em van proposar participar vaig pensar que seria una gran experiència i així vaig poder confirmar-ho quan allà hi era. Vam ar-ribar de nit, cap a la 1:30 de la matina i allà m’estava esperant el meu amfitrió (anem a dir-ho així).

El primer que em va sorprendre d’allà va ser la gran hospitalitat de la família que em va acollir, em preguntaven que si tenia gana després del vol, que com havia anat, i també preguntes sobre com era Palamós. El que mes els va sorpren-dre va ser la temperatura d’aquí i a mi

la d’allà, eren totalment diferents. Allà havíem d’anar abrigats i quan deia que aquí érem a 35 graus ells al•lucinaven i no paraven de repetir “Vull anar amb tu a Palamós”.

Una de les altres coses que et sorprèn es la forma com es la ciutat en sí. Els carrers, les cases, la gent i l’exterior en general, es totalment diferent a aquí. Sobretot em va sobtar que casi totes les cases del carrer tenien la mateixa es-tructura i semblança, semblava un gran edifici fet de més edificis. El riu traves-sant Kaunas ja li donava el toc especial a la ciutat.

Em vaig fixar en una cosa, condueixen desastrosament cosa que vaig trobar divertida sobretot quan davant d’un semàfor, la fila de cotxes no avançava i tot era perquè davant hi havia un cotxe aparcat sense ningú a dins.

Amb el meu amfitrió vam congeniar super bé, mateixos gustos musicals, mateixos hobbies, etc... aixi que la es-tància a la casa de la seva família no va ser problemàtica. La mare molt oberta també, tot i no saber anglès, i amb el gos vam fer bona amistat, dormia amb mi cada nit quan normalment dormia amb el noi.

Resumeixo el viatge dient que va ser una gran experiència d’on m’emporto moltes noves i bones amistats i una gran experiència que em va omplir molt i satisfactòriament. Si em diguessin de repetir-la no ho dubtaria.

Joel Durán (Palamós)

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My personal experience in LithuaniaThe Comenius project represented an important opportunity for me. A part from being able to travel to another country, I’ve met wonderful people with whom I have a great friendship and I hope it will last as long as possible. I found the life in Lithuania quite different from the one here in Catalonia. There is a different currency: the lite. Three lites and a bit more euro equal an euro.One thing that struck me was to see, when leaving home, a military school where children as well as teenagers were with weapons.Another thing that surprised me was how they drive, very fast and mostly without respect very much the traf-fic signs. Buses were different from the ones we have in Catalonia, there were two types: a private bus, it was like a van, where you paid 2 lites and it brought you where you wanted (as a kind of taxi but with more people); and the second kind called “bus with mus-tache” because it was electric. It also struck me when going into the taxi; you had to shut the door quickly, because the driver was already running. We paid and we got our change while we were seated and the car was driving.Every evening we had free time we went to Akropolis, which is like a shop-ping mall. There we had great fun with skating on ice, another important thing, you could spend forty-five minutes on the court for a price of 7 lites (about 2euros).Another thing that surprised us was how quickly they ate, walked etc.. We asked them why was it due to and they said it was because they were used to it as they had not many free time because of

work, school, ...L’últim aspecte però no menys important del que vull parlar és la importància de l’anglès. Molts ja estem assabentats de que és un idioma internacional i que tots n’hauríem de saber, però alguns no ho valoren o no ho volen estudiar. Jo animo a tots aquells que els hi costi que hi dediquin més temps, però no a estudiar, si no a practicar-ho. No ha de ser pas avorrit, inclús és molt divertit si ho fas escoltant música que t’agradi, mirant la televisió, llegint, en anglès cada dia. Sense adonar-te veuràs que has millorat moltíssim. Aquí no podem demostrar tot el que sabem, però un cop ets en un altre país i necessites comunicar-te i parlar en anglès t’adones de que real-ment saps molt més del que pensaves.The last but not the least important as-pect of what I want to talk about is the importance of English. Many of us are already aware that it is an international language and that we should all know it, but some students do not appreciate or do not want to study it. I encourage all those who are hard to devote more time with English to practice it. It should not be boring, it’s even a great fun if you do what you like for example listening to music, watching TV, reading in English every day. Without realizing it you will see that you have improved it a lot. You cannot show all you know, but once you’re in another country and you need to communicate and speak English you realize that you really know much more than you thought.The experience was wonderful, I value it with the highest score I can say that I would repeat the same people I met.

Joana Serrano

B2B

Last September i participat-ed with the Comenius project about wa-ter and rivers that our school is working on for one year. When I heard about it

and I was asked to participate I thought it could be a great experience and I was able to confirm this when I was there, in Kaunas. We arrived late night, at about 1:30 and my host family (let’s call it this way) was waiting for me.The first thing that struck me there was the great hospitality of the family who welcomed me, they asked if I was hungry after the flight, and how was everything going on, and also questions about Palamós. What surprised me most was that the temperature here and there was completely different. In Kaunas they were wearing coats and when I said that in Palamós there were 35 degrees centigrade they couldn’t imagine and they didn’t stop repeating “I want to go to Palamós with you.”One of the other things that will surprise you is how is the city itself. The streets, the houses, the people and the outside in general is very different from ours. I was especially surprised that almost all the houses in the street had the same or similar structure, like a large build-ing made of more buildings. The river crossing Kaunas gave the city a special feeling.I think they drive dangerously and one day I found a funny situation. There was a large row of cars in front of a traffic light, it got green and nobody could run ahead because there was a car parked with no one inside.With my host we got on very well, the same musical tastes, same hobbies, etc. ... So my stay in a house with this fam-ily was not a problem. The mother was also open-minded, but she didn’t know English, and I also had a good friendship with their dog. It slept with me while it usually slept with the guy.I sum up saying that the trip was a great experience where I took many new friendships and learning with me. It was very satisfactory. If you tell me to repeat it I wouldn’t doubt it.

Joel Durán

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MANO UPĖ – MANO GYVENIMAS4-asis susitikimas Kaune “ Vanduo, moks-las ir aplinka”

2013 m. 23-27 dienomis vyko Come-nius daugiašalės mokyklų partnerystės projekto „My river... my life“ partnerių atstovų susitikimas. Šį kartą garbė priimti Rumunijos, Latvijos, Ispani-jos, Portugalijos, Švedijos bei Itali-jos atstovus teko Kauno Karaliaus Mindaugo profesinio mokymo centrui. Anot projekto koordinatorės Sandros Venckuvienės, projekto dalyviai susitinka jau 4- ąjį kartą. Dar liko vizitai į Italiją ir Portugaliją.

Nuo neįprastos istorijos pamokos iki pramogų ant ledoPirmadienis prasidėjo bičiulių iš kitų šalių atvykimu. Mūsų mokyklos mokiniai, kurių šeimos ruošėsi priimti svečius, su didžiuliu jauduliu ir nekantrumu laukė atvykstančių savo naujųjų draugų. Kai visi pasisveikinome, svečių šalių moky-tojai nuvyko į ,,Europa Royal“ viešbutį, o mokiniai iškeliavo susipažinti su savo naujomis šeimomis ir laikinaisiais na-mais.Antradienį visi projekto dalyviai lankėsi Karaliaus Mindaugo mokymo centre. Iš pradžių svečiai dalyvavo kasdienin-iame bendruomenės susikaupime. Po jo Centro komanda atvykusius mokytojus supažindino su mokykla – Grožio studi-ja, Floristikos studija, Pėdos priežiūros studija ir vaikų darželiu, o mokiniai drauge su floristikos mokytoja Regina Ribokiene vien tik iš gamtinės medžiagos kūrė kompozicijas tema „Mano upė... mano gyvenimas“, kurios buvo eksponu-ojamos. Paskui visi svečiai buvo pak-viesti į ekskursiją „Kaunas – miestas

santakoje“, kur susipažino su svarbi-ausiais istoriniais Kauno senamiesčio objektais. Po pietų vyko svarbiausioji šios dienos dalis – konferencija „Vanduo, mokslas ir aplinka“, prieš kurią Come-nius projekto svečiai turėjo galimybę kiek neįprastai susipažinti su mūsų šalies istorija ir kartu su visais pasidžiaugti visos Centro bendruomenės šventės proga (Tą dieną mokyklai oficialiai buvo suteiktas Karaliaus Mindaugo vardas) . Visi sugužėjo į didžiąją Centro salę, kur dalyvavo Artūro Slapšio tapybos darbų parodos „Viduramžių Lietuvos valdovai ir kunigaikščiai“ atidaryme. Konferen-cijos metu kiekvienos šalies komanda pristatė savo namų darbą, kurį turėjo parengti pagal visiems vienodą biologų sudarytą metodiką: naudojantis biolog-iniais indikatoriais (rastais bestuburiais) nustatyti savo krašto upės taršą. Labai džiugu buvo sužinoti, kad mūsų Ne-muno vanduo tikrai nėra labai užterštas, palyginti su kitų šalių upių vandeniu. Vakare po rimtų darbų projekto daly-viai vakarojo čiuožinėdami ant Akropo-lio ledo, kurį daugeliui mokinių teko išbandyti pirmąkart. Čiuožimo pamoka sustiprino komandų draugystę, moki-niai džiaugėsi ir teigė, jog tai buvo pati geriausia „teambuildingo“ pamoka, nes, kai visi drauge susikibę už rankų čiuožė ir mokė vieni kitus išsilaikyti ant kojų ir žengti pirmuosius žingsnius, draugystė užsimezgė kaipmat.

Jie išvyko, bet pažadėjo sugrįžti...Trečiadienio rytą visa projekto komanda išvyko į VDU Botanikos sodą. Drauge su

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VDU Botanikos sodo Edukacinio cen-tro vadove Jurgita Bukšniene mikros-kopais tyrinėjome Nemuno vandens mikroorganizmus, atlikome cheminius vandens tyrimus – nustatėme nitratų, nitritų, fosforo, sunkiųjų metalų kiekį, vandens kietumą, taip pat buvo ste-bimi augalų vandens indai ir vandens paviršiaus įtempimo reiškinys. Labiau-siai visiems mokytojams ir mokiniams patikusi veikla – miško sodinimas šalia Kauno marių. Drauge su Dubravos EMMU girininku Kęstučiu Bacvinka bei jo miškininkų komanda mišką sodino 50 žmonių. Visi vienbalsiai sutiko, kad tai buvo pati prasmingiausia iki tol buvusi projekto veikla, nes sodinant mišką buvo ištartas pažadas sugrįžti bei pažiūrėti, kaip medeliai auga. Po aktyvaus darbo buvo labai skanu ragauti lauže kep-tas bulves, dešreles, kiaušinienę, kuri buvo iškepta milžiniškoje keptuvėje iš penkiasdešimties kiaušinių. Vakare svečiai mūsų Centre galėjo pasilepinti grožio procedūromis.

Ketvirtadienis sutapo su Europos kalbų diena. Džiugu, kad šią dieną paminėjome drauge su Comenius projekto dalyviais, todėl visa mokykla galėjo gyvai pajusti, patirti kalbinę ir kultūrinę įvairovę. Gimnazijos skyriaus kalbų mokytojai ir mokiniai drauge su Centro svečiais – mokiniais ir mokytojais – savo gim-tosiomis kalbomis rašė sveikinimus ir linkėjimus, skirtus Europos kalbų dienai. Šiais daugiakalbiais sveikini-mais buvo papuošti mokyklos stendai, iškabinti šiai dienai skirti plakatai,

kuriuose atsispindėjo Europos šalių unikalumą reprezentuojantys akcentai: vėliavos, žodžiai, frazės, žemėlapiai, kultūrinis unikalumas. Kita dienos dalis buvo skirta kelionei į Lietuvos sostinę. Vilniuje vaikštinėjome palei Vilnelės upę, Užupį. Buvo įdomu stebėti, kokią įtaką miestui ir jo žmonių gyvenimui turi upė. Aplankėme ir Pinigų muziejų, o klaidžiodami senamiesčio gatvelėmis grožėjomės bažnyčiomis, Prezidentūra, Rotuše, Aušros vartais. Svečiai nepralei-do progos įsigyti namiškiams lauktuvių. Popiet vykome į Trakus, kur žavėjomės ežerų apsuptu miestu ir senovine pilimi, palikusia svečiams ypatingą įspūdį. Paskui dar vykome į Kernavę, kur svečiai aplankė kultūrinį rezervatą, į Čiobiškį, kur išbandė ekologišką keltą. Patyrėme daug įspūdžių, džiaugėmės turiningai praleista diena, tačiau vakaras projekto dalyviams buvo paženklintas atsisveiki-nimo liūdesiu, nes daugumai svečių tai buvo paskutinis viešnagės vakaras.

Paskutinė diena – susitikimas su Kauno miesto vicemeru Kauno miesto savivaldybėje ir Švietimo skyriaus atstovais. Atsakingas už švietimo sritį mero pavaduotojas Vytautas Vasilenko pasveikino svečius ir teigė, kad palaiko ir skatina ekologinių projektų idėjas. Daug padėkos žodžių sulaukė susiti-kime taip pat dalyvavusi VDU Botanikos sodo Edukacinio centro atstovė Jurgita Bukšnienė. Jos ir kitų VDU Botanikos sodo darbuotojų dėka Nemuno vandens švarumo tyrimai įgavo mokslinę vertę.Na, ir beliko viešnagės uždarymo pro-

grama, kurios metu buvo parodytas atžvalginis filmas apie savaitės veiklą. Šis naujas projekto momentas nepaliko abejingų. Pabaigoje projekto dalyviams buvo įteikti diplomai ir laukė atsisveiki-nimo pietūs. Savaitė prabėgo kaip viena diena, ne vienam tąkart sužibėjo atsis-veikinimo ašaros, o pažadai susitikti, kvietimai atvykti rodė, kad draugystė išties tvirta, kad tikrai galime pasijusti vieningos Europos dalimi.

Atsisveikindami svečiai džiaugėsi šiltu priėmimu, puikiu organizavimu, įdomia vizito programa, parodytu dėmesiu bei svetingumu. Pietiečiai teigė, kad Lietuva jiems paliko didelį įspūdį savo švara bei tvarkingumu. Dabar beliko laukti kitų dviejų projekto dalyvių susitikimų Itali-joje ir Portugalijoje.

Projekto veikla yra finansuojama iš Mokymosi visą gyvenimą programos, kurią Lietuvos Respublikoje adminis-truoja Švietimo paramos fondas. Šis straipsnis atspindi tik autoriaus požiūrį, todėl Švietimo mainų paramos fondas ir Europos komisija negali būti laikomi atsakingi už bet kokį straipsnyje pateiki-amos informacijos naudojimą.

Biologijos mokytoja Sandra Venckuvienė, projekto

koordinatorė

Karaliaus Mindaugo profesinio mokymo centras

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MY RIVER- MY LIFE4-th meeting in Kaunas “ Water, science and envoiroment”

From 23 to 27 September, a meeting of project partners of Comenius multilateral school partnership project “My river ... my life” took place. This time the honour to host the Romanian, Latvian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish and Italian rep-resentatives was given to Kaunas King Mindaugas Vocational Training Centre (hereinafter referred to as the Centre). According to the project coordinator Sandra Venckuvienė, project participants have met four times so far, the visits to Italy and Portugal have still remained, and that is what the project participants did in Lithuania.

From an unusual history lesson to enter-tainment on an ice rinkMonday began with the arrival of fellow students and teachers from other coun-tries. The students of the Centre, whose families were ready to receive guests, were waiting for their new friends with great excitement and anticipation. After a joyful meeting and greeting, the teachers from foreign countries went to a hotel while the students went to get acquainted with their “new families” and temporary home. On Tuesday, all project participants visit-ed the King Mindaugas Vocational Train-ing Center. At the beginning, the guests participated in a daily community meet-ing. Afterwards the team of the Centre showed the guest teachers around the Training Centre: the Beauty Studio, the Floral Studio,the Foot Care Studio and the kindergarten, whereas the students together with flower arrange-ment teacher Regina Ribokienė created the composition exclusively from natural materials on “My river ... my life”, which was later exhibited in the Centre.

Later the guests were invited to join the guided tour “ Kaunas , the City on the Confluence” , during which they saw the most significant historical attractions of Kaunas Old Town. After lunch the most important part of the day took place ,i.e. the conference “ Water , Science and Environment” , before which the part-ners of the Comenius project had the opportunity to get acquainted with the history of our country by participating in the festivities held in the Centre on a very special occasion ( on that day the school was officially awarded the name of King Mindaugas ) . Thus, everyone gathered in the assembly hall, where they attended the openening ceremony of the art exhibition “Medieval Lithuanian Rulers and Dukes” by painter Artūras Slapšys . During the conference, each country team presented their homework , which was prepared in accordance with a common methodology develop by biologists : using biological indicators ( the invertebrates found ) to determine the river pollution of their country. Everybody was very pleased to find out that the water of our river Nemunas was not really very polluted compared to the rivers of other countries. In the evening, after the serious work, project partici-pants enjoyed themselves skating on an ice rink , and the entertainment was a lifetime experience for the guests from the countries further south . Skating lesson reinforced the friendship between teams , the students were happy say-ing that it was the best team-building lesson.

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dens under Vytautas Magnus University (VMU). Together with the director of the Botanical Gardens Education Centre Jurgita Bukšnienė, the guests used mi-croscopes to explore the Nemunas water microorganisms, moreover, chemical water tests were conducted to establish the content of nitrates, nitrites, phos-phates , heavy metals and water hard-ness; water dishes with plants and the surface tension phenomenon were also observed. The activity which was en-joyed most by all teachers and students was planting trees in the forest near the Kaunas Lagoon. Together with Dubrava EMMU forest district manager Kęstutis Bacvinka and his team of foresters 50 participants planted trees. It was unani-mously agreed that this was the most fruitful of all project activities because when planting the forest, a promise to come back and see the trees growing was given. After hard work, it was fun to taste delicious fire-roasted potatoes, sausages and the omelette of fifty eggs fried in a huge frying pan. In the evening the guests were able to relax in the Cen-tre and pamper themselves with some beauty treatments.

Thursday coincided with the European Day of Languages. It is a pleasure that the day was observed along with the Comenius project participants as all the community of the Centre was able to to feel and experience linguistic and cul-tural diversity. Language teachers and students of the Gymnasiums , together with the guest students and teachers in their own languages wrote the greetings and best wishes devoted to the European Day of Languages . These multilingual greetings decorated the stands along

with the posters which reflected the uniqueness of each country represented by the flag , some words and phrases , the maps and cultural uniqueness . Another part of the day included the trip to the capital of Lithuania . In Vilnius the project partners took a walk along the river Vilnelė and Užupis . It was interest-ing to see to what extent the city and its people’s life is influenced by the river . After visiting the Money Museum, the guests wandered along the streets of the Old Town admiring the churches , the Presidential Palace, the Town Hall and the Aušra Gates. The visitors did not miss the chance to buy presents and gifts to their families. In the afternoon the project partners went to Trakai, where they admired the town surround-ed by lakes and the ancient castle that made an unforgetable impression on the guests . Kernavė, a cultural herritage, was also visited , an eco-friendly ferry in Čiobiškis was tested . The day was full of excitement and impressions, however, the evening was marked by the sadness of some project participants , because for most of the guests it was the last night of their stay .On the last day there was a meet-ing with the vice-mayor of the city of Kaunas and the representatives of the Department of Education in Kaunas city municipality. Deputy mayor Vytautas Vasilenko, responsible for the area of education, welcomed the guests and said that he supported and promoted environmental project ideas. Many words of thanks were received by J.Bukšnienė, the director of the Botanical Gardens under Vytautas Magnus University, who also participated in the meeting. Due to her efforts and the work of the staff of

the Botanical Gardens under VMU, the research of the Nemunas water has gained scientific value.

Finally, it was time for the closing programme, during which the film about the meeting in Lithuania was shown. This new moment in the project left nobody indifferent. At the end of the programme, the participants were awarded diplomas and had a farewell dinner. The week had passed as one day, there were farewell tears in the eyes of some partners, but the promises to meet and the invitations to come again proved that our friendship grew stron-ger, that we feel a part of united Europe. Saying goodbye the guests emphasized that they had enjoyed a warm recep-tion, excellent organization, exciting programme of the visit, attention and hospitality. Guests from the countries further south maintained that they were impressed by cleanliness and tidiness of Lithuania . Now we are looking forward to the remaining two meetings of project partners in Italy and Portugal.

Project activities are funded by the Life-long Learning Programme, which is ad-ministered by the Education Foundation in the Republic of Lithuania. This article reflects only the author’s views, and the Education Exchanges Support Founda-tion and the European Commission can not be held responsible for any use of the information provided in the article.

Sandra Venckuvienė,a project coordinator, a biology

teacher at King Mindaugas Vocational Training Centre

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Am fost aici și ne-a plăcut foarte mult!Cred că proiectul Comenius și-a atins scopul atunci când după 2 săptămâni de la plecare, încă te gândesti la cei cu care ți-ai petrecut timpul, încă zâmbești când îți amintești cine, ce a făcut sau a zis, și începi să îți faci planuri cu ceilalți în vederea unei reîntălniri cât mai curănd posibil.Lituania a reprezentat o surpriză plăcută pentru fiecare dintre noi, iar întâlnirea din Kaunas a fost perfectă din toate punctele de vedere: găzduire, comuni-care, cooperare, înțelegere. Faptul că am fost toți foarte apropiați și comuni-cativi, ne-a făcut să ne simțim cu toții în Kaunas, ca acasă. Deci, ne-am făcut prieteni, iar prin aceste prietenii am aflat multe lucruri. Am învățat despre cultura, am învățat cuvinte în 6 limbi straine nouă și am descoperit noi, diferite și frumoase caractere. Am materializat împreuna ideea de “Râul meu, viața mea”. Fiecare echipă a reprezentat pe o planșetă râul care trece prin orașul de unde provin elevii

participanți, iar la sfârșit, când toate lucrările au fost gata, am unit râurile și am creat unul singur: al nostru, râul Comenius. Acesta a fost primul pas sim-bolic către noi prietenii. Chiar dacă știam ce avem de făcut și scopul cu care ne-am deplasat în această mobilitate, nu puteam combina mai bine utilul cu plăcutul!Când era vorba de știință( muncă și proiecte), ne luam sarcinile în serios, dar când aveam timp liber, ne descurcăm de minune la a face tranziția de la treabă la distracție cât mai ușor. Deci continuăm să fim o echipă unită, chiar și când era vorba de petrecere.Echipa din Buzău a colaborat foarte bine cu toți participanții din proiect. S-au legat relații foarte speciale și ne gândim foarte serios la ideea de a ne reîntălni cu toții iarași. De fapt, acesta este scopul: să depășim barierele lingvistice și să învățăm să comunicam cu sufletul, mai presus de orice alfabet. Desigur ca alfabetul a avut un rol deose-bit de important în a construi dicționarul științific, din care am învățat termeni legați de apă pe tema proiectului. A fost interesant să învățăm aceleași cuvinte în limbi străine. Fascinant a fost să observăm cum unele seamănă între ele, pe când altele sunt foarte greu chiar și

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de pronunțat. Oricum, a fost și aceasta încă o experiență demnă de menționat. Referitor la tema noastră, tema apei, am vizitat un parc unde am văzut confluența a 2 râuri importante, Kaunasul fiind localizat exact în locul unde râul Neris întălnește râul Nemuras. Un peisaj minunat! De asemenea, am recoltat probe de apă, pe care le-am supus unor analize la Universitatea Vytautas Mag-nus. A fost foarte interesant să gâsim în apă micro-organisme pe care abia le observam cu ochiul liber și am fost și mai surprinși să observăm la microscop cum niște vietăți atât de mici au forme bine definite. Joi am avut excursia de o zi în Villnius și Trakai. Chiar dacă Villnius este un oraș uimitor de frumos, o surpriză minunată ne-a așteptat în Trakai : Castelul Trakai – o adevarată Veneție. Acet castel este pozitionat pe apă, iar peisajul este de basm. Ne-am intors în timp dar acolo, ne-am simțit niște prinți și prințese!Acesta este doar un rezumat al activității noastre, dar am putea povesti ore întregi despre frumoasa noastră experiență pe care ne-ar face o deosebită plăcere să o repetam oricând!

Ștefania Țuclea, Petrovici Bianca, Arghir Andrei

Pedagogical High School - Buzău- Romania

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We were here and we loved it! You know Comenius project did it right, when after two weeks from the de-parture, you’re still thinking about the people you were with, you’re still smiling when you remember fragments of the time you spent together, and you start making plans with the others to arrange a meeting as soon as you can.Lithuania was a very pleasant surprise for each of us and the meeting in Kaunas was perfect in every way: hosting, com-munication, cooperation, understanding. The fact that we were all really close and communicative, made Kaunas feel like home.So, we made friends and through these friendships we have learned many things. We learned about culture, we learned so many words in 6 languages and we discovered new, different and really nice characters.We materialized together the idea of “My river, my life”. Each country represented on a board their river and in the end, when all the works were done, we have

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united all the rivers to create only one: ours, Comenius River. This was the 1st symbolic step towards new friendships. Even if we knew our duty and the pur-pose with which we have moved to this mobility, we could not manage better our “business” with pleasure and fun! When it was about science, work and projects, we were taking our job seriously, but when we had spare time, we do man-aged to make the transition from work to fun very slight. So we were still an united team even when it was to party. Buzau team worked well with the rest of the project. Special relationships were related and we are thinking very seri-ously at the idea of meeting all again. After all, this is the goal: to overcome language barriers and learn to commu-nicate by the heart, above any existing alphabet.Of course the alphabet had its very important role in building the Glos-sary from which we’ve learned scientific terms related to water. It was interest-ing to learn the same words in different languages. Fascinating was that some of them were similar in several languages, while others were very hard to even

pronounce. Eitherway, it was another notable experience.Regarding our theme, water, we visited a park where we saw the confluence of two major rivers. Old town of Kaunas is located exactly in the place where the Neris river meets Nemunas river. Awe-some view! We also did some analysis on water at Vytautas Magnus University. It was very interesting because we found some micro-organisms in the water and we analyzed them on the microscope. We were surprised to see that a creature so small has so defined forms.On Thursday, we had our one-day trip to Villnius and Trakai. Even if Villnius was simply amazing, a wonderful surprise waited for us in Trakai: Trakai Castle – a real Venice. This castel is on the water and the landscape is like a fairytale. We had gone back in time and we felt just like princes and princesses! This is just a summary of our activity, but we could talk for hours about our beautiful experience we would love to repeat anytime!

Ștefania Țuclea, Petrovici Bianca, Arghir Andrei

Pedagogical High School - Buzău- Romania

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BUZĂU - MY RIVER-MY LIFE CLEAN WATER FOR A HEALTY WORLDPEDAGOGICAL HIGH SCHOOL BUZAU - ROMANIA

The water catchment basin of Buzau river is part of the Danube catchment area. The total basin area is 52,964 km2 with an estimated length of 1,656 km. The main hydrographic artery that runs through the river basin is Buzau river, with a length of 306 km.Are organisms adapted to certain environmental conditions becoming bioindicators of these types of water

Macroscopic algae Macroinvertebrates Fishes

MacroinvertebratesMacroinvertebrates are organisms larger than 5 mm that live on a rocky, muddy or sandy bottom of the rivers or on the aquatic plants in a certain time of their existence. Benthic macroinvertebrates (organisms that live on lake,river, the bottom of the sea) are best used as bioindicators because: they are numerous, easily collected and less mobile.M

Mayfly larvae Caddisfly larvae Dragonfly larvae Diving Beetle Stonefly larvae

Physicochemical analysis of water samples:

Water temperature — The tempera-ture of a waterbody directly affects many physical, biological and chemical char-acteristics. For exemples, oxygen is less soluble in warmer water which can affect aquatic life.

pH — Refers to the acidity or alkalinity of the water which affects the survival of aquatic life. Pure water has a pH of 7, acidic solutions have lower pH values and alkaline solutions have higher values Dissolved oxygen — is a measure of the quantity of oxygen present in water.

O2 is essential for almost all forms of life.

Nitrogen — Nitrogen compounds can be found naturally in surface waters and in groundwater. High concentrations of nitrogen in water bodies are often the result of human activities. Nitrogen compounds commonly measured in waterways include nitrate, nitrite and ammonia.

Phosphorus — The phosphorus found in both surface water and groundwater is in a form called phosphate. Soil and fertiliser particles can carry phosphorus and sewage is also rich in phosphorus, and can, also, lead to eutrophication and degradation of stream water quality.

Monitoring Buzau River

Within this project, we intend to de-termine the water quality by physico-chemicaland biological analysis of Buzau river in Buzau monitoring section.Sampling of water and aquatic organ-isms is a very important phase in the process of physico-chemical and biologi-cal analysis of water.After sampling, the observation sheet was completed and there were noted the transparency, temperature, pH and water color while the remaning data were analyzed and processed in the laboratory.Within the practical activity was realized the greening of right and left banks of Buzau river in the city of Buzau.

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1. Hydromorphological quality1.1.The habitat: • flowing water • usual level• fast waters • river bottom substrates:Blocks,

stones, pebbles, gravel, sand and clay

1.2.The wood-lands: • quality of for-

est riverside: Moderate

1.3.The flow:• width: 5 m• depth: 0,31 m

• speed: 0,4 m/s

1.4.The altera-tions:• color of the wa-

ter is turbid• without smell• flow regulations:

Dams

Occupation of the riparian zone: • Agricultural use• Urban use• Recreational use• Treatment plant• Road infrastruc-

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2.Physicochemical Quality:2.1.Temperature: 22 C

2.2.Transparency: 4

2.3.pH: 7,5

2.4.Dissolved oxygen: 8 mg/l

2.5.Nitrates: (NO2)- = 0,089mg/l, (NO3)- = 3.599mg/l

2.6.CO2(O=C=O): 1,8 g/l la 22°C

2.7.Hardness (Ca2+; Mg2+)= 11,09 0G

2.8.Phosphates: (PO4)3-= o.4 mg/l

2.9.Ammonium: (NH4)+=0,096 mg/l Analyses made in the Water Company’ s laboratory .

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3.Biological qualityThe analysis of Buzau river macroinvertebrates showed the presence of a large number of species which indicates the level of pollution. There are sensitives species in the upper river but also tolerant in the middle and in the lower course of the river, where we can see the influence of insufficiently purged water.Macroinvertebrates have always attracted attention due to the short life of the adult stage (from few hours to few weeks) and the presence of aquatic larval stage.Percentage numerical abundance values were 73% (Ephemeroptera, Chiromidae), and the minimum of 0.02% (Trichoptera), 0.79% (Mollusca).

Collected insects from Buzau river:

Î-Artfropoda/C-insects/ O-Ephemerop-tera/Mayfly -G1 Î-Artfropoda / C- insects / O-Trichop-tera/ Caddisfly -G1 Î-Artfropoda/C-bugs /O-Coleoptera/ Riffle Beetle – G1

Î-Mollusca/C- snails, scallops (Gastero-poda)/ Gilled Snail –G1Î-Arthropoda/ C-insects/O- Diptera-(Tipulidae)- G2Î-Artfropoda/C-insects/O-Diptera-(Chironomidae)/Midge –G3

Î-Annelida/C- earthworms /-Oligochaeta/ Aquatic Worm - G3Î-Annelida/C Hirudinea/ Leech- G3Î-Mollusca/ C- Gasteropoda/ Lunged Snail – G3

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Test OneCollect 50 macroinvertebrates and sort them into like Taxa groups. Use the formula below to deter-mine the quality of the water. Note that the Taxa groups will indicate their tolerance to pollution. The Taxa group with the most organisms is most tolerable to pollution. The Taxa group with the least organisms is the least tolerable to pollution.

Group 1 - 10 different Taxa found, 10 x 1 = 10 (score)

Group 2 – 3 different Taxa found, 3 x 2 = 6 (score)Group 3 - 17 different Taxa found, 17 x 3 = 51 (score)Different Taxa = 30 Total Group Score = 67Formula: {Total Group Score (67) }/{Number of different Taxa(30)} = 2.233 (Pollution Index)Result: Good Water Quality

Test TwoThe Sequential Comparison Index (SCI) is based on the theory of runs. A new run begins each time an organism picked from the sample looks different than the one picked just before it.

SCI = (number of runs)/(total number of organ-isms picked) Total Runs = 10Total Organisms = 16SCI = 10/16 = 0.625Water Quality = Good0=samex=differentTotal organisms: 16Total runs: 10

Total Runs = 10

Total Organisms = 16

SCI = 10/16 = 0.625

Water Quality = Good

Test ThreeDiversity Index (DI )You need to determine the Taxa Richness of your sample population. To do this you must count the number of different Taxa. Multiply the Taxa Richness by the SCI value

Formula:DI = SCI x Taxa RichnessResults:Taxa Group= Taxa Richness=30SCI= 0.625DI= 0.625x 30DI= 18.75

0-8 Poor

9-12 Fair

12-24 Good

Result: Good Water Quality

Buzău Hydrographic Basin area monitoring was carried out in August-September 2013 by the team formed of Petrovici Bianca and Ştefania Ţuclea, Arghir Andrei and teacher Raicu Viorica.

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WatershedJiu extends over a length of 339 km with a catchment area of 10 080 square kilome-tres. From this, the mountains occupy 35%, the hilly part 35% and the plain 30%. Depending on the relief the Jiu can be divided into 3 sections:The upper, Petrosani basin it`s formed and stretched from the source to the exit of the gorge;The hills, which run trough the Getic Subcarpathians area and the plain-that takes place between the confluence with the Danube and Amaradia.In august, the project team traveled to the localities of Malu Mare, Podari to study and analyze the water quality of the river Jiu.Time 10:30,Coordinates UTM(x) 44°14 ‘16” GIS-STEREO-70

Hydromorphological water analysisThe Jiu river has running water through-out the year, and at this point the water level is constantWater is flowing, with an average depth, and a calm course about of about 0.4 m / s Lots of sand on the river bottom, a fairly large amount, over 10%The water is clear and odourless The aquatic vegetation includes algae and moss.

Collecting the water samplesThe water`s colour is transparentIt does not smellAnd it has small areas with glass, paper, plastic residuesWater is used for household consumption but also for agriculture, and irrigation

Water analysis laboratoryTemperature: 22°pH: 7, 23Nitrates: 7, 94 mg/l %,Saturation: 87, 44%Transparency: yesAmmonium: 4,06mg N/lPhosphates: 0,44 mq/lCO2 could not be determined because we did not have the necessary equip-ment on site.

Macroinvertebrate encountered on the Jiu river.Macroinvertebrates provides information on water quality for a long time. macroinvertebrates biodiversity is low .The number of species present is very small with big numbers of individualsgroups of macroinvertebrates present: Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera, DipteraThey are present all year round, they are less mobile than fish, are easily collectedIndicator species of clean unpolluted waterIndicator species of clean, slightly contaminated with organic materialsIndicator species of organic contaminated water

Jiu River upstream Craiova Podari

• macroinvertebrates biodiversity is lower• number of species present is less than upstream but with a larger number of individuals• there are present organisms that tolerate water impurification• macromevertebrate groups present: Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera, Diptera and Coleoptera

River downstream Jiu Craiova-Malu Mare

• macroinvertebrates biodiversity low• the number of species present is very small and also is the number of individuals• macromevertebrate groups present: Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera, Diptera

RESULTSUpstream at Podari-water is clean, drinkableDownstream at Malul Mare the water is partially polluted, mediocre

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BiodiversityVegetation Birds Reptile Mamals

Populus alba, Corylus avel-lana, Scirpus holoschoenus, Gen Urtica, Alnus glutinosa etc…

Himantopus himantopus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Anas crecca, Anas platyrhynchos

Natrix natrix, Emys orbicu-laris

Rattus norvegicus

Water PollutionSources of water pollutionorganized sources that cause pollution from discharge of substances into the water through plants for this purpose, such as-sewers, discharges from industries or farmers.Unorganized sources that cause pollution by uncontrolled penetration of substances into the water. Influence of water pollution on the environment.

A) Organic substances B) Inorganic substances

• The organic substances of natural origins (vegetal) consumes oxy-gen

• in the water for development and even after death . Lack of oxygen in the water has the effect of stop-ping the aerobic processes includ-ing self-cleaning .

• Phenol is a toxic fish nervous, it gives the fish an unpleasant smell an odor

• Detergents rise on the surface of the water as a foam and, water self-purification is prevent and also its use for irrigation .

• Pesticides can be the cause of se-rious illness (cancer), neurological disorders and endocrine disorders

• Inorganic salts can cause the increase of water hardness and high hardness waters produce de-posits and reduces heat transfer capacity.

• Chlorides beyond certain limits, make water unfit for alimentation and irrigation

C) Suspensions.

Both organic and inorganic suspen-sions deposit and form banks that stop navigation, consuming the oxygen in the water. If substances are only or-ganic matter, they lead to the forma-tion of smelly gases.

D) Radioactive substances.

Biological effect can be somatic

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Craiova Romani - Prof.Adriana Gherghe-coordonator

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