The groups working in this project are geography students (Ge2) and English students (Ena7). Geography students got organized in 10 groups and each group was given a renewable energy source to work on:
- wind power
- solar energy
- hydro power
- bioenergy
- geothermal energy
- wave energy and tidal power
- recycling
- mining of soil and bedrock
- forest resources
- food production

Geography students were instructed to gather information from various sources and write an article of it in Finnish. Students of English were similarly divided into 10 groups and their task was to translate the texts into English. The whole process was carried out through the digital learning environment Microsoft One Drive. We created a shared file and the students were able to work on their texts any time, any place. 

On Wednesday 11th we arranged a Skype meeting with the project partners in Sisimiut, Greenland, to catch up what we had been doing so far. 

Having a skype meeting with partners from Greenland and Denmark in 11.11.2015,  photo: Juha Vepsä

The blog " Raw Stock Observer"  was established due to a joint educational project in Kerava Upper secondary school. The courses involved are Ge2 (Geography) and Ena7 (English)

 English and geography students at their work in 19.11.2015, photo: Anu Brunila-Kovanen

Kerava upper secondary school and upper secondary school for adults is the only Finnish school participating in the international project “Teaching sustainable use of energy and raw materials in an environment affected by climate change.

The project is funded by The Nordic Council of Ministers and co-ordinated by Greenland. The scheme was launched in June 2015 and it will last for two years. The first meeting to get organized was arranged in Sisimiut, Greenland where our teacher in geography and biology, Anu Brunila-Kovanen, attended.

Other participants in the project are Naerum high school in Denmark, Akureyri high school in Iceland, several schools in Greenland (Sisimiut) and the Norwegian Space Center.

The aim of the project in participating schools is to increase awareness of the sustainable development and the sustainable use of energy and raw materials.


With reference to the curriculum reform in Finland (LOPS 2016) one of the aims in this project is also to try new studying and teachings methods; the key words being phenomenon based learning, research, interaction, co-operation, student involvement, digital learning environments.