The aim of the project is to develop critical thinking skill in our students, to help them face the problems around them and try to find the ways out of them..Throughout the project students are going to record 1-2 min videos about any problem around them e.g. social, environmental, psychological etc After that students will present their videos and we will organize debates about the problematic issues. We will compare the attitudes of students from different countries with each other, give advises and recommendations to each other and get used to problem solving. We think, that if you don't face the problem, you will never be able to solve it!!!

• Subjects: Citizenship, Cross Curricular, Environmental Education, Psychology

• Languages: EN - RU

• Pupil's age: 12 - 16

• Tools to be used: e-mail, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Twinspace, Video conference

• Aims:

The main purpose of the project is to develop students' critical thinking skill, they will gain experience in facing the problems and trying to find the ways out. The project will help students to develop and improve different essential skills, such as: collaboration, organization of work, making presentations and videos, debating and time management. hide

• Work process:

Students will work in small groups, they will choose the problematic issue and record a short video to present it to the audience. During the debates they will have to give arguments why do they consider the issue as problematic and think about some ways out of the problem. We will discuss the videos recorded by other members of the project, we will arrange video conference and share our opinions towards the problem. Each partner school will have to make its own contribution to the project, otherwise they will be removed. The members will have approximately one or two months to fulfill the tasks, they should prepare at least three videos about problems around them and take part in video conferences and debates. Active involvement of the partners is required! 

• Expected results:

As a result students will create a blog and upload all the materials, they will introduce students from different countries, show their problems to them and collaborate with them in finding the solutions, give advises on different problems and be helpful. We will use twinspace and emails to contact each other and skype conference too. This kind of project will be very helpful for our students as it will develop the skills they will certainly need in real life situations!!!