SWITCH WATER ON

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• Eco parco dell’Adda Nord
• Cos’è una centrale idroelettrica
• Biomasse
• Centrali eoliche
• L’energia delle onde
• L’energia Geotermica
• Energia Fotovoltaica
• Bibliografia
• Chi siamo
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• Eco Museum
• Hydroelectric generating station
• Energy from the biomasses
• Wind energy
• Energy of waves
• Geothermal energy
• Photovoltaic energy
• Bibliography
• About us
• Lieksan-Lukio

Introduction to the project
Switch water on

We have felt the need to deal with the topic of hydroelectric energy with the students because we are aware that sustainable energy is one of the issues that our society has lately been facing; indeed these problematic matters are putting our planet at risk.
This last Unesco work has been developed in cooperation by two schools: Liceo Scientifico “Federigo Enriques” (classes 2C and 2E), Lissone (Milan), Italy and “Lieksan Lukio”, Lieksa (Karelia), Finland.
The twinning between the Finnish and the Italian Institutes started last school year 2005-2006 on the occasion of the Comenius activity of the Socrates programme, with a project on nutrition. Taking into account the valuable results of that experience, the teachers and the principals of the two schools have decided to continue the cooperating process with this new work on sustainable development, concerning the production of electric energy. In the development of the target theme, each Institution has privileged the sources available in their own living environment. This is the reason why Liceo “Federigo Enriques” has focused the attention on hydroelectric power plants, while Lieksan lyceum has illustrated the energy produced from wood, besides the hydroelectric energy.
In both establishments opportunities have been given to the students to visit some power stations in their own countries and to observe the surroundings, above all the natural richness, and to highlight the economic impact of the outcome, which is clearly witnessed in the section relating to the eco-museum.
It has been very stimulating to notice how efficient this cooperation has been, not only between classes of the same school, but also between Institutes located in different countries. On the one hand the results have pointed out the different cultures and habits, on the other hand they have evidenced how human needs are similar all over the world, in such a way as to induce men to create common useful structures for their communities to enjoy by using appropriate technology to allow the exploitation of natural sources in order to obtain clean sustainable energy, so that risks both to human beings and the environment could be avoided.

Classi 2°C e 2°E del Liceo Federigo Enriques - Lissone 2007