Activism – Light
Group: ICKFELK HLIOS (sun)
Iliana, Greece
Claudio, Italy
Konstantina, Cyprus
Fiona, Ireland
Elvina, Sweden
Lisandra, Portugal
Kostas, Greece
Title: Sustainable Town(Integrated Project) –
to be used as a base on which further environmental study can
be developed
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Subjects of activity
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Primary school
 Children
 7 – 10 years
 Teacher
Title: Sustainable Town(Integrated Project) –
to be used as a base on which further environmental study can
be developed
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Action – Part A
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Create something that they can see in the town/village
near them, e.g. car/house etc using recycled materials
that they have gathered as a class(Individual).
Action – Part B: Radiometer
 Create a sun-pressure turbine
using a bottle, aluminium and
paper which can all be recycled.
(Collaborative groupwork).
 This will all be displayed as a
model sustainable town.
How does it work
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Light has a double nature: it behaves as a wave for many phenomena, but it’s
also composed of particles (photons)
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When a photon collides with a surface, it presses on it, and the amount of this
pressure depends on the reflectivity of the surface.
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A completely reflective surface (aluminium foil) is pressed more than a
completely absorbitive surface (black paper).
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Each fan blade has 2 opposed surfaces: one covered by aluminium, the other by
black paper.
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When the light strikes the fan, it rotates
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because of the difference of pressure
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on its blades.
Title: Sustainable Town(Integrated Project) –
to be used as a base on which further environmental study can
be developed
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Operation
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Look at home and in school for items that can be
recycled.
Design and make urban item (cut,paste, paint, etc).
Build the fan (alternate aluminium and paper ‘wings’ of
the fan).
Put in the bottle (vacuum).
Place in the model town in sunny spots.
Title: Sustainable Town(Integrated Project) –
to be used as a base on which further environmental study can
be developed
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Goals
Promote the mindset that things can be used again and
again for many different purposes as part of the broader
goal of cultivating Environmental Awareness. (Part A)
Recognize that solar energy can be exploited by people as
an alternative and possibly more viable form of energy.
(Part B)
Activism - light
Title: Sustainable Town(Integrated Project) – to be used as a base on which
further environmental study can be developed
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action
subjects
of activity
Primary
school
Children
7 – 10 years
Teacher
Create something that they can
see in the town/village near
them, e.g. car/house etc using
recycled materials
that they have gathered as a
class.(Individual)
Create a sun-pressure turbine
using a bottle, aluminium and
paper which can all be recycled.
(Collaborative groupwork)
This will all be displayed as a
model sustainable town.
operation
Look at home and in school for
items that can be recycled
Design and make urban item
(cut,paste, paint, etc)
Build the fan (alternate aluminium
and paper ‘wings’ of the fan)
Put in the bottle (vacuum)
Place in the model town in sunny
spots.
goals
Promote the
mindset that things
can be used again
and again for
many different
purposes as part of
the broader goal
of cultivating
Environmental
Awareness;
Recognise that
solar energy can
be exploited by
people as an
alternative and
possibly more
viable form of
energy .