Virtual School Bridges Project

Bridges & Tunnels Project
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TVSbridges.htm

The Bridge & Tunnel Project is a joint venture between the European Virtual School, the Teachers Virtual School and the Association of Teachers Websites (ATW). It is a cross-curricular project for students aged 13-14 during eSchola week (7th-11th May). We hope to have contributions from the teachers of History, Geography, Science, Design & Technology, English, Business Studies and Music.

Special emphasis will be placed on examples of bridges and tunnels that have attempted to link two countries together. For example, the Severn Bridge and the Channel Tunnel and the recently opened Malmo-Copenhagen bridge that now links Sweden and Denmark.

The second part of the project starting in September, 2001, will attempt to link certain countries together. The idea being that students would use the knowledge of existing technology to test out the feasibility of building a bridge or tunnel to link the two countries together. After developing their ideas the children in one school will be linked with a school in the paired country. They would then work on the project together.

In September, 2001, the students will be to develop a plan of action on how technology could be used to improve educational links between the two schools. Their conclusions will then be posted on the European Virtual School website.

Building a bridge or tunnel between two countries.

England and the Netherlands

Belgium and England

Italy and Croatia

Italy and Bosnia

Wales and Ireland

Denmark and Norway

Sweden and Germany

Finland and Estonia

Lithuania and Poland

Portugal and Morocco

Spain and Algeria

France and Corsica

Greece and Turkey

Building technological links between two schools in different countries.

Switzerland and Austria

Hungary and Rumania

Czech republic and Poland

Slovakia and Ukraine