ETWINNING 25-26 CITIZEN: A7.1 RESEARCH

TASK:

Dear partners, this activity consists of 2 steps:

STEP 1 –Teacher Collaboration (1st week in November, deadline: 9 November 2025):
a) Teachers will suggest useful links and/or materials (Table 1) on the four topics mentioned.
b) Teachers will collaborate to prepare a Table 2, similar to a „choice board“, with proposed tasks for students.

STEP 2 –Students work (between 10 November and 28 November 2025):
Students will work on one or more tasks of their choice, from the Table 2 prepared by teachers.

You can find all the detailed information about this activity in the Google Docs below. (Please review table and fill in the requested information.)

Google Docs edit link: November Activity – 2025

Google Docs view link:November Activity – 2025

TASK PLANNING:

Teachers from all partner schools worked together to collect and share useful materials and links on four main environmental and digital topics:

1. Energy consumption of digital devices and the energy footprint of digital actions and AI.
2. Forests and paper – deforestation, biodiversity, sustainable forest management, and paper recycling.
3. Eco-friendly printing and responsible paper use.
4. Data centers and water consumption.

Each school contributed by suggesting resources, including short educational videos.

Teachers jointly created a choice board with proposed student activities based on the four topics.

At our school, students helped search for videos that explained each topic clearly and simply. The teacher then selected the best ones and shared them with the partner schools.

Step 2 – Student Work

• Students took part in a double voting process:
  1. First, they voted for their preferred topic.
  2. Then, they voted for the activity they wanted to carry out.
• The most voted option was Topic 4: Data centers and water consumption, and the winning activity was titled “The Invisible Water of the Internet.”

ACTIVITY RESULT:

In this final activity, students explored how data centers consume large amounts of water to keep servers cool and ensure the smooth operation of digital services.

To raise awareness of this hidden environmental impact of online activities, students used AI tools to design digital infographics. These infographics illustrate how everyday digital actions — such as streaming, cloud storage, or using artificial intelligence — require significant amounts of water and energy.

The results reflect our students’ creativity, teamwork, and growing awareness of the environmental footprint of technology.

We proudly share the outcomes achieved by our students!
Together, we continue to learn, share, and act for a more sustainable digital world.