CITIDEP - Research Center on Information
Technology and Participatory Democracy
PRESENTING CITIDEP WORK IN SCHOOLS
IN SUPPORT OF:
PEOPLE - Population Exposure
to Air Pollutants in Europe
CITIDEP is a partner in the
Project PEOPLE...
www.citidep.pt • www.citidep.net
PEOPLE - Entities Promoting:
PEOPLE - Partners in Portugal:
Institute for the Consumer
Presidency of the Council of
Ministers [Lisbon Project
Coordination].
DCEA - FCT-UNL. Dept of
Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, New University of
Lisbon
DRAOT-LVT, Regional
Administration of Environment and
Land Use Planning for Lisbon and
Tagus Valley, Ministry of Cities, Land
Use Planning and Environment.
CRSP-LVT, Public Health Regional
Center for Lisbon & Tagus V. ,
Ministry of Health.
DMAEV, CML- City
Department for
Environment and
Green Spaces, Lisbon
Municipality
Quercus — National
Association for the
Conservation of
Nature
CITIDEP - Research
Center on Information
Technology and
Participatory
Democracy
PEOPLE-
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1. Assessment of Benzene levels;
Population Exposure to
Air Pollutants in Europe
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2. Learn the impact of outdoor and indoor
emission sources (including smoking) on
human exposure to Benzene, for risk
assessment of populations in Europe;
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3. Compare Benzene air pollution levels in
European capitals, in function of emission
sources, local meteorological conditions,
citizen behaviour and air quality policies;
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4. Assessment of the impact of air quality
policies (EU directives), local abatement
measures and personal behaviour on
exposure levels to Benzene;
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5. Raising the awareness of citizens about
air quality and the impact of personal
behaviour (transport and smoking habits).
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6. Validation of pollution exposure models.
CITIDEP PROJECT:
“PEOPLE” FOR SCHOOLS
(targeting ages 6 to 16)
• Contribution to objective 5 of Project PEOPLE:
5. Raising the awareness of citizens…
Why Schools?
• POWER OF THE SCHOOL TO PROMOTE SOCIETY CHANGES
• “PEOPLE” ALLOWS PARTICIPATORY SCIENCE & CITIZENSHIP:
• Students help scientific data gathering
• Students study and research the topic
• Students join citizens debating results
Schools Participating
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ES Pedro Nunes, Lisboa (Tânia Fonseca [Project Head], Helena Melo,
Isabel Medina, Helder Silvério)
Colégio S. João de Brito, Lisboa (Angela Canêlhas, Domingos Aurélio,
Maria Justina Correia, José Manuel Costa, Madalena Cabral, Silvia Sepulveda)
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ES Sta Maria Maior, Viana do Castelo (Paulo Tomé)
EB2+3 de Miraflores (Manuela Carrasco)
EB2+3 de Fernão Lopes, Lisboa (Fatima Gasparinho)
EB1, 29 do Jardim do Torel, Lisboa (José Carlos Gomes)
EB1 de Monserrate, Viana do Castelo (Conceição Liquito, Conceição
Martins)
EB1 de Eirado-Eiras, Arcos de Valdevez (Beatriz Gomes)
And representing the following entities:
• E.S.E. do IP de Viana do Castelo (José Portela, Domingos Belo, Luis Fabião)
• uARTE (João Correia de Freitas, Alexandra Vieira, Helena Guerreiro)
• Project PEOPLE (DRAOT-LVT: Luisa Nogueira; FCT-UNL: Hugo Tente; Instituto do
Consumidor: Ana Miranda, Ana Cabral; CITIDEP: Pedro Ferraz de Abreu, Tânia Fonseca,
Isabel Medina, José Carlos Gomes, José Portela)
CITIDEP - Research Center on Information Technologies and Participatory Democracy
CITIDEP promotes network
with scientists, teachers and students
Lisbon schools were
part of the Benzene
sampler net
Lisboa (Pt)
Viana do Castelo (Pt)
Açores Islands (Pt)
Nantes (Fr)
Manchester (UK)
Edinbourgh (UK)
Using Internet (web broadcast) and videoconference to allow access of
remote areas and portuguese student communities abroad
CITIDEP “PEOPLE - CITIZENSHIP” PROJECT
Inovative educational tools
280 students + 19 teachers + 9 schools directly involved
(high + elementary schools)
IN THE CLASSROOM (9 months):
Student inquiry: Study Benzene as a pollutant
Lab sessions: Particles on the paper / Elastics and pollution
Environmental game: highschool students teach younger students
STUDENT INTERACTION:
15 Oct 02: Videoconference with PEOPLE’ expert & Web broadcast
18 March 03: Videoconf. + broadcast + chat with PEOPLE’ expert
12 June 03: Role-Play debating citizenship issues related to PEOPLE
Estimated audience: 50 schools ~ 500 students
CITIDEP Activities Before 22 October 2002
15 October 2002
<- Lisboa
Viana ->
Activity: Videoconference and Internet
Broadcasting, with PEOPLE’s expert,
for students from the 10nd grade
2002 - 2003 Highschool students with Elementary school students
Activity: Environmental game:
“Learn with the environment, playing!”
2003 Highschool students work with Elementary school students
PEOPLE Videoconference
and Internet broadcasting II
with chat for students
from the 2nd and 3rd grade
Students in Lisbon say goodbye
to students in Viana do Castelo
Activity: “ The air exists,
although we can't see it”
12 June 2003
Activity: Role-Play on “PEOPLE” issues
Characters:
Parliament member (PS)
Cancer specialist (M. Doctor)
Smokers’ association pro-active
Car Manufacture Industrial
Oil Industry Owner
Querqus’ member (environmentalist)
Gas Pump worker
We wanted students to also use REAL results from PEOPLE: Unfortunately,
the PEOPLE’s results were not made public before 12 June 2003
CITIDEP - Research Center on Information
Technology and Participatory Democracy
In Agenda:
• Student Participation at PEOPLE’s Press Conference
• Summit “PEOPLE’s Future”
and, depending on funding:
• Information Campaign
• Publish Project Booklet and Multimedia CD-ROM
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