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YES - Young Energy Savers
School Project under Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE)
Organisation

The local children museums in the countries are:
Belgium: Technopolis, Italy: Explora; Bulgaria: Artland; Ireland: Imaginosity; Poland: ParkMiniatur.

Partners: Business Solutions Europe Limited (coordinator), UK; WWF European Policy Office, Belgium; REC, Hungary; Explora, Italy; Griffilms Ltd, UK.

Duration:
01.09.2008 - 31.08.2010

Material in

Age group
School children between the ages of 6 and 8.
Topic
Sustainable Education/Entertainment - Energy Efficiency - Renewable Energies
Goal
Young Energy Savers (YES) is making cartoon films to raise awareness among children about energy consumption.
The aim is to learn while having fun too!
Resources
A dynamic teaching pack on the animation will be available for free download in June 2010 for use in the following school year starting September 2010.
Task
 
Description and Evaluation

The project is led by cartoon animators, international environmental organisations including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and school students from 5 countries.
Each eight-minute episode of the animation will cover issues from energy conservation, renewable energies and sustainable transport and will be produced in English and translated into several languages. Finally, the animated film will be available to broadcasters from across the EU for free distribution.
Project YES is unique as it works with children across several European countries to evaluate the content of the cartoon animation during its entire production phase. The school children take part in focus groups and questionnaires to provide the animators with their honest feedback on the characters, concepts and messages. This ‘pedagogic evaluation’ is coordinated by Explora and local children’s museums in each country.