Learning · Teaching · Training · C25–9 May 2025Balıkesir, Türkiye

LTT2 — Climate Education for Sustainability and Innovation

Hosted by Özel Balıkesir Bilnet Ortaokulu

A five-day training week hosted by Bilnet Secondary School that applied climate education through digital storytelling, game-based learning, a circular-economy workshop and nature excursions. Delivery was expanded well beyond the plan: rescheduled from April to May, enlarged to a full game-development strand mentored by 13 engineering students from Balıkesir University, and integrating heritage sites at Kaz Dağları and Assos into the learning journey.

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Highlights

Day 1 — project launch, icebreakers, climate-change basics and a circular-economy seminar
Day 2 — story structure, script-writing, digital storytelling and animation development
Day 3 — Ecotopia game analysis, gamification workshop and game-building with Unreal Engine (educators joined a traditional Ebru marbling workshop)
Day 4 — excursion to Kaz Dağları (Ida Mountains) National Park and the ancient city of Assos
Day 5 — recycling & zero-waste workshop, green-school model, student game/animation showcase and certificate ceremony

Daily programme

Mon 5 May 2025 — orientation & circular economy

Started 14:00: project presentation and icebreaker games
Orientation on climate-change basics
Circular-economy seminar

Tue 6 May — digital storytelling & animation

Workshop on story structure and script-writing
Digital storytelling techniques
Animation development, led by Bilnet IT teachers and University of Balıkesir engineering students

Wed 7 May — Ecotopia, Unreal Engine & Ebru

Spoken analysis of the Ecotopia game experience
Workshop on gamification and sustainability
Game development with Unreal Engine — students built and tested their own games (beyond the original plan)
Educators and staff joined a traditional Turkish paper-marbling (Ebru) art workshop

Thu 8 May — Kaz Dağları & Assos excursion

Excursion to Kaz Dağları (Ida Mountains) National Park
Visit to the ancient city of Assos — Acropolis and Temple of Athena
Linked biodiversity conservation and ancient environmental wisdom to modern sustainability

Fri 9 May — recycling, showcase & certificates

Workshop on recycling and zero waste
Green-school model study
Students presented their animations and games
Feedback roundtables
Certificate ceremony and cultural farewell celebration

Delivered beyond the plan

Extra work carried out on top of the original application-form scope.

Rescheduled from the application-form dates 21–25 April 2025 to 5–9 May 2025 to better fit host and partner schedules
Enlarged with a dedicated game-development strand — Ecotopia analysis plus Unreal Engine game building — mentored by 13 University of Balıkesir engineering students, an external contribution not required by the plan
Extra field excursion integrating heritage and biodiversity: Kaz Dağları National Park and the ancient city of Assos
Traditional Ebru paper-marbling cultural workshop added for educators

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