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Information to pilot schools
On this page we will present some public documents especially aimed at the pilot schools in our project. For more information about the activities, please visit the Rainmakers' website in your country. All national websites have a teachers section with the downloadable story of the Rainamakers and other free teaching material.

Please visit: www.rainmakers-eu.eu 

Take a look at the third and final Information Leaflet to pilot schools. All information Leaflets can be found under "Leaflets to schools".

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The story of the Rainmakers
BokaThe pilot schools are proud to present part 1, 2  and 3 of the story of the Rainmakers. The books are a series of three evolving about the same energy universe. Our pilot schools have received all three parts of the books.

Part 1, 2 and 3 in all partner languages are available at each national Rainmakers webiste. Please find the story in your language on www.rainmakers-eu.eu.

Comparative Study; story reception in school
One of the tasks in this project is to evaluate the use of the three books with the story of the Rainmakers. The first evaluation was carried out in May and June 2008 and the report on the use of the first part of the three Rainmaker books can be downloaded below. All partner countries carried out the survey and 181 schools responded.

The International Slogan Competition
The project received several hundred slogans from the pilot schools in all 10 participating countries. Three slogans from each of the 10 countries were entered into the international competition. All slogans were translated to English and 9 slogans made it to the final. Among these, two slogans were from Bulgaria, two from Greece and one from Finland, Spain and Norway.

In Bulgaria more than 720 children from 17 schools participated in the competition. Greek Rainmakers provided CRES with more than a hundred different slogans. Some of them were accompanied by colourful drawings or pictures. In Brussels, the Belgium company ABEA will soon reword the three national winning slogans by organizing a Rainmaker?s event at their school.

The winning slogan came from Slovenia and was made by Natalija Vrta?nik - a third grade student at an elementary school in Voklo. The winning slogan translates as follows: "We for Earth - Earth for us".

BokaThe Rainmakers' Toolbox (English text version)
The Rainmakers' toolbox is devided in three parts 1) A Rainmaker IS, 2) A Rainmaker KNOWS and 3) A Rainmaker DOES - following the three parts of the story of the Rainmakers. For each of the three parts of the Toolbox we have a) reading of the book, b) activities and c) themes for class discussion. All content has references to national curriculum.

Activity Sheets:
AS 1 - Mouse trap car
AS 2 - Solar oven
AS 3 - CO2 Footprint
AS 4 - Melting ice
AS 5 - Walk-through energy audit
AS 6 - Rainmakers play
AS 7 - Unnecessary devices
AS 8 - Write to other Rainmakers

The Rainmakers toolbox for schools can be found on each national Rainmakers website for children. Please visit www.rainmakers-eu.eu and find the toolbox in your language.



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For more information about the Kids4future project, please contact the co-ordinator:

Enova SF - the Norwegian energy agency

Anne Marie Abelgaard
Tel: 0047 47 45 22 92
E-mail: ama@enova.no

Liv R. Lindseth
Tel: 0047 95 22 04 82
E-mail: liv@nee.no

Web: www.enova.no, www.regnmakerne.no