11-14

Water Crisis

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : Eco-schools Committee  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Finalist

Climate change is disrupting weather patterns leading to unreliable rainfall, aggravating water scarcity and easier contamination of remaining fresh water supplies. Such impacts can drastically affect the quantity and quality of water that all living things need to survive especially for countries like Malta. What previously were all year-round water holes, sought by tired migrating birds, are now drying up. The Maltese Islands are dependent on a constant rainfall which feeds the water table and lack in consistency is resulting in less water seeping through the rocks. According to the Maltese Islands Weather website, ‘rain over the course of February 2022 was very scarce. In fact, it was among the driest ever’.



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Measuring the air Quality (the amount of Nitrogen Dioxide) in three different areas around our school

submitted by Gozo College Secondary School : Daniel Grech, Haley Xuereb, Hannah Vella, Julian Saliba, Mariah Borg, Maya Bajada, Neil Mizzi, Thea Sultana  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Best Entry

Air quality and the level of air pollution are important factors and have significant impacts on the health and wellbeing of humans. Any level of air pollution is not acceptable and poses a risk (World Health Organisation 2021 9789240034228-eng.pdf (who.int)). There are often wide variations in local air quality that go undetected and so we started to investigate the quality of the air around our school. The Gozo College Secondary School is situated in Gozo where there is relatively less traffic than in Malta, but there still is a substantial number per capita. The premises of the school are parallel to a main road and has its frontage overlooking a secondary road which is being increasingly used by traffic as to avoid the main road. Our school collaborated with another school in Malta and with another in Ireland to compare data. Our school used three diffusion tubes to measure the



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Climate Change and Life under Water

submitted by St Joseph Junior School Sliema : Georgia Allen  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, school media, YRE and Ekoskola Facebook pages
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

In this article the student gives a brief overview of what was discussed during the YRE Youth Summit on Climate Change and Life under Water. She also gives some suggestions to encourage others to mitigate the problem of beach waste and overfishing.



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Public transport and climate change

submitted by St Joseph Junior School Sliema : Julia Gatt Taliana  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, school media, YRE and Ekoskola Facebook Page
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

In this article the student gives a brief overview of what was discussed during the YRE Youth Summit on Climate Change and Transportation.



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Let’s give new life to our school’s water reservoirs

submitted by Handaq Middle School St.Ignatius College : Giulia Agius, Isaac Mifsud, Jamie Warren Cefai, Kelly Cilia, Kylie Gauci, Lara Giordmaina, Liana Tabone, Luigi Zammit  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Facebook and Instagram, other, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Best Entry

The article is about water reservoirs on the school grounds which are not being used properly, leading to loss of precious water. Students interviewed two people who gave them interesting information and took them on a site visit to see the reservoirs, pumps, tanks and the surrounding fields that are being affected when water overflows. In the article students have also proposed solutions to this problem and backed these solutions by research.



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St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala students reflect upon the value of Christian care during the year dedicated to St. Joseph

submitted by Cospicua St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala : Aiden Higgans, Aimee Bugeja  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media
filed under Articles

St. Margaret College Secondary School, Verdala, Cospicua reflected upon the value of Christian care during the year dedicated to St. Joseph.



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St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala students learn about China’s Earthquake resistant buildings since antiquity

submitted by Cospicua St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala : Sciberras Michael, Zammit Caydon  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media
filed under Articles

St. Margaret College Secondary School, Verdala, Cospicua participated in a school project learning about China’s Earthquake resistant buildings since antiquity and how the interlocking flower-shaped brackets called ‘dougong’ can resist earthquakes.



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Clean up after yourself!

submitted by Guardian Angel Secondary Education Resource Centre : Roan Marquette  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Participation

The photos speak for themselves. In this day and age, people still don’t understand that damaging the environment means damaging ourselves eventually.



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St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala, CCP Science students learn about the healthy benefits of Dark Chocolate

submitted by Cospicua St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala : Sciberras Mikael, Zammit Caydon  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala, Cospicua participated in a Science project about the healthy benefits of Dark Chocolate and learned about the history and the making process of dark chocolate.



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St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala, CCP Science students learn about filtration and how to make a water filter at home as part of their Science practicum

submitted by Cospicua St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala : Sciberras Michael, Zammit Caydon  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

St. Margaret College Secondary School, Verdala, Cospicua learned about the process of filtration and how to make a water filter at home as part of the ‘Saving the Drop Campaign’.



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