Socrates - Comenius (REBEL DECIBELS)

We are accompanied everywhere by a convoy. Of noise and vibrations and, as if this were not enough, teenagers nowadays prefer noisy meetings, discos. However, they will become tomorrow's adults who will wonder why they have hearing troubles, why they can't focus or sleep, why they are nervous and hypertensive or why they have gastric conditions. This project aims at warning the pupils and the communities about the negative effects of noise unless we take measures to prevent them. The systematic research of this kind of pollution is relatively new on a national and international level.
In order to achieve this project we will use integral-memory sonometers, noise indicators(following a collaboration with the local public institutions), maps of the urban environment, computers and an Internet network, recorders, video cameras, digital cameras and bibliographic materials.
We will stimulate the participation of a big number of students, parents and teachers from the partner schools as well as some specialists from other partner institutions. As the project aims at the making of a managerial plan for the prevention of sound pollution in the urban environment, we wish to implement it by means of large activities carried out throughout three school years. The activities will be held by the project teams in the partner schools on a local level and through changes of experience on the occasion of project meetings among the partners.
The assessment of the impact will be done by means of the elaboration of a common project site and of a communication network among the partners through which contests will be made(in the first year-the best environmental project on the topic of sound pollution in the urban environment , in the second year-the most complete map for monitoring the main sources of sound pollution in the urban environment and in the third year-the best project of a managerial plan of preventing sound pollution in the urban environment).
The mechanic cannot evaluate the quality of the engine, the cardiologist cannot make a diagnosis without listening to the heart beats of the patient so, the correct perception of sounds is sometimes vital and therefore the problem of telling the sounds from the noise requires a greater attention. Monitoring some high, uncoordinated sounds which can harm us without us noticing it can make up a good start in preventing the sound pollution.
In order to get this project started the pupils will search sites which bring arguments referring to the effects of the noise and vibrations detected on an international level(the World Health Organization;over 40% of Europeans are exposed, bearing the consequences of the lack of a minimum acoustic comfort) or regarding the observance of European legislation on a local level. We think that the problem of sound pollution is not only a local or national one, but one concerning the European community.
Man has lost the capacity to foresee and anticipate and he will end up destroying the planet"(Albert Schweitzer-winner of the Nobel Prize for peace, missionary for human rights and environment in Africa).


	ZESPÓŁ SZKÓŁ MECHNICZNYCH ELEKTRYCZNYCH i ELEKTRONICZNYCH im profesora SYLWESTRA KALISKIEGO w TORUNIU ul. ŚWIĘTEGO JÓZEFA 26
	Program Socrates Comenius jest prowadzony w naszej szkole od roku 1999.
		Część A projektu - "Zbuntowane Decybele" Wszędzie nam towarzyszy hałas i drgania. Nastolatki wolą hałaśliwe spotkania i dyskoteki. Jednak jutro będą dorosłymi, którzy dziwią się, że mają problemy ze słuchem. Nie mogą się skupić i spać. Są nerwowe i przeczulone. Mają problemy żołądkowe. Celem projektu jest uświadomienie uczniom i społeczeństwu negatywnego wpływu hałasu.
	Tego rodzaju badania są nowe w skali kraju i międzynarodowej. W ramach projektu będziemy używać sonometrów poprzez współpracę z lokalnymi instytucjami. Stworzymy mapy hałasu w środowisku miejskim. Wykorzystamy komputery, Internet, kamery, materiały bibliograficzne. Chcemy, aby w projekcie uczestniczyli: uczniowie, nauczyciele, rodzice, specjaliści instytucje współpracujące ze szkołą. W projekcie zwrócimy uwagę na działania, które mogą być prewencyjne w środowisku miejskim. Działania będą przeprowadzane przez kolejne trzy lata współpracy szkół partnerskich. Uważamy, że problem zanieczyszczenia środowiska hałasem jest nie tylko lokalny czy krajowy, ale dotyczy całej społeczności europejskiej.
	Part A. Project basics - Project summary: REBEL DECIBELS We are accompanied everywhere by a convoy. Of noise and vibrations and, as if this were not enough, teenagers nowadays prefer noisy meetings, discos. However, they will become tomorrow's adults who will wonder why they have hearing troubles, why they can't focus or sleep, why they are nervous and hypertensive or why they have gastric conditions. This project aims at warning the pupils and the communities about the negative effects of noise unless we take measures to prevent them. The systematic research of this kind of pollution is relatively new on a national and international level. In order to achieve this project we will use integral-memory sonometers, noise indicators(following a collaboration with the local public institutions), maps of the urban environment, computers and an Internet network, recorders, video cameras, digital cameras and bibliographic materials. We will stimulate the participation of a big number of students, parents and teachers from the partner schools as well as some specialists from other partner institutions. As the project aims at the making of a managerial plan for the prevention of sound pollution in the urban environment, we wish to implement it by means of large activities carried out throughout three school years. The activities will be held by the project teams in the partner schools on a local level and through changes of experience on the occasion of project meetings among the partners. The assessment of the impact will be done by means of the elaboration of a common project site and of a communication network among the partners through which contests will be made(in the first year-the best environmental project on the topic of sound pollution in the urban environment , in the second year-the most complete map for monitoring the main sources of sound pollution in the urban environment and in the third year-the best project of a managerial plan of preventing sound pollution in the urban environment). The mechanic cannot evaluate the quality of the engine, the cardiologist cannot make a diagnosis without listening to the heart beats of the patient so, the correct perception of sounds is sometimes vital and therefore the problem of telling the sounds from the noise requires a greater attention. Monitoring some high, uncoordinated sounds which can harm us without us noticing it can make up a good start in preventing the sound pollution. In order to get this project started the pupils will search sites which bring arguments referring to the effects of the noise and vibrations detected on an international level(the World Health Organization;over 40% of Europeans are exposed, bearing the consequences of the lack of a minimum acoustic comfort) or regarding the observance of European legislation on a local level. We think that the problem of sound pollution is not only a local or national one, but one concerning the European community. Man has lost the capacity to foresee and anticipate and he will end up destroying the planet"(Albert Schweitzer-winner of the Nobel Prize for peace, missionary for human rights and environment in Africa).