Amur Tiger Conservation Education Program
On November 1, twenty-five kindergarten children attended a lesson "Birds Are Our
Friends" during which they learned to care about birds. First, the teacher read a text about
benefits of birds. Then, the children were asked to imitate birds and show what birds
usually do in their gardens. The teacher explained them why birds need bird feeders in
winter and gave examples of setting bird feeders in one's yard.
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On November 2, the educator gave a
lesson "Wintering Birds of Our Forest".
Twelve six-year children attended the
lesson and gained knowledge about
wintering birds and ways to help them
survive the winter. During the lesson the
children guessed riddles, read verses
and viewed photos of birds. Comparing
literary description and photos of birds,
they noted some distinctive features:
ways of traveling, feeding habits and
appearance. The teachers explained the
reasons of bird migration to the young
pupils. Then, the children were taught
how to set a bird feeder in one's yard
and "golden rules of bird feeding". The
teacher assigned the children to make a
bird feeder for homework. On the same
day a lesson "Northern Jungle" was given to 90 pupils of 4-11 grades. During the lesson
the children continued getting acquainted with the Ussuri taiga and studying life of rare
animals of Lazovsky Nature Reserve on the example of Indian Martin. The same lesson
was also given on November 18.
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Birds Are Our Friends lesson
On November 19, a lesson "Who Lives Where?" was given to 18 first-graders to give an
idea of wild animal habitat. During the lesson the teacher discussed with the children a
diversity of human dwellings and dependence of animals' habitat on their lifestyle, played
a game "Find Your Home!" and put animals in "forest apartments". The first-graders
learned the lesson fast.
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A Wild Zoo game
On November 10 and 18 the educators
gave two lessons "Tiger's Arithmetic" in
the course of which forty-four second-
graders learned the main features of the
Amur tiger. The main objective of the
lessons was to foster friendly and
respectful attitude towards wild animals.
On 23-24 November, thirty-six 3rd
graders attended a lesson "Invisible
Nature's Threads". During the lesson the
educators defined food web and energy
pyramid and showed interactions in
forest community. The children learned
that all living things in the forests are
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