Amur Tiger Conservation Education Program
Eco-lesson for kindergarten children
villages of Lazovsky district.
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On February 19, the educator with the eco-
club members organized a mini-quiz
"What Do I Know about Amur Tiger?" for
160 children and adults of Lazo town.
They stopped people in the streets to ask
them some questions. The respondents
showed good knowledge on the current
state of Amur tiger, but were surprised to
know some facts, e.g. that many young
tigers died before reaching adult age, that
tiger density was low in the reserve etc.
In March, the specialists of Lazovsky
Nature Reserve gave 38 lessons for 942
children aged 4-14 from kindergartens and
secondary schools of Lazo town and
On March 23, twelve children attended a lesson "Who Woke up in the Forest?", at which
they broadened their knowledge on life of wild animals, especially on their behaviour in
spring. They discussed magpies, crows, bears and tigers, learned which animals went into
hibernation and which not.
On March 25, the educators gave a lesson "Spring in the Forest" for twelve children.
During the lesson the children guessed riddles about animals, described first spring
flowers, reasoned why it was not good to pick them and to ruin birds' nests.
On March 10, twenty-four children participated in a lesson “Protected Areas of Russia",
in the course of which they got general information about nature reserves, learned in more
detail about local ones, and compared nature reserves and national parks.
On March 15, 17, 18 and 19, the
educators gave a series of lessons
"Following Tiger Path" for 154 children.
First, they told them about tiger
characteristics, habitat and density, then
about organizations that worked to protect
tigers. At the end of the lesson the
children played a game, the winner of
which had a right to make phone call
"to a tiger".
On March 18 and 26, the educator
showed a slide presentation "Tigers of
Our District" and held a discussion with
102 children. She spoke about methods
used to study tigers in Lazovsky Nature
Reserve, showed pictures made by
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Visit to Reserve's Nature Museum
photo-traps and discussed numerous factors that influenced tiger numbers. On March 19,
sixteen children had a lesson "Visit to a Tiger", at which 16 children participated. The main
character – a tiger cub - told about his life, his mother, and neighbors.
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