Amur Tiger Conservation Education Program
In April the educators held 25 classes for 632 pupils 4-17 years old. On April 15, they
gave a lesson on first spring flowers for 13 kindergarten children, during which they
guesses riddles, described a picture of a fading flower, learned why it was bad to pick up
wild flowers, used images of dandelions and of a meadow to "make" a flowered and
flowerless landscapes and told kind words to the flowers.
On April 23, twenty-five children attended a lesson “How Do Trees Wake Up?", at which
they learned such notions as flow of sap and played a game "Me, a tree” on imitation of
changes in trees in spring. On April 5 and 7, the educator gave a lesson on first spring
flowers for 38 children.
On April 21 and 26, the educator showed a slide presentation “Safety in the Forest" to 32
children. They learned what to do in case of a snakes or insects bite, fire, loss of
orientation, and encounters with predators. The educator explained to them how to
minimize risks in those situations. The children shared their own experience. On April 16
and 23, the educator gave a lesson on the protected areas of Primorye, in the course of
which they played a game "Animals Man", dramatized the history of relationship
between animals and men and came to a conclusion about the important role of nature
reserves.
In May, the educators held 11 classes for 742 pupils 5-16 years old. On May 18, the
educator gave a lesson "Why Lives on Our Territory?", the purpose of which was to
acquaint the children with different living organisms and show their interconnection with
the surrounding world, to foster careful attitude, respect and care about nature. In May,
two groups of the eco-club planted 1,200 Korean pine seedlings around the Nature
Reserve and removed garbage from the recreation area in Lazo.
In June, the educators conducted 9 classes
for 238 pupils 7-10 years old.
On June 7, a lesson on the Indian marten
gathered 54 children. They watched a film
on that animal, searched for it and its
relatives in the Nature Museum of the
Lazovsky Nature Reserve, and described
the animals with their own words.
On June 18, the educator gave a lesson on
sable. The participants watched a video
"13 minutes from a sable life", took part
in a quiz "Recognize me" and studied
food chains (what animals ate).
On June 21, the educator gave a lesson on
plants, which represented a competition of
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Planting Korean pine in the vicinity
of Lazovsky Nature Reserve
four teams. The pupils tried to recognize a certain tree with their eyes shut, corrected
mistakes in the information on some trees, worked a crossword puzzle, named as many
leaved/coniferous trees as they knew, and searched live trees outdoors taking their
herbaria as an example.
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