Amur Tiger Conservation Education Program
lesson they played a game "An Owl and an Old Man" which helped develop better
understanding of interactions between human and wildlife.
On December 7, the educators conducted a lesson "How Have Animals Prepared for
Winter?" for 13 children aged 5 in order to demonstrate how wild animals adapt to winter
conditions and inform about difficulties animals face in forest in winter. During the lesson
the children discussed why some animals hibernate and others stay active throughout the
winter. Then, they played a game during which the teacher asked questions to check for
comprehension. On the same day, twenty 1st-graders attended a lesson "Who Lives
Where?" and learned about natural habitat of wild animals. The educator explained the
children that animal's habitat depends on animal's lifestyle.
On December 8, sixteen 4-year-old children attended a lesson "Winter Has Come" during
which the educator told about winter as the most unfavourable season for wild plants and
animals. The lessons began with a theatrical performance about a tiger cub. The Cub (a
disguised adult) came into classroom and told about his life. He shared his concerns that
he could not recognize his favourite clearing because it became white without insects and
birds and asked the children to explain the reasons of such transformation. And the kids
were happy to tell the Cub everything they knew about winter.
On December 8 and 16, forty-two 2nd-graders attended a lesson about coniferous trees.
The main objective of the lesson was to familiarize the children with basic coniferous
trees growing in Primorye, touch upon an issue of unabated cutting fir-trees before
Christmas and give ideas of alternative New Year's decorations. On December 9, 13 and
21, seventy-two people, including senior schoolchildren, students and adults, attended a
lecture devoted to ecology and health. During the lecture the audience watched a
PowerPoint presentation and discussed the following questions: How Are Medicine and
Ecology Are Interconnected? What Is Health? What Ecological Problems Do Impact
Human Health? etc.
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Excursion in Reserve's Nature Museum
On December 11 and 22, the educator
gave a lesson "Methods of Surveying
Tigers" for 36 pupils of 4th-grade.
During the lesson the educator told
about main tiger features and informed
about methods used in Lazovsky Nature
Reserve to study tigers. The teacher was
glad to notice that the children were
aware of the tiger features.
On December 14 and 23, a lesson about
trees was given to thirty-nine 1st-graders
in order to increase their knowledge
about parts of tree and explain the
differences between deciduous and
coniferous trees. During the lesson the
children played two games: Name a Tree and Make a Tree, discussed functions of tree,
and studied slices of tree stumps.
On December 15, 21 and 22, the educator gave a lesson for 62 junior schoolchildren in
order to expand their knowledge about interactions between plants and animals. The
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