Eco week at primary school Zadobrova

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Created on Monday, 15 October 2012 16:48

On 12^th  October 2012 we performed a workshop at primary school. The workshop was part of the Eco week, an even organized by school. Workshop was attended by pupils of 6^th-9^th grade. Pupils learned about wetland through creating their own wetland model. By testing the model we discovered how we can influence on wetlands. With experiments Bubbles in oil in What do have in common water strider and a paper clip? (both in Slovene) we checked how different smo preverjali, kako različne spojine compounds influence water properties. More photos about the workshop is available in the gallery.

Children's week in Maribor

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Created on Monday, 08 October 2012 15:37

The first Monday in October we celebrate the Children's day. For this special day Friends of Youth Association organizes Children's week, which was this year from 1^st till 6^th October 2012. IN this period there were numerous events for children. We celebrated this special week with  Friends of Youth Association Maribor that organized workshops and stands in Maribor. We presented our project Aquaviva twice. First on a workshop for primary school pupils on Mariborski otok (2^nd October 2012) and secondly with a stand in the centre of Maribor city (4^th October 2012).

During the workshop pupils got familiar with freshwater biodiversity, at least with few representatives. Later we divided pupils in two groups, competing between each other in crating food webs. Through this they learned about different roles organisms have in nature. At the end we made simple tests in order to check the chemical parameters of the water sample from Drava river. Photos from the workshop are available in the  gallery.

Two day later we had a stand at Trg svobode in Maribor. At our stand visitors could get a peep at freshwater biodiversity, get to know some representatives and take a part in our survey. 

Otter and her friends at Danila Kumar International School

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Created on Monday, 01 October 2012 12:39

29^th September 2012 was a working Saturday for 4^th graders of Danila Kumar International School. And this was also the day when children got a chance to learn about the otter and some other freshwater related organisms. Crayfish, for example, are a diverse group from which more than 300 species can be found in Slovenian freshwaters. Pupils also got to know the non-native crayfish species in Slovenia - the signal crayfish. From crayfish to birds, where we presented kingfisher and grey heron. Both species feed on fish. Fish is also main prey for otters, freshwater representative of mammal species. Beside fish there are also shellfish, amphibians, smaller bords and mammals on otter's menu.

At the end of the workshop we constructed a simple food web, including all the animals presented. Doing so, we learned that in nature everything is connected. Few photos from the workshop are available in the gallery.