Learning about the aquatic invertebrates at primary school Vižmarje Brod
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On Tuesday, 14th May 2013, we have prepared a nature eduction day for 11 gifted children of primary school Vižmarje Brod. We made models of wetlands, which were tested in order to get to know some of the functions of wetlands, such as cleaning and water retention, prevent flooding and erosion. One of the functions of wetlands is also providing habitat of rare and endangered species. We take an advantage of the workshop to learn about a small fraction of biodiversity of inland waters - aquatic invertebrates. Pupils have learned to distinguish larvae of stoneflies, mayflies, caddisflies and dragonflies between each other. They observed how amphipods are swimming and in what kind of houses live caddisflies. The acquired knowledge was used to create a simple dichotomous key to determine aquatic invertebrates.
Nature education day was co-financed by the City of Ljubljana.
