Building wetlands with fifth graders

20131001 OS Savsko-naseljeOn the first October day we visited fifth graders of primary school Savsko naselje. This was already the third year in a row of performing nature education days at this school.

First we learned about wetlands. After short introduction we went to school playground, where children created simple wetland models. We made three different types of models and compared them. With a simple test we learned about few services, wetlands provide for us: water purification, water retaining and erosion prevention.

Afterwards we returned to classroom, where we learned more abour wetland biodiversity. To understand better the role of wetland inhabitants, we created simple food webs. For the end we talked about threats, causing biodiveristy loss.

The nature education day was co-financed by City of Ljubljana.