Aquaviva at 13th Študentska arena
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- Created on Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Between 23rd in 25th October 2012 there was already 13th Študentska arena at Gospodarsko razstavišče in Ljubljana. At the event more than 180 companies and organizations presented themselves to students and visitors. Among them was also Institute Lutra. According to the organizers, there were 21.300 visitors. At our stand visitors could learn about our project STOPJEŽ and Life+ project Aquaviva. We presented our past and current work, we were glad to answer numerous questions, mainly about nature protection and the otter, institute's symbol. All those that spent a minute filling in our survey on freshwater biodiversity, recieved a STOPJEŽ sticker.
In primary school Savsko naselje we made homes for otters
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- Created on Monday, 22 October 2012
This year we were already a regular visitor at primary school Savsko naselje. After creating wetland models with 5th graders, we also visited both 4th grade classes (9th and 16th October 2012). This time we learned about otters and their habitat through making a collage. We made homes for otters, where all the important elements were included. In the end of the workshop children knew, what otters eat, where do they live, how are they adapted to water environment. How creative we were, you can see in the gallery.
Eco week at primary school Zadobrova
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- Created on Monday, 15 October 2012
On 12th 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 6th-9th 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
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 1st till 6th 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 (2nd October 2012) and secondly with a stand in the centre of Maribor city (4th 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.
