Otter and her friends at Danila Kumar International School
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- Created on Monday, 01 October 2012
29th September 2012 was a working Saturday for 4th 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.
LUPA 2012
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- Created on Thursday, 27 September 2012
On 20th September there was bazaar in the centre of Ljubljana. It was a bazaar of NGOs in the framework of 11th NGO festival or shortly LUPA. There were more than 150 organisations presenting themselves, among them LUTRA institute. We used the event for promotion of Aquaviva project. Visitors had a chance to fill in our survey and to talk with us about freshwater biodiversity.
We were again creating wetlands at primary school Savsko naselje
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- Created on Wednesday, 26 September 2012
A new school year began and with it a new series of workshops for primary schools. Since we already had a successful collaboration previous year, primary school Savsko naselje invited us also this year to perform a workshop for their fifthgraders. So on 20th September we had a workshop for two 5th grade classes. First we got familiar with the term "wetlands" and then went out to school yard, where children created their own wetland models. Buy testing models we learned about some, for us important, wetland functions. Back in the class we also learned about wetland biodiversity in we got to know the otter, as freshwater biodiversity ambassador. Photos from the workshop are available in the gallery.
Pupils of primary schools Grad and Kuzma visited us again
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- Created on Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Just before the end of summer holiday (24th August 2012), centre Aqualutra again recieved a visit from primary schools Grad and Kuzma. Also this time pupils got familiar with the otter and its habitat. How soft is otter's fur, how many fingers does it have on its feet, how we trace it, ... After the first part of teh workshop pupils visited the centre's surrounding. The competed in long jump with otter's family - the Mustelids. Among them pine marten holds the record - it can jump over 12 meters. Photos from the workshop are available in the gallery.
