Activity name: What trash says to us. Estimated time: 1 hour Values: Instrumental Skills: Analytical, investigative, leadership Knowledge: Human interactions with nature, local environment Action: Positive local action, decision-making Plastic waste pollutes environments around the world. Every household should take all possible measures to reduce plastic waste. For example, instead of buying a plastic bottle …
Activity name: Threats to the snow leopard Estimated time: 1 hour Values: Relational, intrinsic Skills: Investigative, analytical, critical thinking, leadership Knowledge: Ecological processes and functions, human interactions with nature, local cultural knowledge Action: Local positive action, decision-making Educators share information about threats to snow leopards globally and locally. Students are asked list the major threats …
Activity name: What do livestock eat? Estimated time: 1 hour Values: Relational, Instrumental Skills: Observational skills Knowledge: Local ecological and cultural knowledge Action: N/A What plants do livestock eat? This exercise will be the easiest and most fun for you if you help your parents and grandparents herd livestock in the summer. Observe the animals …
Activity name: Nature is changing Estimated time: 1 hour Values: Intrinsic Skills: Investigative, critical-thinking Knowledge: Ecological processes and functions, Natural history Action: N/A Nature is constantly changing. If we look closely around us, we can easily understand the nature of that change. Exercise: Please draw and describe the natural beauty of your area. Describe what …
Activity name: We are interconnected Estimated time: 1 hour Values: Relational, Intrinsic Skills: Analytical Knowledge: Ecological processes and functions Action: N/A All living things on our planet are closely interconnected with each other. A food chain describes different species in our ecosystem and how we are connected. For example it describes who eats whom. Trees …
Activity name: The fragrant world Estimated time: 1 hour Values: Relational, Instrumental, Intrinsic Skills: Observational, analytical Knowledge: Local environment and local culture and knowledge Action: N/A Everything in nature has a smell. Today we will investigate the smells of plants around us and try to explain the smells in words. For example, the Alium herb …
Activity name: My life around me Estimated time: 1 hour Values: Relational, intrinsic Skills: Observational Knowledge: Local environment Action: N/A Go outside and draw the animals and plants you observe. What colors do you observe? What shapes? What smells? If you come across something interesting that you noticed while drawing, please share it with us.
