Workshop for teachers of environmental subjects

Actor: Green planet NGO, Kaliningrad center for environment and tourism   ●   Year: 2016   ●   Address: Kaliningradskaja oblast, Russia

Workshops provide new methods for teachers of environmental subjects.

Description

Gren Planet NGO provides annually educational events - seminars and workshops - for teachers of environmental subjects with Kaliningrad Centre for Environment and Tourism. The seminars are devoted to exploring methods and approaches on how to study various ecosystems: on land (forest, meadow), and aquatic (marine and freshwater). This year the workshop focused on geological traits of the coast (sand, stones, structure of coast), Baltic Sea biodiversity (algae, invertebrates, fish), and freshwater bioindicators.

Benefits

Seminars offer teachers of environmental subjects a possibility to get trained in the field methods of study of the land and water ecosystems, to receive more practical information on geology, biodiversity of the Baltic coastal waters. These practices are useful in their work with students who study the Baltic aquatic life.

Background information

Kaliningrad center for environment and tourism is the oldest institution of non-formal ecological education and youth tourism in Kaliningrad, and acts as a coordinator of various programs and projects in the region. Green planet NGO is an ecological movement established within the center to provide enterprising activists with work expertise in ecological education and various environmental projects.

Further information

Name: Dmitry Filippenko   ●  Email: dmiphi ( at ) gmail.com   ●  Web page: http://www.ecocentr39.ru/