EDUGA - Education Garden

Project facts

Project promoter:
Primary School Spojová, Banská Bystrica(SK)
Project Number:
SK-CLIMATE-0019
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€22,100

Description

The Project´s intention is to develop pupils'' awareness of climate change and to develop knowledge of possible ways to maintain a suitable microclimate in the region. In the framework of the Project, the educational garden EDUGA will be created in the school complex. EDUGA will include: a rain garden, a meadow garden, a construction of a simple rainwater collection system using rainwater tanks, climate bathtubs, building an outdoor classroom of natural materials in EDUGA premises, the installation of educational signs, construction of raised beds, the installation of a weather station for education, observation, measurement and comparison of collected data. A range of further activities related to EDUGA will be carried out, e. g. direct instruction teaching (using EDUGA in cross-curricular relationships), workshops for pupils, professional workshop focused on evaluation of collected data with the participation of teachers and invited experts,  data monitoring, collection and evaluation, pupils and teachers'' publishing activities focused on the EDUGA project (social media networks and media), pupils'' conference attended by the collaborators from Slovak Environment Agency, The State Forests of the Slovak Republic, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, The Technical University in Zvolen and guests from schools in the city territory –to present the obtained measurements, observations and comparisons.

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