Fantastic beasts in our neighborhood - istraživanje flore i faune zavičaja

<< Objectives >>By implementing the project, we want to achieve the following objectives: increase students' key competencies, increase the awareness of all participants about the importance of preserving biodiversity, improve the quality of teaching using different methods (research learning, project teaching) and new materials (herbariums, entomological collections), increase students' interest in ecology and natural history subjects.<< Implementation >>We will teach students how to collect plant and animal samples in the field, we will conduct an educational activity on making taxonomies, students will make taxonomies of collected samples. We will conduct training on creating herbariums, entomological collections and writing research papers. Students will create collections of native species (physical and digital), we will create a manual and write research papers on the studied ecosystems. They will also create a digital picturebook.<< Results >>The expected results are herbariums and entomological collections of the homeland (physical and digital), taxonomies of the studied plant and animal species, research papers on the studied ecosystems, a digital manual on the creation of collections and a digital picture book on the insects of the homeland. We also expect an increase in the students' key competencies due to the knowledge and skills they'll acquire during the education and an increase in awareness of the importance of biodiversity