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SCHOOL

“EXPLORERS CLUB”

motivating students through outdoor research activities

Visnjan Observatory korado@astro.hr

Visnjan Observatory

Science and Education Center Visnjan

CROATIA

VIŠNJANSKI EDUKACIJSKI PROJEKT

Akademija EUREKA

Visnjan Observatory (new observatory, Tican hill)

DAGOR telescope – objective 1 m

EDUCATION

VEP

EUREKA Academy Astronomy

Education

VEP 2012

- YSC 1 – Vip

- YSC 2

- YSC 3 – Bistrini istraiživači

- S3 - Summer School of Science

- S3 ++ - Sum. School of Science

- VSA - Visnjan School of

Astronomy

- Leo camp

- eXplora – Mladi istraživači

24 zemlje

MARINE Biology

S3

Summer School of Science

YSC – Youth SCience Camps

World United CollegesProject Week - Visnjan

CULVER

Korean Research Internship Program

21-dnevna specijalizacija u edukaciji i istraživanju za profesore znanstvenih S.Š. J. Koreje.

Uz materijalnu potporu Ministarstva znanosti i tehnologije južne Koreje

Učiteljski praktikumi

Students@VisnjanProjekt nadzora zemljine ionosfere tijekom ulaska meteora

Uz materijalnu potporu MZOS-a

Geofizička stanica Tičan

The goal ….

* To give support and motivate pupils to express their talent and giftedness, to grow and become experts and leaders in our society.

SCHOOL

“EXPLORERS CLUB”

motivating students through outdoor research activities

Visnjan Observatory korado@astro.hr

THE PROBLEMTHE PROBLEM

• In the early childhood the children choose in which environment they belong (fill safe), the nature is not that place, anymore ....

• The average elementary school pupil has problems with walking longer distances, climbing steep rocks and trees or jumping.

• This change in their abilities is the result of over-parenting and over-protecting, television, computers, excessive homework and various in- and out-of-school activities

• Children are expanding their virtual world at the cost of the real world.

• They are going to inherit the future of the planet

Marco Polo

History is full of field discoverers, and the future ?

Mirko and Stjepan Seljan The next one ???????

THE FUTURE THE FUTURE

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THE PREMISETHE PREMISE

• 3-10. Kids are copying the elder. Like nature and animals.

• Between 11 and 21 years is the age of self-discovery, when adolescents explore their capabilities and limits, and seek a place in society. • Research on the field and direct, hands on, interaction with nature and other scientists provide a more passionate relationship with the nature and research.

• All around the world the number of field scientific training and programs for pupils are shrinking, mainly for security reasons.

THE IDEATHE IDEA

• To organize in school multidisciplinary program combining the best of the scouts experiences and on field scientific research.

• School Explorers Clubs – a network. motivating students through outdoor research activities

• Organize activities to protect a “known” (near school) nature spot.

• Develop responsibility toward a group.

• Develop working habits.

• Inclusions in the process of parents and the local community.

• Develop the self protecting habits and care for the wealth bean of the group.

• Give to the kids a reason not to “escape” in the virtual or addictions world.

TRADITIONTRADITION

Savezi izviđača

Scouts virtues, discipline and teamwork, with some buschcraft and adventure, fieldwork experiences, creative problem solving, critical thinking and decision making, field research and projects, photography and video expert ...... .........a "monster" :o)

THE “EXPLORER”THE “EXPLORER”

Top scouts, technology and nature research and protection education.

Organizing students research “expeditions”

HOW TO?HOW TO?

PROBLEMSPROBLEMS

dirt or ruined clothes lost cell phones, clothes, valets, .... skin cuts, burns, excoriations broken bones

• Knowledge• Self protection• Parents permission for membership• parents and teachers participation,• Insurance• Extra care of mentors

SOLUTIONSSOLUTIONS

• Entering in the domain of the local scouts organization end official programs:

- Saveza izviđača Hrvatske- GLOBE projekta

• Disturbing the local (community) status quo.

• Parents education

• Penetration in the “official” school system

• Finances.

PROBLEMS IIPROBLEMS II

TEACHING THE TEACHING THE TEACHERSTEACHERS

Starting the “Explorers club”

Geographical distribution of the Latrodectus tredecimguttatus on the Istria peninsula

Teachers training

NOVIGRAD

Explorers club

The first group: Elementary school “Novigrad” : Protecting the swamp “Antenal”

MEDULIN

Explorers club

Orhids

ARCHAEOLOGY

Discovery of the bronze age hifort SOLENJAK

Marine biology

Expedition – fosil search

Excursions and campings

Camping

Night outside .........

Field training

NOVIGRAD – CITTANOVA

The city surrounded by water – Grad okružen vodom

"Croatian waters Co." - the destruction of sound and visual barrier consisting of tamaris trees

Ušće rijeke Mirne

Sedimentacija zbog neprikladnog

upravljanja rijekom Mirnom

ČUVARI RIJEKA

Mladi istraživači OŠ Novigrad - Cittanova

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Korado Korlevic, korado@astro.hr

TThank you for hank you for

your attentionyour attention!!