sponsoring teacher: svitlana dyka, school-gymnasium # 31 kirovohrad ukraine 2011
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THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:
•School-Gymnasium #31, Kirovohrad, UkraineSchool-Gymnasium #31, Kirovohrad, Ukraine
•Gymnasium#1, Starye Dorogi, BelarusGymnasium#1, Starye Dorogi, Belarus
•University Prep,University Prep, Seattle, Washington, the USASeattle, Washington, the USA
The world of plants and animals plays an The world of plants and animals plays an extremely important role in the life of people on extremely important role in the life of people on
our planet Earth. That’s why we invite you to our planet Earth. That’s why we invite you to make the acquaintance with the most exciting make the acquaintance with the most exciting sights of nature, different species of animals, sights of nature, different species of animals, birds and plants in such countries as Ukraine, birds and plants in such countries as Ukraine,
Belarus, Russia, the USA and Canada. Belarus, Russia, the USA and Canada.
You are welcome to this marvelous trip!You are welcome to this marvelous trip!
WEB OF LIFEWEB OF LIFEAn invisible web,An invisible web,
As fragile as dreams,As fragile as dreams,Links mountains to forestsLinks mountains to forests
And rivers to streams.And rivers to streams.
Through woodlands and forests;Through woodlands and forests;Where seas flow and ebb,Where seas flow and ebb,Over ice caps and deserts,Over ice caps and deserts,Life weaves a great web.Life weaves a great web.
From plankton to whales,From plankton to whales,All life great and smallAll life great and smallDepends on each other.Depends on each other.Life’s web links us all.Life’s web links us all.
And we must take careAnd we must take careOf each gossamer thread,Of each gossamer thread,
For we are all part of For we are all part of This great world wide web.This great world wide web.
By Jane ClarkeBy Jane Clarke
You are invited to make a journey on the protected corners of nature of our beloved
Kirovogradschina.On its territory there are 7 parks, that are sights of the garden and park art of the end of XIX
century, 42 reserves and 30 preserved natural boundaries.
Sun sets over a lake in the
Kirovohrad Oblast countryside
Wildflowers grow where no fields
have been sown
Close up of flowers
Much of Kirovohrad Oblast is taken up by grain fields due to the rich
chernozem soil
Much of Kirovohrad Oblast is taken up by grain fields due to the
rich chernozem soil
The land belongs to everyone
and no one
A scenic riverbend
Looking towards
a stream
Poppies
OnufrievskiOnufrievski ParkPark
Dendropark Dendropark “ “Veseli Bokovenky”Veseli Bokovenky”
“Veseli Bokoven’ki” is a park of the end of XIX century,
situated in the village Ivanivka in Dolinskii district
of Kirovogradskii region. Its territory occupies 109
hectares. There are 800 kinds of exotic trees and bushes in
it.
Onufrіїvs'kiy park is a sight of the garden and park art.
The State Landscape Reserve “Chornolisky”
The territory of Chornilisky Zakaznik is 8 thousand hectares.
The site is one of the largest broadleaved woodlands in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine.
This area is an important part of the perspective national park “Dmytrivsko-Chornoliskyi.
It includes a lake with one of the most southern peat-moss mires in the Eastern Europe.
One can find plants there which enter in “The Red Book”.
Belarus is a very green country. Natural vegetation covers 93.1% of
the land, and 1/3 of all green landscape is forest. In Belarus
forest, 28 types of trees as well as around 70 types of shrubberies can
be found. They include: Birch (across the country)Pine (across the country)Conifers (northern areas)
Oak ( southern areas)
Belarus is situated on a plain rising to hills, the highest of
which is Dzierzhinsky Hill (350m).
There are five National Parks in Belarus, protected by the State. Their work has been recognized and supported by UNESCO
Belavezhskaya Pushcha is in the Brest region, 340km to the southwest of Minsk. It is a home to many ancient oak trees dating
back more than 500 years, as well as venerable ash, pine and fir trees.
This park was established in 1995 among the beautiful lakes of the
Vitebsk region in the north-west of Belarus.
Narachansky National Park in the Minsk region of Belarus was established in 1999.
Pripyatsky National park lies in the Gomel region in the
south of the country, 250km from Minsk.
Berezenskyi National park is situated in the north of Belarus. 120km from Minsk. It was
created to protect rare animals.
Mount Rainier is located 54 miles away from the city of Seattle.
Mount Rainier is the most prominent volcano in the United States of America.Mount Rainier has an elevation of 14,411
feet. Mount Rainier is a very large
stratovolcano.
Mount Rainier National Park
Columbia River
The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest.
The river rises in the Rocky Mountains in Canada.
It flows northwest then south into the U.S. State of Washington.The river is 1,243 miles long.
•Puget Sound is located in the state of Washington in the United
States of America. •It is a complex estuary.
•It has a close connection to other waterways.
•It is connected to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific
Ocean.
Puget Sound
This is mountain range is on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.Located in Western Washington in
the U.S.This mountain range is not very
large in height.The tallest of them all is only
7,962 feet tall.
Olympic Mountains