More than 450 schoolchildren Archena learn what is an ecosystem and the elements that constitute it, what are the peculiarities of Mediterranean habitat, and what effect do good and bad habits in nature.
All this and much more is what are the elementary students when they visit the Plaza of Biodiversity Archena, an educational initiative that aims Caja Mediterráneo through games teach children the various elements and spaces of nature and raising awareness of the importance of conserving the natural environment.
Mayor Archena, Marcos Manuel Sanchez, and the area manager of Caja Mediterráneo, Francisco de los Reyes, accompanied by the manager of Social Work Environment CAM, Octavio Vicent, and Councillors of the Environment, Agriculture, Public Works and Education Councillor Archena, this morning visited this activity has been located in the plaza of the town on May Day to see personally how kids discover some of the richness and variety of the natural environment.
This program explains the smaller fun way what is biodiversity and why and how to keep it, because there are fewer natural systems altered by human activity.
Therefore, in addition to educating, with the Plaza of Biodiversity, Caja Mediterráneo aims to develop attitudes of respect for the environment among students.
Biodiversity Square consists of several tents, inspired by the appearance of the igloos of the polar regions.
Each tent is the scene of a different environmental theme.
Thus, children first learn how biodiversity all living things on Earth, then explains how genetics influences the variety of plants and animals and how they all interact.
Here they learn to recognize the five major types of ecosystems (river, sea, lake, forest and mountain), to distinguish the Mediterranean fauna, through play 'Who eats whom? "
discover how the food chain.
This activity is designed to perform in a traveling by different municipalities and schools, covering all levels of primary, focusing especially on the higher levels.
The visit to the Plaza of Biodiversity is the culmination of weeks of work in the school's teachers have worked with kids with guides on fauna and flora published by Caja Mediterráneo.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Archena