Exploring Nature Project, which was implemented in 2021 in cooperation with Avcılar Municipality and Avcılar District Directorate of National Education, aims to enable children and young people at all school levels in Avcılar district to observe and discover the nature in their immediate surroundings.
Exploring Nature Project is designed for children and young people at pre-school, primary, secondary and high school levels. It was developed with the aim of enabling children and young people in Avcılar district to notice nature starting from their immediate surroundings and rediscover it with a sense of curiosity, to connect with nature, to make observations, to develop awareness about biodiversity and ultimately to increase their ecological literacy skills.
Within the scope of the project, educational materials such as presentation, observation wheel (bird, leaf and butterfly observation), observation brochure (soil, insect, tree, bird, butterfly and cloud observation), poster were designed. Training activities are implemented in schools with the support of teachers.
Within the scope of the Exploring Nature Project, activities were developed and materials were designed for pre-school and primary school level. With the educational activities carried out in Avcılar district, approximately 30,000 children were reached in 1,041 classes at pre-school and primary school level.
