Thursday March 26, Day 4: The Kalinzu forest
Woohoo! A trip to the tropical rainforest...where it rained! Some of the highlights included: baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, and red-tailed monkeys. After the walk, we returned to the forest center where we were given demonstrations of activities available for students. This was in an effort to motivate the teachers to take their students to the forest, some of whom already do. The trip there and back was 30 minutes by ‘taxi’ ( a small mini-van in which 15 of us crammed in at once).
Back at the center, the Ugandan teachers shared their lesson plans. They had done an excellent job integrating environmental education into their subject matter.
Tracy introduced community activity sheets which were a big hit! These sheets described sustainable environmental actions that could be implemented easily in their home communities. The workshop culminated with the participants sharing ideas of how they will put their new information into action. The responses were diverse and encouraging.
The participants received a certificate and they were all very excited and proud to receive them. The day finished with movie night and we closed up shop at 10 pm.
Woohoo! A trip to the tropical rainforest...where it rained! Some of the highlights included: baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, and red-tailed monkeys. After the walk, we returned to the forest center where we were given demonstrations of activities available for students. This was in an effort to motivate the teachers to take their students to the forest, some of whom already do. The trip there and back was 30 minutes by ‘taxi’ ( a small mini-van in which 15 of us crammed in at once).
Back at the center, the Ugandan teachers shared their lesson plans. They had done an excellent job integrating environmental education into their subject matter.
Tracy introduced community activity sheets which were a big hit! These sheets described sustainable environmental actions that could be implemented easily in their home communities. The workshop culminated with the participants sharing ideas of how they will put their new information into action. The responses were diverse and encouraging.
The participants received a certificate and they were all very excited and proud to receive them. The day finished with movie night and we closed up shop at 10 pm.
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