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BUTTERFLIESIN ARCADIATEAM:SCHOOL:COUNTRY:COACH:TEAM MEMBERS:(ages 15-17)Cro ButterfliesGimnazija Josipa Slavenskog ČakovecCroatiaAndrija BacingerMonika Ključarić, Kevin Kutnjak, Regina Novak, Andrija Dodlek, Josipa Horvat, PaulaIlijaš, Lucija Jambrović, Sara Novak, Lovro Kadi.ROLES, TYPE OF DECISION-MAKING AND LEADERSHIPThe students had the main role in this project and I (as the teacher) was a moderator.I suggested the main activities and then they had to, all together, bring the decisionwhich activity is the best way to present what we really did. By doing so, I tried to encouragemy students to work independently. I was a moderator and my obligation was,for example, when students decided to present our project in other schools, to phonethe school principal and ask for permission.I am a young teacher so there were no strict teacher-student relations, we cooperated asfriends, which was great because they were more relaxed.PROJECT DESCRIPTIONTOPICOur topic were the Maculinea butterflies, which habitate in our County of Međimurje(location Bedekovićeve grabe), and are a very endangered species. We worked on educatingyoung people about the importance of these species and improving their protection.MAIN ACTIVITIESHRIn our project, we took part in several activities which included not only us, but alsosome other schools from our county (The School of Economics Čakovec and the primaryschool in Sveti Juraj na Bregu). We visited the habitat of Bedekovićeve grabe two times,but sadly it wasn’t the time of the year when they take their final, beautiful form anddecorate the meadows (it occurs in July and August). We organised quizzes in threeprimary and two high schools, a lecture at our school, and took part in the community’sProject Day, in which we informed ourselves about how the locals work on the protectionof Maculinea butterflies. We informed our local media about our project, and Paula, whois in our school’s journalism group, has written several articles for local news portals andour own school webpage and school newspaper ČAGI. Together with biology teachersfrom our school and teacher Željka Kadi from The School of Economics Čakovec we did adetailed research for our project and created a presentation for our lectures and quizzes.The awards (canvas bags and pencils with WWF logo) were given to quiz winners.ACHIEVED OBJECTIVESOur primary goal was to work on educating young people about the importance ofMaculinea butterflies and improving their protection. We carried out a questioneer aboutMaculinea butterflies and their habitat Bedekovićeve grabe. The results were surprising16 Schools Taking Action For Europe’s Environment