Dec ZP Education reports 1 Final.pmd - Zoo Outreach Organisation

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Wildlife Week Programs at Kota ZooRakesh Vyas*This is to thank Zoo Outreach Organisation for the wonderfulconservation education material provided by your organizationfor the Wildlife Week Programs at Kota. The material wasproperly distributed after making the participants aware aboutthe problems faced by the wildlife. The material has beenappreciated by the participants, their teachers and parents.During the week long celebrations this year painting, essay,fancy dress and quiz competitions were organized. Thestudents were taken for field trips to Darrah and JawaharsagarSanctuaries. A rural program for the school children of Udpuriavillage was also organized. Some of the material is being usedat the Interpretation Centre started at the zoo recently.*2 P 22, Vigyan nagar, Kota 324 005, Rajasthan, Email:Photographs taken during Wildlife Week celebration
Report of the Bat Education Program conducted by INSONA, October November, 2004G.M. Oza*INSONA (International Society of Naturalists) had announcedan informative interactive program on Bats with the primaryschool children of various schools in Vadodara and theundergraduate students of The Maharaja Sayajirao Universityof Baroda. The students were to be quizzed regarding themyths and facts about bats, so they were asked to beprepared for such an interaction. They were also asked togather any information on bats in the form of play cards or puton T-shirts or any garment on this aspect. The idea was tohave fun, or do some kind of an intellectual experienceconnected not just with learning but in the process make theyounger minds imbibe the values of conservation andpreservation.The event was co-ordinated by Dr. Sapna Surendran, INSONAvolunteer and Ms. Leontien Rosenmuller, AIESAC trainee fromThe Netherlands, under the guidance of Prof. G.M.Oza(General Secretary, INSONA) and Mrs. Premlata Oza (JointSecretary, INSONA). The program with the University studentswas divided into two phases: Day 1 was a very intensiveclassroom discussion on the different species of Bats, theirhabits and habitat and the myths and facts. Day 2 was a fieldtrip to a bat colony amidst the hustle bustl of Gorwa main road,4kms east from the Vadodara railway station. This Banyan treesupports more than 250 Pteropus maximus, the Indian FlyingFox (photo attached). Our talk attracted a lot of local childrenfrom the neighbourhood who were also taught few snippetsregarding the bats. The second program was done with theprimary school children of various schools of Baroda at theMotibaugh Palace Compound, the office of INSONA. Thechildren had done their homework well enough and were veryenthusiastic in answering the queries put forth. All of them hadput on bat badges and tattoos made by themselves. Theeducational kit on bats provided by the Zoo OutreachOrganisation was distributed to the participants which provedto be of great value in terms of giving information onconservation of the Bat species.Thus the interactive program was very educative and a positiveapproach towards the awareness of Bats and their habitat waslaid thereof in the minds of these youngsters. This shall go along way in taking care of the Bats for human well being.* General Secretary, International Society of Naturalists, C/o.Oza Building, Salatwada, Vodara 390 001, Gujarat, Email:The school children with masks provided by Zoo OutreachOrganisation and bat badges prepared by themselvesThe quiz program on Bats with the school children ofVadodara. Also seen in photo Mrs. Premlata Oza, Prof. G.M.Ozaand Ms. Leontien RosenmullerThe First year undergraduate students of M.S.Universitywith the local children who participated in the BatEducation programThe Giant Banyan tree which roosts more than 250Pteropus maximus at Gorwa
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