- The reproduction of a habitat is a unique opportunity to work the environment or biodiversity in the school, and, knowing that, teachers and students have created wells in several educational centers, with the help of the Aranzadi Society of Sciences. The School Pond Network has now been introduced and schools in Euskal Herria have been invited to create wells.
Wells are an excellent didactic tool to talk to students about species, biodiversity, environment, environmental awareness, respect for the planet and the need for species conservation. As we commented in this report, they are a perfect natural laboratory to jump from classroom theory to practice and an enriching action to recover wetlands. In fact, wetlands are of great value from the point of view of biodiversity, but they are a scarce habitat, and if the creation of lagoons is the same “way to pay, in part, the human debt to nature”, they say from Aranzadi. In other European countries, the well network is a widespread initiative.
It is the students, teachers and volunteers who, under the direction of experts from Aranzadi, are responsible for performing the well in or near the center environment. The center then takes care of his care and evolution, but he is also visited by the herpetologists of Aranzadi. These wells also offer the possibility of guided tours, lectures and environmental workshops.
Your center can also join the initiative
The School Pond Network has been presented at the Joxe Migel Barandiaran school in Ataun. In addition, they are part of the Txirrita network Herri Eskola, Umerri Herri Eskola, Gorbeia Eskola, Plaiaundi Institutua and the teaching faculty of Vitoria-Gasteiz. Centres wishing to implement this dynamic can contact the Aranzadi Society of Sciences and find all the information in this direction.
See photos of the Plaiaundi Institute experience: when the students built wells, and after the excursion to the wells and the ecological park next door.
