Country: Croatia (Hrvatska) – City: Koprivnica – Address: Koprivnica, Trg slobode 5

Description:

“Evening of Geography” is a set of workshops that encourage the building of a positive attitude of students towards geography. In order to provide as many geography lovers as possible, through the “Evening of Geography” we present the experiments and works of our students who are beginning their journey into the world of science. The evening of geography aims to develop a different approach to teaching geography – encouraging a research and interdisciplinary approach. The purpose of the project is to develop the competencies of group members: selecting topics and content that will be the subject of interest, the culture of presentation to the group, raising the level of their own knowledge and skills.

Activities planned during the “Evening of Geography”

Tornado demonstration in a bottle
Modeling of volcano with lava eruption
Soil erosion
Sea currents
Demonstration of clouds, rain and snow in a bottle
Making a simple compass with a needle in a bowl of water
Demonstration of the hydrological cycle
Making the planets of the solar system
Geography quizzes
Guess the location
Geography & Gastronomy

Main objectives:

Popularization of geography through a series of practical activities. Developing a love for geographical science and scientific research. Through a series of practical activities, develop students’ sensibility and practical knowledge of physical geography.
– Understanding of geographical processes and phenomena, their interconnections and dependencies
– Development of responsibility towards work
– Connecting the theoretical part of the teaching material with concrete examples.
– Build the ability to express and speech skills
– Gaining security in their own abilities, knowledge and skills
– Connecting students of different ages through mutual cooperation in the implementation of the project
– Marking Earth Day

Event language: Croatian

The event will be: “Live” in presence

Link (for online events): it will be displayed here as soon as possible

Reference person: Mirna Kova?i? – Role or function: Geography teacher – Reference organization: Elementary school

Those who organize are: Academics, Geography enthusiasts, Students

Estimated starting time (local time): 5:00:00 PM

Expected duration: around 2 hours

Event program: it will be displayed here as soon as possible

GeoNight code: 230011