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Workshops with children

Published on 02/09/2019 (last modified 27/04/2020)

Workshops with children in Italy and Croatia

Within this project activity, a comprehensive educational program for local communities’ children was developed and implemented in order to raise their awareness and understanding of marine litter problem. Engaging children directly influence their parents too. This program was composed of: (in Croatia) half-day workshops on marine litter topic which followed the exhibition Plastica(mente); three-day workshops including theory, fieldwork and the development of a small project; a competition on the best marine litter project with a field trip as a reward; one-day workshop with 15 kindergarten teachers (trained on how to implement marine litter workshop for kindergarten children;  implementation of minimum one workshop in the kindergarten & (in Italy) 4h laboratories, educating about the marine litter issue and stimulating the autonomous work of the students (with its implementation for 30 groups of students in every one of the 4 comprehensive institutes and schools and of exhibition of elaborates made by students, open to parents and public. Based on laboratory and field work, children made their own projects which were combined with Plastica(mente) exhibition as well as with “Fish market litter exhibition”.