Within the Erasmus+ activity of the CEMLO project (Connect – enjoy mountains & learning outdoors), “Fran Galović” Gymnasium in Koprivnica was a host of a mobility in which schools from Lithuania (from a small town next to Vilnius) and Italy (Lipari – volcanic islands near Sicily). Schools from Turkey and Slovenia are also members of the project, but due to the circumstances that involve COVID, they couldn’t participate in this mobility. The main topic of the mobility were historic legends that we prepared as a display in our school as well as in a digital format. You can take a look at them following this link: https://read.bookcreator.com/-L2aSbb_DoiiuRdlvrUbz94uKUQi0Ac1GppPK0_mrJo/nHb7Rb9ISDeXHO01SjRuhw As our project activities involve mountain areas and learning in nature, our school’s CEMLO team came up with activities and workshops including areas of Bilogora, Kalnik, and Croatia’s shiniest nature pearl – Plitvice lakes. About thirty of our school’s students and teachers were included in designing and executing the activities. Spending time in nature, we introduced our guests to our mountain areas using an interdisciplinary approach. On the first day, our guests got to know our town and school and they presented their schools, places where they live and local legends as well. Foreign students then entered some of our ongoing classes which lead to live interactions and exchanging experiences. After a break, we walked to a well-known excursion site in Koprivnica – PRC, which is located on the slopes of Bilogora. While students learned how to measure their daily activities with the RELIVE app, they also learned a bit about how people used to construct houses using available materials like oak timber, mud/clay, rye… using “Podravska klet” as an example. Students ended the first day competing in a traditional horseshoe throwing game. The next day we went exploring the Kalnik area. They were presented the geological history of Kalnik, they revised all sorts of rocks and students from Italy and Lithuania brought and presented specific local rocks such as amber, volcanic glass and other. After practicing orientation and reaching Kalnik peak (almost) as well as learning about local legends, students got to know the Kalnik cheese production as one of the ways that Kalnik locals use for creating products involving sustainable development. A the end of the day a story about the Panonian sea and Tatars ended in Ludbreg, where it was very interesting to calculate why this specific town is the “center of the world” and to see what was built in this area during the roman times in the Iovia finding site. We spent the third day in Bilogora. At the main Gathering site of Koprivnica’s hikers called Anin vrh, we recognized the main sorts of wood in Bilogora forests and found interesting similarities with their Croatian names and names in our foreign students’ languages. We also practiced tying knots and followed mountain markings on a hiking route to the Sunny village resort in Jagnjedovec. The Hećimović family presented to us their collection which helped us get to know the traditional way of life in a Prigorje village. The students especially bonded playing traditional team games. During the afternoon, spending time on top of a small hill, inspired by the beautiful view, students had the chance to paint on easels, and as a result, impressive landscape paintings were made. You can take a look at the gallery on the link: https://www.emaze.com/@AOQTFFOCF/cemlo-art Since the sky was bright, assisted by our school’s astronomy team and the Koprivnica Astronomy association, most of us for the first time in our lives, we managed to take a good look at Saturn and Jupiter. Our magnificent trip to Bilogora ended there. Next morning, very early, we headed out to perhaps the prettiest part of our country, National Park Plitvice lakes. Our themes were protected areas, makings of limestone and dolomites, and stone barriers that are truly one of a kind. Next morning, very early, we headed out to perhaps the prettiest part of our country, National Park Plitvice lakes. Our themes were protected areas, makings of limestone and dolomites, and stone barriers that are truly one of a kind. Amazed by the time spent in Croatia, students used the last day to summarize impressions. The time has come to analyze the mobility, to hand earned certificates and to have a goodbye lunch. A happy Sicilian song was sung, and a few tears have fallen from the eye. We can not wait for the adventures that are waiting for us in the spring and summer! We are off to adventures in Lithuania, Turkey and Slovenia. You can take a look at the whole gallery on the link: https://read.bookcreator.com/Rm9RUby24AR8JwzXXS5njcBRyND3/CBByC_i1SMiBMHQnwwtjBA Link to local news Zoran Pintarić, prof. of geography and history
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