Education of young
people and tourists during their visit in protected
area, is exceedingly important and one of the
goals of the Park management. The programme of
natural science excursions in the Škocjan Caves
Park, the UNESCO world heritage place was launched
in 2003 when a circuit trail “Škocjan
Education trail” was set up in the heart of the Park. A
natural science excursion is similar to field
lessons with exercises (work sheets). Natural
and cultural heritage interpretation is one of
the main objectives of programme. Mostly we have
geography or biology excursions (field exercises,
nature protection, endangered species, and environmental
education).
Since we began with programme, we have been
visited on excursions over 280 groups of over
7.300 pupils, mainly from Slovenia. The age
of pupils vary between 11yr – 18yr, mostly
they are primary schools.
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Expert-guided natural
science excursions are carried out by Park's
employees. In the course of the excursion, participants
become acquainted with the extremely diverse
natural heritage of the Park and the cultural
heritage system in the villages. There are also
two museum collections on display. When explaining
different things, we rely on work sheets provided
to each participant.
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