Spring in Poland

Agata took photos of spring in Poland, made a film with "Four Seasons" by Vivaldi:

Blackbird

Krzysiek was lucky and recorded the blackbird singing on a sunny day. Do you know this lovely birs?

Boreal owl

Our town Dzierżoniów is situated near the Owl Mountains, so we had to write about owls as unfortunately there are less and less owls in Poland, even in the Owl Mountains. Asia studied one of the smallest owl - Boreal owl. Boreal Owl breeds in dense coniferous forests across northern North America and Eurasia, and in mountain ranges such as the Alps and the Rockies. It lays 3-6 eggs in a tree hole. Across much of Europe, and to a lesser extent in Asia and North America, naturalists and biologists put up nest boxes for these and other small owls. This smallish owl ( it’s about 24-26 cm long and about 90-200 g heavy) eats mainly voles and other mammals but also birds as well as insects and other invertebrates. It is largely nocturnal, though in the northern most parts of its range, it is forced to hunt during daylight because of the very short nights in summer. Boreal Owls live up to 16 years. In Central Europe there are about 5-6 thousand boreal owls pairs, in Poland - about 8 hundred pairs.

The Earth Day celebrations at Polish school

Polish students took part in Earth Day celebrations. They were taught a lot about ecology and they promoted healthy lifestyle, ecological products and they found out what to do with organic waste in the kitchen. The school play showed us what we should do to help our planet to survive for another generations. Do you celebrate the Earth Day at your schools?

And the presentation with more photos HERE

When we talk about the wonders of our Bulgarian nature, we must not overlook the karst formations. My colleague, English teacher - Reni Valkova, along with his students explore the karst field near the town of Zemen, made ​​a film about him and participated in a competition of UNESCO. The film was awarded first prize in the category for 2012. The interest of students and continues today. Reni Valkova hosted an open lesson in English based on topic  karst  . In the lesson is used ENVISION - system that is innovative Bulgarian educational product.

Hedgehog

These days you have to be lucky to see hedgehog in Poland, unfortunately. Tens years ago there really were lots of hedgehogs here. Olek studied this spieces: