Geological workshop for primary schools

Systematical teaching of geology is (yet) not established in primary and secondary school in Slovenia. In primary school, geological topics are divided among numerous subjects and levels therefore they receive more attention only if alternative courses or geological circles are realized. With help of the Geological Survey of Slovenia we have been successfully performing a geological workshop for primary school pupils aiming to popularize geology. With it pupils are acquainted with methodologies for identification of rocks, minerals, fossils and properties of water. se pogosto ne ~utijo dovolj strokovno podkovani za uporabo prakti~nih pripomo~kov (npr. zbirk kamnin in mineralov, pH metra) ali nimajo znanja za prikaz dolo~enih geolo{kih pojavov. Namen predstavljene delavnice je pokazati, da lahko s preprostimi metodami in relativno poceni pripomo~ki opazujemo, posku{amo in dolo~amo najrazli~nej{e naravne snovi. Primerna je za osnovne {ole brez geolo{kih krožkov, a tudi takim morda poda kak{no idejo. Služi kot dopolnilo rednega pouka in izkustveno sredstvo za spoznavanje pestrosti narave.