STUDENTS RESEARCH AND PROJECT WORK AT REPUBLIC CONFERENCE ” NATURE AND WE”

Abstract

Kėdainiai ‘Rytas’ progymnasium has a tradition to organize republic students’ and teachers’ conference ‘Nature and We’ since 2000. The students of Republic general education schools, the students of non-formal education institutions, environmental research centres, the club members of environmental research centres present their research, long-term and short-term project works on environmental science and environment protection issues. During the 17 year-lasting conference ‘Nature and We’ organized period, it was observed that the students choose their study objects such natural areas which are not analysed and not investigated by adults. In the seventeen conferences (2000-2016) have been read: • 19 plenary reports; • The reports have been read by 767 students; • 806 teachers and 1294 students took part in the sections of conferences; • The conferences were attended by teachers and students from 32 cities and towns of general education and non-formal education schools. Key words: ICT, student conference, research and project works, subject integration.