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The republican contest of ecological drawings dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan has started today. Pre-school children and schoolchildren from grades 1 to 11 can take part.

How much waste paper does it take to save one tree and what harm do discarded batteries cause to the environment? These and other questions were answered by specialists of the Central Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan in kindergarten No. 181 of Kazan.

150 children expanded their horizons in the classes at the environmental education centers of the Baltasinsky district. Specialists of the Northern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan held ecological hours on "Take care of the forests!" theme. 

The fashion show in unusual costumes was prepared by the kids of MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 115". Small models presented outfits made of discarded materials: plastic bags, paper, colorful garbage bags, old disks and boxes. The children turned into robots, cowboys, superheroes and princesses and took to the makeshift podium to demonstrate the exclusive outfits they had made together with their parents.

To see the work of the ecological laboratory and participate in chemical research yourself. Students of Kazan State Agrarian University were presented this opportunity. Employees of the Central Department of Environmental Supervision conducted a tour of the laboratory of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan for future specialists. Environmentalists told how the sampling and analysis of samples of natural and wastewater, snow, atmospheric air, waste, soil and sediments takes place. The children were also introduced to physico-chemical methods of analysis, bio-testing and hydrobiological methods of research.

In the central library of the Sabinsky district, an intellectual environmental quiz was organized especially for students.  The goal of the game is to broaden the horizons of children, and to replenish the knowledge of the surrounding world. Students of the 4th grade of MBOU "Gymnasium of Bogatye Saby small town" were divided into teams in order to show erudition and knowledge about nature, go through 4 game rounds. The guys brilliantly did all the tasks and answered additional questions from the specialists of the Northern TA. For active participation, children were presented with special ecological coloring books

A number of environmental events on the organization of "Bird canteens" are currently taking place in educational institutions in the northern part of the republic. As part of the classes, teachers and educators talk about the peculiarities of the life of wintering birds and a special menu that will help the birds to wait for spring without loss.

Today, employees of the Northern TA of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan came to visit the pupils of the MBDOU "Tyulyachinsky Kindergarten No. 2".

In the junior group of MBPEI No. 1, in Chistopol specialists of the Volga-Kama TA of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan held an environmental lesson "Separate with us". The main goal is to tell kids about what types of household waste there are and to teach them how to sort garbage correctly.

Today, a republican seminar "Ecological education of preschool children through the introduction of an interactive didactic screen into the educational process" was held in the MBDOU Pestrechinsky kindergarten "Kaenkai".