On Monday, 8 May, Savremena鈥檚 students set off for an adventure which led them from prehistory and dinosaurs to the modern time. They visited the Svilajnac Natural History Centre and the Pokajnica monastery, located about 90 kilometres from Belgrade.
With an imaginary time-travelling machine to the dinosaur age
Savremena鈥檚 students were delighted by the content provided by the Svilajnac Natural History Centre, and the exhibition showing the creation of the planet allowed them to go far back in history.
鈥淒inosaur World鈥 and the 鈥淒inosville鈥 park were both fun and informative for our students. What impressed them the most were the replicas of dinosaur skeletons, where they got acquainted with the basics of palaeontology and evolution and compared them to the skeletons of the animals that still exist.
The students noticed the difference between the habitats and structure of organisms, learned how the environment could have an impact on evolutionary directions, and also enriched their knowledge about how humans advanced and went a long way from hominids to modern humans.
The next attraction that Savremena鈥檚 students found particularly fun was the visit to the 鈥淒inosville鈥 park, where they felt like a part of Jurassic park while walking among the dinosaurs. At this very spot, the students realised the difference between epoch and period and learned
how organisms and the environment changed with time, and how great extinctions affected the directions of evolution.
Discovering the secrets of the planet
On this journey, Savremena鈥檚 students had the chance to see a few interesting exhibitions.
The exhibition 鈥淭he world of minerals and rocks鈥 introduced the students to minerals and rocks
our planet consists of. Jadarite, so far the only mineral found in our country, was one of the most attractive showpieces due to the fact that its chemical composition coincides with the well-known kryptonite from the Superman comic books.
The 鈥淏iodiversity of Serbia鈥 exhibition showed Savremena鈥檚 students the natural resources of Serbia in an authentic manner, and the exhibition about meteorites called 鈥淪pace rocks鈥 fascinated them with three replicas of important meteorites which fell on the surface of our country. The exhibition 鈥淏ioarchaeology of 膼erdap鈥, which describes the approximately 10,000-year-old settlement, didn鈥檛 go unnoticed either, while at the exhibition 鈥淲itnesses of the Ice Age鈥, the students were able to see impressive examples of megafaunas, which, during the last Ice Age, lived on the territory of today鈥檚 Serbia, but went extinct some 10,000 years ago. This exhibition was particularly interesting to them.
Unforgettable history and biology lesson
Savremena鈥檚 students also visited the Pokajnica monastery, located in the vicinity of Velika Plana, where they heard the story of the betrayal and death of Kara膽or膽e, one of the best-known historic figures. In late April, Pokajnica marked 200 years since his murder and is one of the best preserved churches from that period.
On this location, history teacher Sanja Bogdanovi膰 explained the students why it was strategically important for towns to be located near rivers and how rulers had used the towns鈥 locations, while biology teacher Nade啪da Golubovi膰 taught them which wild animals inhabited this region (deer, boars, foxes), and that the Morava river is abundant in species protected by the law.
The history and biology lessons on this location were an excellent opportunity for students to see everything they had learned about at school. An exciting journey from prehistoric times and dinosaurs to more recent history allowed Savremena鈥檚 students a truly different and practical revision of the lessons covered at school.
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