Picking up garden wastes, painting, cutting and pasting, and decorating various shapes... A few days ago, in Tangshan Huahai scenic area, the “Nature Exploration Camp” organized by ZEHO ECO was in full swing. Under the guidance of the staff, the children made bird guide houses by themselves, creating shelter for birds.
“In the past, books were children’s world; now, the world is also children’s books. Taking part in such activities really moves the classroom to the scenic spot, so that children can explore the mysteries of nature and learn science and crafts in such a beautiful environment.” The children’s parents said one after another.
Moving the classroom to the scenic spot to let children experience immersive research and learning is the essence of ZEHO ECO “Nature Exploration Camp”. “After ecological restoration and transformation, we have successfully turned the ‘urban scar’ into an ecological flower sea. Now we need to full use the ecological advantages of this area so that children can explore nature and gain knowledge during their travel in the scenic area.” The relevant person in charge of ZEHO ECO Tangshan Huahai project said that according to the opinions on further reducing the burden of homework and off campus training of students in the compulsory education stage issued by the general office of the CPC Central Committee and the general office of the State Council, the “double reduction” policy requires strengthening the combination of on campus classroom and off campus practice, and immersive research travel is an important way to complement weaknesses and strengths after the “double reduction”, It is conducive to promoting the in-depth integration of book knowledge and social practice, and promoting the all-round development of teenagers’ moral, intellectual, physical, artistic and labor.
Since the beginning of this year, the company has relied on its professional background of 25 years of deep cultivation in natural ecology to implement the ZEHO ECO “Nature Exploration Camp” project in Tangshan Huahai scenic area, focusing on children and teenagers aged 3-12 years. With the original intention of “rebuilding the relationship between human and nature”, it has created a theme research camp with nature education as the concept, so that children can connect with nature in exploration, protect nature in action, and understand nature, actively promote the deep integration of “tourism + education”.
ZEHO ECO · Nature Exploration Camp takes “future oriented education and sustainable joy for children” as the educational concept. Through multi-dimensional teaching mode, it builds three main research curriculum systems, namely “ecological joint operation”, “biological investigation ‘carbon” and “everything growing season”, so that children can explore in nature and stimulate future oriented competitiveness.
In the ZEHO ECO · Nature Exploration Camp, the tutors improved the children’s thinking, observation, imagination, action and empathy through theoretical cognition, natural exploration, cooperative creativity, personal practice and achievement sharing. Among them, under the leadership of nature instructors, children can understand the scientific knowledge behind colorful nature through nature observation, classroom explanation, hands-on practice, on-site experience and other ways. Let children give play to their hands-on practice ability, combine what they see, learn and think, and interact closely with nature’s animals, plants and habitats. In particular, the curriculum system of “Ecological Joint Operation” takes Nature-based Solutions (NbS) as the concept, converts it into natural education products for children, and focuses on the rich animal and plant resources and diverse natural habitats in the park, so that children can stimulate their natural exploration spirit through the curriculum experience of settling down and nesting for animals, taking part in natural handicrafts and building ecological wetlands, guide them to establish the consciousness of harmonious coexistence with nature.