Tuesday, 25 April 2023 Natural Science Day of the Elementary School Dante Alighieri Izola

On Monday, 24 April 2023, Natural Science Day was held in Livade 1.0 in Izola for OŠ Dante Alighieri Izola elementary school students. The day was dedicated to Earth Day, therefore the Department of Applied Natural Sciences and Department of Biodiversity prepared insightful content about the magical world of natural sciences. 

After a warm welcome from the lectures, the 7th, 8th and 9th graders were divided into three groups and started with a day full of topics. 

Within the workshop, they obtained knowledge of genetics and their importance in the study of plants, where also dr. Matjaž Hladnik from the Department of Applied Natural Sciences fascinated students with an engaging experiment with DNA extraction from strawberries. 

In addition, the group was presented into a diverse and colorful Mediterranean area, which is also one of the oldest ecosystems with high-quality crops. During the workshop, dr. Alenka Baruca Arbeiter from the Department of Applied Natural Sciences interactively introduced students to the world of aromatic plants and their genetic structure. They learnt about the work in the genetics laboratory, valuable aromatic plants, and the methods used to extract the essential oil and the hydrolase.

Researcher Minja Krstić from the Department of Biodiversity introduced students to the secrets of wildlife and interactively involved them in a workshop where they used a Biotrecer to locate a European roe deer fawn.