A Deep Look Inside a Carnivorous Plant at the Faculty of Science’s Children’s Da ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** 14. 9. 2011, by Lucie Kettnerová, category: news More than 200 pre-school children and almost 250 elementary school pupils from the second Prague, which is also the home of the Faculty of Science, participated in the faculty’s sp day on September 13. In the faculty’s Botanical Garden, kids were exploring where gold com what an engorged tick looks like under the microscope. The patient ones could even count h carnivorous plant can catch in an hour. “Our faculty deals with topics that are attractive for all age groups. We are trying to pu young kids, even preschoolers. During our natural science summer camps and the children’s to capture their attention, motivate them and make them interested in the nature and envir thus set them on the path that might to lead to our profession,” says Alexandra Hroncová, Faculty of Science’s External Relations department. “Moreover, many scholars and students happy to share their knowledge of their research fields with curious young people.” The preschoolers got a much simplified lecture, whereas the pupils could build on their pr They proceeded through a series of checkpoints, at which they could learn something from c at a hornet or a tick under the microscope or get familiar with a chameleon or darkling be kids were stopping at a popular, although unplanned, checkpoint on a lawn under a horse-ch leaving with pockets full of conkers. Those teachers interested in microscopes could arrange a free loan of microscopes for thei kindergarten, so that the kids could explore textures of other materials.  Schools will so to take advantage of a new educational centre at the Faculty of Science’s Botanical Garden guided tours of the area.