Institute of Geology involved in science promotion at schools

On October 31 and November 1, a pilot event of an educational project financed by the Czechoslovak Microscopic Society was organized by our colleague Eva Pecková. Within their „Journey from Microworld to Macroworld“, students of grades 3 and 8 of the Dolákova Basic School in Prague 8 analysed specimens from living and inanimate nature using their optical microscopes as well as images from the polarizing and electron microscopes of the Inst Geol. The event received high rating from the school management, and the whole project will be continued (for info see Osmička monthly or School webpage). Other educational activities at basic schools were performed within the project Strategy AV21 (Dynamic Planet Earth programme). Altogether 17 events were organized by our colleague Martina Kočová-Veselská in 2023. Being focused on geology and palaeontology, they were taken as a supplement to standard curricula.