Course code

MLB6112.LT

old course code

MLB6112

Course title in Estonian

Eluslooduse väliõpe

Course title in English

Biodiversity Fieldwork

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

assessment

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Support learning of Estonian species and communities in nature. Able to organize fieldwork for biodiversity study by students of the general schools first six grades

Brief description of the course

Four days of fieldwork outside Tallinn for learning plant and animal species and communities in nature. Practical identifying species, using organism group keys. Identifying marks of the animal activities in nature, using special keys. Describing meadow plant community composition, and plant and invertebrate community of a waterbody.
Activities: Fieldwork during four days outside Tallinn; lectures; seminars

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to identify species, using organism group keys;
- is able to identify, using keys, marks of animal species activities;
- is able to describe the meadow plant community composition;
- is able to organize the study of a waterbody biodiversity for students;
- values nature and species;
- is able to support the positive and thoughtful attitude concerning creatures.

Teacher

Lekt Elle Rajandu PhD

Prerequisite course 1

Diversity of Living Nature (MLB6117.LT)

Prerequisite course 2

Ecological Interactions (MLB6118.LT)

Study programmes containing that course

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