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Workbook for environment club members in secondary schools around Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. This workbook will be distributed in eight secondary schools during the week of June 4th as part of World Environment Day activities. The distribution of the workbooks will kick off what will ultimately be an intra-school and inter-school competition with prizes going to top-perfoming students.
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Environment Club
NAME:
SCHOOL:
Explore the environment around you and discover what you can do to protect and improve it!
This booklet is for you to use individually to OBSERVE, UNDERSTAND, and REFLECT on the environment around you and DISCOVER what you can do to protect and improve it.
Complete this Environment Club Explorer booklet to become an official ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORER!
Funded by the Annenberg Foundation via the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), a coalition member of the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP).
© 2012
All this Explorer Booklet About
CONGRATULATIONSon being a member of an
Environment Club!
= write an answer to the question
= draw a response
= check the box that answers the question
= use a resource book to find information
Photos in this booklet by Anna Behm Masozera/IGCP, Jamie Kemsey/IGCP, Maryke Gray/IGCP, José Kalpers, and Martin Harvey.
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All YOU - the Explorer About
Name: Age:
Year in School:
Why are you in an Environment Club?
What do you want to do as a job when you are an adult?
Have you visited Volcanoes National Park? If yes, what activity did you do?
DRAW A PICTURE OF YOURSELF
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COLOR IN THE COUNTRY OF RWANDA
Did you know gorillas are only found in Africa?
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These two silverbacks are from two different species of gorilla. Find at least one feature that looks the same. And one feature that looks different.
Same
Different
What species of gorilla is found in Rwanda?
Common name
Scientific name4
Did you know most gorillas live in family groups?Below is a map showing the home
ranges for different mountain gorilla family groups in the Virunga Massif. Each color/pattern represents a different family group.
Uganda
a
b
c
d ef
DRC
Rwanda
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What three mountain gorilla family groups range closest to your school?
1
2
3
Identify the Volcanoes labeled:
a
b
c
d
e
f
Mark the location of your school on the map!
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How do youidentify one gorilla
from another?
Park staff and researchers use a
gorilla’s NOSEPRINT as the
way to identify one gorilla from
another. And now you have that task
as well!
A gorilla’s noseprint is unique
to that individual, just as your
FINGERPRINT is unique to you!Munyinya
AgasaroGahinga
Kirezi Mbele
Kibyeyi
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And each human is unique, too!
Identify each gorilla by name using the noseprints at the left.
Now use a stamp pad to make your own fingerprints in the space to the right. Compare your fingerprints to those of your friend!
left thumb right thumb
Kibyeyi
8
Can you think of four more words you can use to describe mountain gorillas?
important
rare
There are estimated to be only 780 mountain
gorillas left in the world!
9
Write a short essay about why mountain gorillas are important to the world, the country of Rwanda and to you as a person.
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a
b
c
d
11
Color the picture at the left.
Identify each mammal with the correct common and scientific name:
Forest Buffalo; Syncerus cafferForest Elephant; Loxodonta cyclotisDuiker; Cephalophus nigrifronsGolden Monkey; Cercopithecus mitis kandti
a
b
c
d
common name:
common name:
common name:
common name:
scientific name:
scientific name:
scientific name:
scientific name:
Here are a few other mammals that live in
Volcanoes NP!
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If yes, tell us about what you saw. What species of animal? How many? How did you and others react?
Have you ever seen wildlife outside of the park?
YES NO
Wildlife outside of the park
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Do you know what to do if you see wildlife outside of the park? Tell us what you should do here.
Wildlife don’t recognize park
boundaries.
Wildlife outside of the park
14
Draw a map of your school and your school’s garden. Be as detailed as possible.
Include a key for your map.
MY
SC
HO
OL
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KEY
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Overall Tree Form Leaf Shape
TREE SPECIES #1
Is this species native to Rwanda or exotic to Rwanda?
NATIVE EXOTIC
Look up the common and scientific name of this tree:
common name:
scientific name:
Write any other information you found about this species. How is it used by people? How big does it grow?
MY SCHOOLgarden
17
Overall Tree Form Leaf Shape
TREE SPECIES #2
Is this species native to Rwanda or exotic to Rwanda?
NATIVE EXOTIC
Look up the common and scientific name of this tree:
common name:
scientific name:
Write any other information you found about this species. How is it used by people? How big does it grow?
Use a resource book to find information
about the trees at your school.
garden
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MY SCHOOLgarden
MORE!
Draw and color a BIRD that you see.
Draw and color an INSECT that you find.
Look up the common and scientific name of this bird:
common name:
scientific name:
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Draw and color a FLOWER that you find.
Draw and color a FLOWER that you find.
Draw and color a FLOWER that you find.
Write the names of these flowers if you
know them.
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MY SCHOOLimproving the environment
List the activities below that your Environment Club has participated in to improve the environment?
Check the box for the activities which you personally have participated in.
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What additional activities could be done to improve the environment near your school?
What more can be done to protect the
environment at your school?
Why should these activities be done?
And by who?
22
Today’s date:
Today’s temperature: oC
Name of location for Expedition #1:
Today’s weather:
sunny partly sunny cloudy
rainy windy
Go on an
Expedition!
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You don’t have to go far away to go on an
expedition!
Walk to a place near your home or near your school. Your job will be to SIT and OBSERVE your surroundings and RECORD what you see!HINT: You’ll be asked to go on two separate Expeditions!
Check all the landscape features that you see.Expedition!volcano
farmland
pasture
wetland
stream or river with water
dry stream or river bed
lake
native forest
planted woodlot
other:
other:
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Overall Tree Form Leaf Shape
FLORA AND FAUNA
Is this species native to Rwanda or exotic to Rwanda?
NATIVE EXOTIC
Look up the common and scientific name of this tree:
common name:
scientific name:
Write any other information you found about this species. How is it used by people? How big does it grow?
Name of location for Expedition #1:
Expedition #1, continued!
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Draw and color a BIRD that you see.
Draw and color an INSECT that you find.
Draw and color a BIRD that you see.
Draw and color an INSECT that you find.
This should be the same location as
the previous page - Expedition #1!
common name: common name:
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Check the box if you observe a potential environmental problems:
soil erosion
garbage
tree or bamboo cutting
unprotected waterway
houses without latrines
Check the box if you observe a positive environmental features:
tree or bamboo planting
pit latrines
rainwater harvesting
waterways with vegetative buffer zones
contour planting of fields
other:
other:
other:
other:
Name of location for Expedition #1:
Expedition #1, continued!
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What can be done to improve the environment in this location?
Be innovative in your suggestions on how to improve the
environment!
28
Today’s date:
Today’s temperature: oC
Name of location for Expedition #2:
Today’s weather:
sunny partly sunny cloudy
rainy windy
Go on another
Expedition!
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You should be an expert environmental
observer now!
Walk to a place near your home or near your school. Your job will be to SIT and OBSERVE your surroundings and RECORD what you see!
Expedition! Check all the landscape features that you see.
volcano
farmland
pasture
wetland
stream or river with water
dry stream or river bed
lake
native forest
planted woodlot
other:
other:
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Overall Tree Form Leaf Shape
FLORA AND FAUNA
Is this species native to Rwanda or exotic to Rwanda?
NATIVE EXOTIC
Look up the common and scientific name of this tree:
common name:
scientific name:
Write any other information you found about this species. How is it used by people? How big does it grow?
Name of location for Expedition #2:
Expedition #2, continued!
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Draw and color a BIRD that you see.
Draw and color an INSECT that you find.
Draw and color a BIRD that you see.
Draw and color an INSECT that you find.
This should be the same location as
the previous page - Expedition #2!
common name: common name:
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Check the box if you observe a potential environmental problems:
soil erosion
garbage
tree or bamboo cutting
unprotected waterway
houses without latrines
Check the box if you observe a positive environmental features:
tree or bamboo planting
pit latrines
rainwater harvesting
waterways with vegetative buffer zones
contour planting of fields
other:
other:
other:
other:
Name of location for Expedition #2:
Expedition #2, continued!
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What can be done to improve the environment in this location?
Be innovative in your suggestions on how to improve the
environment!
Expedition #2, continued!
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Extra for Pages Drawings
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or Notes
36
Write an original poem about the environment. Write this poem in Kinyarwanda.
Read this poem to your family. Check the box to show that you’ve completed this task.
You can choose any environment topic
for your poem!
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Congratulations! You did it! You’re an
EnvironmentExplorer!
