Interactive educational program

This program introduces children into natural and cultural wealth of Medvednica. It is designed in an interactive way, with an attempt to get children attention by arousing their imagination, taking them into ancient past while men still used to live in caves, or lead them through the middle ages when feudal rulers and underprivileged peasants lived in this area, and telling them a story about Gradec and Kaptol – the core of a new city on the foothills of Medvednica.

Program introduces children into critical consideration and discussions on nature and cultural heritage, and tries to evolve the need to understand and preserve nature so that we could all together enjoy it.

Natural science program will give answers to many questions such as:

(zoology)

• Are foxes in kinship to walrus?
• How many martens need to be sacrificed for one fur coat?
• Why does a cat have moustaches?
• Do badgers have 100 year old cities?
• How many flowers does a bee have to visit for 1 kg of honey?
• Why is Charles Darwin important?
• Who dares not to be afraid of the hawk?
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(botanic)

• Why are flowers colorful and smell?
• Do plants have sexes?
• Where can you see yellow poplar, redwood or bald cypress in Nature Park Medvednica?
• Why is photosynthesis important?
• Who was Gregor Mendel?
• Where can you see traditional Croatian garden?
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Social science program will give answers to the following questions:

(history)

• Where used to live the first people of Zagreb some 40.000 years ago?
• Who were the masters of Medvedgrad?
• Who was the biggest enemy of old Zagreb?
• In what way did inflation have effect to the Peasants' Revolt?
• Who was Bishop Maksimilijan Vrhovec? (founder of Maksimir and Stubičke spa, and one of the owners of Golubovec castle)
• Has August Šenoa made up all characters and events in his novels?
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(Croatian literature)

• Where was Petrica Kerempuh born?
• Why was the love between Dora Krupićeva and Pavao Gregorijanec forbidden?
• Where from did the rock «Stone wedding» got its name?
• Poems written by Dragutin Domjanić? (Domjanić family was one of the owners of Golubovec castle).
• Literature works of Augusta Šenoa and Marija Jurić-Zagorka and their connection to Medvednica.
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