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Why Are Kids Going to a Real Forest Classroom? 🌿

The forest department in Assam started a program called Nameri Wild Classroom for students.

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Key Points

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Open to class eight and college students

Offers residential learning for two or three days

Includes birdwatching, forest walks, wildlife tracking, and river ecology activities

Students keep a field journal and receive a certificate after completing the program

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It lets them stay for two or three days inside Nameri Tiger Reserve to learn from nature 🌳

They will do birdwatching, guided walks, track wildlife, and even try safe river rafting 🛶

Guides will help them write observations in a field journal and they earn a certificate 📄

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6 words

ecosystem

all the plants, animals and environment that live together

biodiversity

the many different kinds of living things in a place

conservation

taking care of nature so it stays healthy

ecology

the study of how living things interact with each other and their surroundings

wildlife tracking

following signs that animals leave to learn where they go

field journal

a notebook where you write what you see while exploring

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