Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Eden Project:The lessons taught from a rainforest

- Source : CBBC Newsround

Imagine being transporte­d to a tropical world while sitting in your classroom. Well that's exactly what many students have been experienci­ng thanks to The Eden Project in Cornwall, one of the world's largest indoor rainforest­s.

Experts have been teaching from inside the domes, known as biomes, using a smartphone.

More than 75,000 young people have been exploring the tropics and learning about plants.

Students from countries including Canada, the US, Japan, Portugal and the Netherland­s have taken part.

What have they been learning about?

For Protecting Our Planet

Day, a session was held about the importance of tropical rainforest­s and what people can do to look after them. An internatio­nal panel of experts spoke to secondary schools. Students also learnt about plant adaptation­s, these are the things plants develop to meet their needs. This was part of an event where a tall ship visited places around the world, following Charles Darwin's journey as he studied the nature around him.

The next session being held is all about chocolate! An artist will paint a cacao tree, the plant where cocoa beans that make chocolate come from.

Students watching will be able to learn about the rainforest, art and the story of chocolate while they paint their own cacao tree.

Lessons are delivered to classrooms big and small, as well as to summer schools and people who may not be able to go to school due to health reasons.

Robbie Kirkman, the Eden Project's Education Team Lead, said: "Running live-streams from our Rainforest Biome is an incredible experience and it is amazing to see how well received they are."

 ?? ?? A waterfall inside the Rainforest Biome
A waterfall inside the Rainforest Biome
 ?? ?? The outside of the Eden Project
The outside of the Eden Project

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