Sponsoring Teacher: Svitlana Dyka,

School-Gymnasium # 31Kirovohrad

Ukraine

2011

THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:

•School-Gymnasium #31, Kirovohrad, UkraineSchool-Gymnasium #31, Kirovohrad, Ukraine

•Gymnasium#1, Starye Dorogi, BelarusGymnasium#1, Starye Dorogi, Belarus

•University Prep,University Prep, Seattle, Washington, the USASeattle, Washington, the USA

The world of plants and animals plays an The world of plants and animals plays an extremely important role in the life of people on extremely important role in the life of people on

our planet Earth. That’s why we invite you to our planet Earth. That’s why we invite you to make the acquaintance with the most exciting make the acquaintance with the most exciting sights of nature, different species of animals, sights of nature, different species of animals, birds and plants in such countries as Ukraine, birds and plants in such countries as Ukraine,

Belarus, Russia, the USA and Canada. Belarus, Russia, the USA and Canada.

You are welcome to this marvelous trip!You are welcome to this marvelous trip!

WEB OF LIFEWEB OF LIFEAn invisible web,An invisible web,

As fragile as dreams,As fragile as dreams,Links mountains to forestsLinks mountains to forests

And rivers to streams.And rivers to streams.

Through woodlands and forests;Through woodlands and forests;Where seas flow and ebb,Where seas flow and ebb,Over ice caps and deserts,Over ice caps and deserts,Life weaves a great web.Life weaves a great web.

From plankton to whales,From plankton to whales,All life great and smallAll life great and smallDepends on each other.Depends on each other.Life’s web links us all.Life’s web links us all.

And we must take careAnd we must take careOf each gossamer thread,Of each gossamer thread,

For we are all part of For we are all part of This great world wide web.This great world wide web.

By Jane ClarkeBy Jane Clarke

The motto: “Save Our Environment!”

THE STATE WONDERS OF NATURE

You are invited to make a journey on the protected corners of nature of our beloved

Kirovogradschina.On its territory there are 7 parks, that are sights of the garden and park art of the end of XIX

century, 42 reserves and 30 preserved natural boundaries.

Sun sets over a lake in the

Kirovohrad Oblast countryside

Wildflowers grow where no fields

have been sown

Close up of flowers

Much of Kirovohrad Oblast is taken up by grain fields due to the rich

chernozem soil

Much of Kirovohrad Oblast is taken up by grain fields due to the

rich chernozem soil

The land belongs to everyone

and no one

A scenic riverbend

Looking towards

a stream

Poppies

OnufrievskiOnufrievski ParkPark

Dendropark Dendropark “ “Veseli Bokovenky”Veseli Bokovenky”

“Veseli Bokoven’ki” is a park of the end of XIX century,

situated in the village Ivanivka in Dolinskii district

of Kirovogradskii region. Its territory occupies 109

hectares. There are 800 kinds of exotic trees and bushes in

it.

Onufrіїvs'kiy park is a sight of the garden and park art.

The State Landscape Reserve “Chornolisky”

The territory of Chornilisky Zakaznik is 8 thousand hectares.

The site is one of the largest broadleaved woodlands in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine.

This area is an important part of the perspective national park “Dmytrivsko-Chornoliskyi.

It includes a lake with one of the most southern peat-moss mires in the Eastern Europe.

One can find plants there which enter in “The Red Book”.

Belarus is a very green country. Natural vegetation covers 93.1% of

the land, and 1/3 of all green landscape is forest. In Belarus

forest, 28 types of trees as well as around 70 types of shrubberies can

be found. They include: Birch (across the country)Pine (across the country)Conifers (northern areas)

Oak ( southern areas)

Belarus is situated on a plain rising to hills, the highest of

which is Dzierzhinsky Hill (350m).

There are five National Parks in Belarus, protected by the State. Their work has been recognized and supported by UNESCO

Belavezhskaya Pushcha is in the Brest region, 340km to the southwest of Minsk. It is a home to many ancient oak trees dating

back more than 500 years, as well as venerable ash, pine and fir trees.

This park was established in 1995 among the beautiful lakes of the

Vitebsk region in the north-west of Belarus.

Narachansky National Park in the Minsk region of Belarus was established in 1999.

Pripyatsky National park lies in the Gomel region in the

south of the country, 250km from Minsk.

Berezenskyi National park is situated in the north of Belarus. 120km from Minsk. It was

created to protect rare animals.

Mount Rainier is located 54 miles away from the city of Seattle.

Mount Rainier is the most prominent volcano in the United States of America.Mount Rainier has an elevation of 14,411

feet. Mount Rainier is a very large

stratovolcano.

Mount Rainier National Park

Columbia River

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest.

The river rises in the Rocky Mountains in Canada.

It flows northwest then south into the U.S. State of Washington.The river is 1,243 miles long.

•Puget Sound is located in the state of Washington in the United

States of America. •It is a complex estuary.

•It has a close connection to other waterways.

•It is connected to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific

Ocean.

Puget Sound

This is mountain range is on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.Located in Western Washington in

the U.S.This mountain range is not very

large in height.The tallest of them all is only

7,962 feet tall.

Olympic Mountains