BCM School, Chandigarh Road, Ludhiana

To raise appreciation and deeper understanding of species, ecosystems and the interconnectedness of the living world, the school conducted an abundance of activities on the theme, “Biodiversity Conservation” under British Council activities. The subject experts acquainted the young minds of classes VI, VII and VIII with the ways to protect and preserve the wealth and variety of species, habitats, ecosystems, and genetic diversity in countries like India, Japan and Nigeria. They also informed the students how to treat all animals, plants, and ecosystems with kindness and respect. The emerging artists of Class VI manifested their artistic expertise in a collage-making activity and made collages on different methods of conserving biodiversity. Young journalists of Class VII wrote a ‘report’ on the economic aspects of the issue understudy. They also described existing biodiversity interests, protected species, and any possible impacts on them. They also included the details of measures proposed to mitigate or compensate for the impacts. The scholars of Class VIII made a ‘scrapbook’ wherein they exhibited their gained knowledge and expressed the problems and methods of conservation in the three different countries understudy. The students understood their responsibility and thereby took the pledge to avoid the mismanagement, misuse and destruction of biodiversity.