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Within the project "Expedition Bog: Young researchers are experimenting, exploring and discovering" a bog-information-
system is developed by the Department of Geography (University of Education Heidelberg, Germany), the
Institute for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing (University of Osnabrueck, Germany) and the NABU
Umweltpyramide gGmbH. This information system will be available for schools and to the public. It is supplemented
by teaching units on various topics around the bog via an online platform. The focus of the project, however, is the
original encounter with the bog habitat. This is realized by a GPS scavenger hunt with small research tasks and
observations, mapping and experiments. The project areas are the Huvenhoops bog and the Lauenbruecker bog in
Rotenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Equipped with a researcher backpack, GPS device and a mobile bog book by means of a pocket PC, students can
discover different learning stations in the project bogs. In our areas the students can learn more about different topics
such as "the historical memory of the bog", "water", "peat moss and other plants" and "animals of the bog". Moreover
small inquiry research projects can be executed. Experimenting on site helps students to develop important scientific
findings and increases their curiosity and enthusiasm for nature. It also promotes a number of other basic skills such as
literacy, language skills, social skills or fine motor skills. Moreover it also fosters the development of a positive attitude
to science in general. The main objective of the project is to promote sustainable environmental education, as well as
the development of environmental awareness. This will be accomplished through the imparting of knowledge but also
through experiencing nature with all senses in the context of original encounters.
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