(1) – sunset on Glubokoye Lake;
(2) – keepsake group photo;
(3) – (6) – botanical and zoological catches.
As part of the cooperation agreement between Minin University and IEE RAS, from June 17 to June 22, 2024, the first educational practice in zoology and general ecology was held at the hydrobiological station “Lake Glubokoye” (Moscow region, Ruzsky district), organized for third-year students of direction 44.03 .05 – Pedagogical education, profile “Biology and Chemistry”. The classes were taught by employees of the Laboratory of Ecology of Aquatic Communities and Invasions, Anna Nikolaevna Neretina and Nikolai Mikhailovich Korovchinsky. On behalf of Minin University, Dmitry Aleksandrovich Degtyarev participated in organizing and conducting classes. This year, only the most daring and courageous students of group BH-21-1, Arina Romanovna Babkina, Anastasia Sergeevna Golubeva and Alina Evgenievna Tsareva, reached the biological station. The girls were not frightened by either mosquitoes or modest living conditions. On the very first day, they enthusiastically began exploring the Lake Glubokoye.
(a) – Alina and Arina fish thickets of macrophytes in search of invertebrates and microscopic algae;
(2) – (3) – Nastya and Dima identify buttercup;
(4) – A fun test on the last day of practice.
During the practice, students mastered methods for collecting various groups of hydrobionts and identifying them in the laboratory (Fig. 1-2), and as a souvenir of the trip they took with them to Nizhny Novgorod an unusual souvenir - a larva of the dragonfly Erythromma najas. From this larva, on June 26, a charming adult insect was born in Alina’s caring hands (Fig. 3).
(1) – adult individuals of Erythromma najas on Glubokoye Lake;
(2) – (3) – Alina’s dragonfly.
We invite everyone to join our exciting activities next year on the most beautiful lake in the Moscow region! Participants with a good sense of humor and a personal car such as a Niva are especially welcome!