Activity of Geological Clubs as a Reflection of the Youth Geological Movement in Zhytomyr Region

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April 08, 2013, 14:22

Among the priorities of the Association is to support the work of natural, geological and local history clubs for the student youth. Geological movement of student youth in Zhytomyr region emerged in the '70s of the XX century. At that time, it gained enormous scope in the Soviet Union, including in Ukraine. Zhytomyr region was one of the best in training young geologists. In the early 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR, the student geological movement went into decline, and in most regions of Ukraine, this area of extracurricular work ceased to exist. In Zhytomyr region, the geological youth movement has survived to this day; it has many years of achievements, traditions and is gradually gaining momentum.


For almost 20 years of existence of geological clubs, they were visited by young people of different age categories - from elementary school to university students. Over the years, five author programs of geological clubs have been prepared and time-proven: preparatory level (for students of 2-4 grades), elementary level (for students of 5-7 grades), basic level (for students of 8-9 grades), high level (for students of 9-11 grades - members of the Small Academy of Sciences) and, finally, student youth. The pupils of the geological clubs of the center repeatedly participated in all-Ukrainian exhibitions of children's creativity, where they presented a fragment of the exposition of the geological museum, created as a result of the expeditionary activity. There are many members of the clubs who have connected their lives with the geology and ecology. They are now students and graduates of the Faculty of Mining and Ecology at ZhSTU.

Thus, for 20 incomplete years of activity of geological clubs of the center of tourism, a system of formation of value relations to natural resources and ecology of the native land was created by means of tourism and local history work. It is hoped that the youth geological movement in Zhytomyr will exist for many more years.