WILLEMSTAD - The Nature and Environmental Education (NME) department of Carmabi has launched a new series of lessons about iguanas for secondary education.
The material was created in collaboration with the Dutch Iguana Foundation, the Iguana Specialist Group, and Yoni Muggen - van Uden, who developed the material as part of her graduation project at the Aeres University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.
The lesson series, titled "Nos Yuananan / Our Iguanas," focuses on the flora and fauna of the island of Curaçao, with a special emphasis on the role iguanas play. Iguanas are a crucial part of the island’s ecosystem, making up a large portion of the herbivore biomass and influencing the ecosystem in significant ways.
The series consists of three lessons, each with a different theme, and includes supplementary lessons for deeper exploration. Depending on the group’s composition and the time available, teachers can combine various components. The material is aligned with the final learning objectives for secondary education, both for the lower years (havo and vwo) and the upper years (vsbo-tkl).
All of Carmabi Education’s materials are designed to meet the educational curriculum’s final objectives. Even though the content includes local topics relevant to the students' experiences, it also prepares them for the final exams.
This new lesson series, along with other educational materials, can be downloaded for free from the Carmabi website (www.carmabi.org). With this initiative, Carmabi continues to support both primary and secondary education by providing engaging, locally relevant teaching materials.