Bu çalışmanın temeli, bireyin yaşadığı çevreye karşı ilgisini ve sorunlara karşı çözümleyici yaklaşımını arttırabilmek için çevre eğitimini olabildiğince görsel ve uygulamalı yöntemlere dayandırmaktır. Çünkü doğa araştırma açısından bir laboratuvar gibidir ve sulak alanlar birçok ekolojik tanım ve uygulamalar açısından ideal araştırma ortamlarıdır. Bu amaçla Karagöl çalışma alanı olarak seçilmiştir. Gazi Üniversitesi Biyoloji Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı öğrencilerinden oluşan yirmişer kişilik üç ayrı grup ile arazi öncesi, arazi esnası ve arazi sonrası çalışmalar yürütülmüştür. Öğrencilerin teorik bilgilerinin uygulamalarla pekiştiği, bazı yanlış bilgi ve yaklaşımlarının düzeldiği, özellikle tür zenginliğinin taThis study is based on awareness for environment with visual and practial methods as much as possible in order to support an analytical approach to environment, which an individual lives in. For that reason, the nature is like a laboratory for scientific researches; and wetlands are the ideal environments in terms of ecology and practices. With this purpose, Karagöl is chosen as the study area. Three groups, each compsed of twenty students from the Deparment of Biology of Gazi University have carried on the studies before, during and after the field trip. It has been observed that the students have assessed the results with great care and interest and some false opinions and misunderstandings are corrected as the species are diversified beyond the estimations.Çevre Eğitimi, Sulak Alanlar, Arazi GezileriEnviromental Education, Wetlands, Field Trips Tam Metin

This study is based on awareness for environment with visual and practial methods as much as possible in order to support an analytical approach to environment, which an individual lives in. For that reason, the nature is like a laboratory for scientific researches; and wetlands are the ideal environments in terms of ecology and practices. With this purpose, Karagöl is chosen as the study area. Three groups, each compsed of twenty students from the Deparment of Biology of Gazi University have carried on the studies before, during and after the field trip. It has been observed that the students have assessed the results with great care and interest and some false opinions and misunderstandings are corrected as the species are diversified beyond the estimations.