@article{article_349473, title={Revealing Temperature Inversion Through Environmental Education}, journal={Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={6}, pages={37–46}, year={2015}, author={Atalay, Ibrahim}, keywords={temperature inversion,outdoor education}, abstract={<p>Environmental education refers to organized efforts to teach about how natural <br />environments function, how human beings can manage their environment, ecosystem and to <br />determine some properties of the environment in order to live sustainably. One of the main <br />aims of environmental education is a learning process that increases people’s knowledge and <br />awareness about the ecological properties of environment through the distribution of plants <br />characterizing the ecological properties of a given area. It can be called outdoor education <br />and environmental education. Some special plants mostly trees and shrubs clearly show <br />some important aspects of the natural environment assessment. For example, temperature <br />inversion occurring in depressions can reveal the distribution of trees that resist against the <br />given temperature. If black pine (Pinus nigra) occurs in the bottom of depression and red <br />pine (Pinus brutia) is widespread above black pine (Pinus nigra) in the upper part of the <br />depression it can be stated that temperature inversion takes place in such depression. <br />Because the resistance of Pinus nigra against cold is higher than Pinus brutia. In order to <br />assess the existence of temperature inversion in Ovacik depression located in the Boz <br />Mountains, Aegean Region is visited with a group of students. The bottom land of Ovacik <br />depression, which is at an elevation of 800 m, is the main occurrence areas of Pinus nigra, while the upper part of the depression at an elevation of 1000-1200 m is the main spreading <br />areas of pure Pinus brutia, Pinus brutia and Pinus nigra mixed forests. This situation clearly <br />reflects the temperature inversion occurring in winter and early spring periods. <br /> </p>}, number={12}, publisher={Dokuz Eylul University}