IYHA - A different kind of education Models of Israel

IYHA - A different kind of education
Models of Israel
Three-dimensional relief models of Israel have been set up at a number of youth hostels
around the country, offering a hands-on educational activity intended to encourage
participants to look at the form of Israel’s landscape and learn about its geographic,
physical, settlement and other characteristics.
Alongside the models are audio guides providing information in Hebrew and English about
the country’s structure and about the particular area of the tour.
“An encounter with Eretz Yisrael”
at the Ein Gedi, Arad, Maayan Harod,
Shlomi and Tel Hai youth hostels
The model is a three-dimensional
relief of Israel on a scale of 1:50,000,
8.5 m long, and 3 m wide at its
widest point.
“The Water Divide”
at Karei Deshe youth hostel
A 6 m long aluminum model of
Israel, illustrating the topographic
structure of the country and serving
as the basis for activities relating to
water in Israel.
Instruction and activity kits:
Guides coming to the hostels are offered instruction and
activity kits, making use of the model and relating to archeology,
ecology, settlement, and quality of the environment.
An instruction kit for each area can be downloaded from the
IYHA website: www.iyha.org.il
The activities kit is available from the reception desk, free of
charge, and is returned at the end of the activity.
Israel model – suggested activity:
The Water Divide – suggested activity:
Locating places in Israel
Rainfall in Israel
Participants locate places in Israel, and mark
them on the model with potsherds.
The participants pour water over the model
and watch the way it flows, to demonstrate
precipitation in different regions of the country
and the way the water flows into the rivers, the
reservoirs, the groundwater, and so on.
Quiz
Participants form teams to answer questions
for which they need to study the model, earning
points for the quality and speed of their answer.
Participants identify the route of the national
carrier on the model, and discover the challenge
of transporting a large quantity of water across
the complex topography. The guide demonstrates
the components of the different solutions for
delivery of the water.
www.bigraphics.co.il
Explanations about Israel and the region in
which the model is situated, to supplement the
information acquired in the activity.
Water management in Israel
For further details and reservations: tel: 02-5945565 / 050-6594121 | fax: 02-6791670 | edc@iyha.org.il
Additional information and video clips: 1-599-510-511 | www.iyha.org.il