In cooperation with the nature park Kaunergrat a program and a handbook for a weeklong fieldtrip for students of secondary school has been designed. It is a modular program which includes flora, fauna and ecological topics concerning the alpine region. There is no central-European habitat which displays the geological and ecological relations as well as high-altitude mountain. In the program the students get to know special adaptions of animals or plants to the alpine circumstances and learn

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... these creatures survive even in the nival zone. The method of enquiry-based learning is applied, so that the students can become acquainted with scientific research methods and get a glimpse of the scientific work environment. They learn to use simple methods of collecting and evaluating data, such as collecting climatic data measurements to understand hypsometric changes, plant mapping by using advanced field guides, working with pit-fall traps to analyze the epigaic species composition or using the transect method to analyze the biodiversity in butterflies and bumblebees. Working haptically outside in the field and practicing scientific methods are memorable experiences and the learned contents have a higher significance for the students. The handbook is provided for the employees of the nature park Kaunergrat and enables them to use different modules in an independent way and in different constellations.