ИСТИНА

The Earth Science Museum of Lomonosov MSU was named in order to comprise a wide range of interrelated of the Earth Sciences, which deal with the structure and composition of the complex geospheres, including the geographic environment as a whole, the man’s life and activity. The basic principle of the Earth Science Museum's exhibitions is to show a dialectical approach in the studying of the nature diversity on our planet and the history of its development. Over the past half century, the Museum has expanded its educational programs, now they are focused not only on students but also on students and teachers of secondary schools (this training, competitions, conferences, etc.). The traditional form of educational activities of the Museum are guided excursions, but the modern development of the interactive sessions helped to attract more visitors of different age groups. One of the most successful education projects was the project "University Saturdays", implemented for 5 years from autumn 2013, with support from the Moscow Government Department of Education. The project activities are public, any person can choose the point of his interest and pass free registration at the website. The participation in “The Moscow University Saturday” were provided a variety of forms: individual, group and family, that possibility had been previously impossible. The Earth Science Museum of Lomonosov MSU had been prepared and organized very different topics: such as "Moscow megapolis", "Chemical elements in nature", "Evolution of the organic world", "Ocean life"," Learning about animals"," Symmetry in the world of plants"," The names of the researchers on the world map"," In search of meteorites ", etc. Sociological research had been fulfilled in order to create the portraits of the visitors (age, purpose of visit, Group visit or family) and using them for the creating the methodogical spread of geographical knowledge with the help of museums Competing for the town rank as bottom up in initiative