ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ІНСТРУМЕНТІВ «KAHOOT!» В ОСВІТНІЙ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ДЛЯ ФОРМУВАННЯ ЕКОЛОГІЧНОЇ КУЛЬТУРИ ТА ЕКОЛОГІЧНОЇ СВІДОМОСТІ МОЛОДІ

The ecological culture formation in young people is an important element of a personality formation. Without the internal guidelines presence for an ecological lifestyle, a careful attitude to natural resources, it is impossible to imagine a person who conscientiously complies with environmental legislation requirements when conducting business or production activities. Environmental education begins in preschool institutions and continues at subsequent educational levels. However, not only environmental education determines the set of personality traits, thanks to which we can assess their their ecological culture and environmental awareness level. The distance learning format in secondary and higher education institutions has been ongoing in many regions since March 2020 and will continue in front-line regions at least until the war end. This mode encourages the search and new methods use for classes providing and ways to activate the educational process. The online tools use for youth ecological culture formation is especially important. This is due to the impossibility to use traditional, effective studying methods about the world around us and its natural component - excursions, participation in events, caring for plants and animals. The aim of this work is to demonstrate the “Kahoot!” platform effectiveness to form students’ ecological culture and environmental awareness at different educational levels, especially in the distance education format. The work analyzes the experience of using quizzes on the “Kahoot!” platform to increase the environmental awareness and ecological culture level among schoolchildren and students. The Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection implemented two Kahoot! quizzes projects lasting one and a half years. The first project covered schoolchildren and first- and second-year college students and introduced young people to various aspects of ecology, sustainable nature management, and modern environmental solutions. This project received positive feedback from both participants and teachers. The second Kahoot! quiz project was implemented during the bachelors studying at the educational programs "Engineering Ecology" and "Environmental Protection Technologies". The paper analyzes in detail the methodology for composing questions, determines the optimal quizzes duration, and presents the "Kahoot!" platform advantages.