摘要：The results of the phased development and implementation of the educational environmental event "Elk Island - Clean Forest" are given as part of the environmental education of middle school students in garbage collection within the boundaries of a specially protected natural area, including legal, methodological and organizational stages, the implementation of which allowed for an extracurricular environmental event, identify problems of a methodological and organizational nature that require more detailed study, identify the effectiveness of individual components, and formulate some recommendations for similar events. The methodology of the ecological campaign "Clean Games", adapted for participants of secondary school age (12-16 years), as well as the development and results of an extracurricular environmental event "Elk Island - Clean Forest" are presented. The results obtained make it possible to assess the possibility of using the existing methodology and the need for its adjustment, taking into account the age characteristics of students, as well as the quality of learning material and the presence of increased interest of students in this problem.
