The environmental researches are especially effective in the protected territories in which different objects of landscape, nature and culture are preserved. Combined with the teaching curriculum, such researches can visibly improve the practical pupils’ skills. They can improve the natural pupil’s abilities, foster the skills of critical thinking, problem solving and other important skills for the member of the contemporary society member, as well as to train the creative skills and one’s spiritual culture. The object of this research is the protected territories of Birzai and their usage in the teaching process. The protected territories are founded in order to preserve regional landscape of Lithuania, its natural ecosystem and cultural heritage. The goal of this research is to analyze the possibilities of the usage of the protected territories of Birzai and the natural and cultural monuments in the teaching process. The main tasks of this research are: - to do an integrated characterization of the protected territories of Birzai region; - to analyze the possibilities of the application of the protected territories of Birzai and the natural and cultural components in the teaching process; - to analyze the main popular tourist routes, to present other routes and tourist objects which are useful in application in the teaching process; - to do a pedagogical experiment. Having explored the natural and cultural resources of the protected territories of Birzai, it is observed... [to full text]