School subject: BIOLOGY

Author: Ionel Purice, „Constantin Parfene” School, Vaslui, Romania

Students` age: 11 years old

Topic:  Observation of plants in the immediate environment

Short description: For a better fixation and consolidation of the knowledge taught, the students made observations on the plants in the school area under the supervision and guidance of the teacher.

Impact on students-appreciation of the importance of all plant species as part of everyone's life.

Time: 60 minutes

Learning objectives:

These observations followed:

• identification of gymnosperm species from the nearby environment: fir, spruce, thuja.
• identification of angiosperm species from the nearby environment:

• trees: birch, lime, acacia, cherry;
• shrubs: jasmine, maces;
• food plants: beans, onions;
• ornamental plants: rose;

• analysis and comparison of gymnosperm and angiosperm leaves (observation of leaf shape and size in different species of gymnosperms and angiosperms).
• formation of a behaviour of appreciation, protection and conservation of biodiversity;

Process:

- students` movement to the places of observation;

- the actual observation of the plants;

- all the observations made and the data collected by the students from the field were written on a notebook, in a comparative table.

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