Rooting students in their botanical history: A method to engage students in botany and herbaria

Plants People Planet, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Ноя. 21, 2024

Societal Impact Statement Plants are essential for all life on earth, supporting ecosystems and providing vital resources such as food, medicine, materials. However, botanical education has been neglected in K‐12 curricula, leading to limited plant awareness. Our project introduced 10 educational modules that connected high school students their heritage through herbarium curation. Students were engaged because of the emphasis a personal connection plants, fostering deeper interest botany citizen science. This approach suggests curricula emphasizing connections can enhance student engagement should be prioritized strengthen environmental education. Summary A lack awareness human society led view plants less important than animals. Since make up bulk biomass earth provide shelter, increasing is our society's survival. In this study, we examine effectiveness designed use with engage them importance herbaria. explore concepts by starting own family history. What ancestors? They choose species go process identifying, collecting, pressing, mounting, digitizing specimen. The study comprised pre‐ post‐assessments, descriptions regarding significance, teacher interviews module reflections. Significant improvements noted students' ability perceive identify groups post‐intervention. exhibited nuanced shifts attitudes toward science topics, varying degrees change observed. Common themes emerged descriptions, reflecting diverse perceptions within familial contexts. Teacher highlighted curriculum gaps, increased activities. Overall, collaborative presented promising way increase awareness, integrating into standardized inspire future generations scientists promote value herbaria addressing global challenges. Continued efforts direction crucial appreciation preparing stewardship.

Язык: Английский

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Physical infrastructure and global capacity are both needed to fight biodiversity loss

Nature Plants, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 9(12), С. 1940 - 1940

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2023

Язык: Английский

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