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PMC Module 9 Culture 2 (Zoology, Botany and Science Experiment) Solved assignment |Early Childhood (3-6) | Pakistan Montessori Council | SB Online Academy

PMC Module 9 Culture 2 (Zoology, Botany and Science Experiment) Solved assignment

Assignment Module 9

Write answers in your own words. Your answers should be at least 2 typed pages or 3 handwritten pages. Please don’t forget to write your name and roll number on each page of the assignment.

Q1: Write a note on how to setup indoor and outdoor environment for introducing zoology and botany.

Answer No 1

v SETTING UP OUTDOOR ENIVIRONMENT FOR ZOOLOGY:

Material:

· A bird feeder

· A bird bath

· A bird house

Exercise: This exercise helps to attract wildlife and study it in the outdoor environment, especially for children. Children love to stay close to nature and take great delight in observing birds by arranging variety of bird feeders. A bird bath also offers an interesting opportunity to watch birds but the care must be taken to keep it clean as well as to change the water daily with the help of children. With the children assistance directress should setup some bird houses. On outdoor trips and nature walks, the directress should look of tracks so that on the stroll, the children may have the opportunity to study insects, habitat of different life forms. Most important thing to be remember that the children should be shown how to behave in an outdoor setting with care and respect for the environment.

v SETTING UP INDOOR ENVIRONMENT FOR ZOOLOGY:

Material:

· Pet cages

· Aquarium/ fish tanks

· Terraria

Exercise: This exercise helps to encourage the children to established respect for other living creatures, as well as to develop a caring attitude towards animals, birds and fish etc. To provide children with opportunities to observe living creatures. Animals can be brought into the classroom permanently or temporarily but it must be ensured that no child is allergic to any of the animals bring brought in. A proper living environment for the animals must be provided. Feeding and caring for animals provide attractive practical life exercises. Observing what and how the animals eat can also be very interesting, especially when the children are engaged in these kind of activities directly. Children should be encourage to observe how the animal move. It is important to established appropriate ways to handle the animals and other retinue which ensure the safety of the animals as well as the children. Along with experiences with real animal pictures and books about animals should be made available to the children in the classroom and they should be encourage to go through them. In addition, trips to the zoo can be very informative. Keeping animal models and arrange nature tables can provide exciting opportunities of observation and lessons in the classroom.

v SETTING UP OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT FOR BOTANY:

Material:

· Digging tools

· Hoeing tools

· Planting tools

· Raking tools

· Weeding tools

· Watering tools

· Harvesting tools

· Composting tools

Exercise: This exercise helps introduce activities which direct the child attention towards plant life and raises the awareness of plants, their needs and their importance to the earth and for us also. If possible the directress should arrange a garden in outdoor environment. This garden should be pleasing as well as functional, whereby children can subsequently enjoy eating their produce. Children can help prepare the ground by digging, hoeing and then planting. They can also maintain the garden by weeding, watering and harvesting any crop. Plants may be started inside and then later replanted outside. In the fall raking is the good activity. Maintaining a compost helps to promote the idea of not wasting. In addition, planting can be help attract animals and birds also, allowing the children an opportunity to observe the animals feeding. Nature walks may also be encouraged which emphasise a sensorial experience for the children.. Ample time should be taken to explore and share with the children the living world around them which will help instill respect and interest in plant life.

v SETTING UP INDOOR ENVIRONMENT FOR BOTANY:

Exercise:

· Care of Plants: Some indoor plants can be made available in the classroom for the children to carry out every day practical life activities regarding care of plants i.e trimming, watering, cleaning leaves etc. Information cards carrying information such as name, origin, watering needs can also be attached to the pots. Selection of plants should also be made in accordance with different botanical concepts like flowering or non-flowering.

· Planting new plants: Planting new plants with the help of the children is an interesting and full of learning experience. Introduce as many ways of planting new plants as possible.

· Relocating plants: Some plants grow in size and need to repot in bigger pot or outside in the garden. Children can be engaged in such activities and information regarding the plants can be provided conversationally.

· Flower arrangement: Flower arrangement is a further way to boost interest in plants. It is considered to be one of the morning rituals in many schools. Encourage children to be creative and draw their attention to the element of the beauty even it is a leaf attached to a flower.

· Flower and Plant press: A plant press can be made of layers of cardboard and newspaper. Flower press devices are also available. The children could make their own press. The children can identify the various leaf shapes and create booklets.

· Food Preparation: Preparing a snack with a produce from plants planted by the children in the garden is a great activity for children. The experiences of tasting their harvest take the experience with plants to the next level.

These exercises help to introduce the children to the care of living plants. To introduce to the use of plants, our dependence on plants for food as well as aesthetic reasons.

Q2: Explain how the children are introduced to the vertebrates and invertebrates, five classes of vertebrates and then the body parts of a typical animal of each class.

Answer No 2

Vertebrates and Invertebrates:

Material:

· A three dimensional model of vertebral column

· Sets of pictures of vertebrate and invertebrate animals

· Box for sorting with two compartments, labeled Vertebrate and Invertebrate

Exercise: Invite small group of children to work with you. Introduce the model of vertebral column to the children and noting that the back bone is made up of many little bones called vertebrae its allow animal to be flexible and bend. In the center of the bones is what is called the spinal cord. The children are shown where their backbone is and they are made to feel it. Tell them that “you have a backbone, your are a vertebrate. Animal without a backbone are called invertebrate”. They are also introduced to the set of cards and made to identify the animals. They may be helped in sorting out the pictures into the appropriate categories by promoting their observations. It should also be emphasized how the tails of the vertebrate animals are an extension of their backbone. When finished children can check their work by the coding on the back.

Five Classes Of Vertebrates:

1. Mammals : People are mammals. Also animals drinks milk when it is baby hand has on its body.

2. Birds : Birds are animals that have feathers and that are born out of hard-shelled eggs. All birds have feathers and birds are the only animals that do. The feathers on a bird’s wings and tail overlap. Because they overlap, the feather catches and hold the air. This helps the bird to fly, steer itself and land.

3. Fish : Fish are vertebrates that live in water and have gills , scales and fins on their body. There are a lot of different fish and very of them look very odd indeed. There are blind fish, , fish with noses and fish that crawl on the land and hop about.

4. Reptiles : Reptiles are a class of animal with scaly skin. They are cold blooded and are born on land. Snake lizard and crocodiles etc

5. Amphibians : Amphibians are born in the water. When they are born, they breathe with gills like fish. But they grow up, they develop lungs and can live on lands.

Q3: Prepare the following material and send to your tutor along with assignment;

Answer No 3

· FOUR PART NOMENCLATURE MATERIAL FOR THE PARTS OF A FLOWER

Ø Picture cards with label attachment: