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 Teaching Suggestions - Collections
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Fieldwork preparation for a natural history collection Students need to be well prepared if they are going out specimen collecting. Younger students will need to be supervised by a responsible adult, whilst older students could conduct their fieldwork in small groups or on their own. However, emphasise the need for students to tell a responsible adult where they are going and how long they will be away. Also, be aware of the rules regarding collecting - in national parks and reserves you cannot collect without a permit. It is useful to have the equipment listed below when collecting:
Ask the students why they think it is useful to follow such a procedure.
Students may encounter problems identifying the specimens out in the field. If the fieldguides don't help very much, encourage the students to write a short description about the item. Then, they can do some more research about it back at school or home. Remind students that the information from their notebooks will be used to create the labels for each of the specimens. Therefore, they will need to write their information neatly so they can re-read it later. Students can label all the special things that they have collected using the proforma label outlined in Scientific Literacy: Collections. A cultural heritage collection It may be more appropriate for your needs to compile a cultural heritage collection. Exhibitions at the Museum sometimes display precious, personal collections from several different cultural groups. Often such personal possessions were wrapped in bundles and carried by migrants as reminders of their family and cultural heritage. Students could compile a similar bundle. They could collect various precious items from their own lives and cultures and present them as a memory box. This activity could be done either as a class, group or individual project. A memory box may be compiled in several different ways. It could be devoted to the personal memories of the students, and their families. If it is appropriate, the students could include significant icons from their own cultures. On the other hand, the memory boxes could contain memorabilia associated with various significant school events that occurred throughout the past year. The memory box could even be divided into two sections, one half devoted to personal memories and the other half devoted to events from the school year. Students can label all the special things that they have collected using the proforma label outlined in Scientific Literacy: Collections.
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