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Assignment module 9
1. WRITE A NOTE ON HOW TO SETUP INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT
FOR INTRODUCING ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY.

ZOOLOGY
 SETTING UP THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT
MATERIAL
- A bird feeder
- A bird bath
- A bird house

PRESENTATION
1. SET UP BIRD FEEDERS
Children love watching birds eating. Hang or arrange bird feeder in the garden with the
help of children. They can also view them feeding through window of the class. Refill the
bird feeders everyday with the help of children. Salt licks can also be added for bird into
the environment.

2. SET UP BIRD BATHS

Place bird baths for the birds so the children can observe them. Keep the bath clean
and change water everyday with the help of children.

3. BUILD BIRD HOUSES

With the help of children, build or place bird houses for their permanent residences. This
help them to study birds more and even see their off springs.

4. EXPLORE WAY TO ATTRACT OTHER WILDLIFE

Add various types of shelters and feeders to attract other wildlife for example place milk
plate for cat.

5. NATURE WALKS
Take children regularly out on nature walks. You can also equip children with binoculars
and magnifying glasses to explore the insect worlds. Give practical life lessons on how
to behave during walks, care for outdoor environment and respecting all life.
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6. FIELD TRIPS
Take the children to the zoo, safari park, farms for the different animals and aquariums
to observe the animals.

 SETTING UP THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT

MATERIALS
- Pet cages
- Aquariums/fish tanks
- Terraria

PRESENTATION
1. KEEPING PETS
Animals especially furry animals like rabbit, hamster, mice, fish and birds can be kept in
the classroom permanently or temporarily. They must be kept in the deep cage and
locked well. Inner compartment in the cage is must so that animal can escape and feel
safe. Make sure that no child is allergic to any animals. Train the children to handle
animals carefully. Children should be given practical life lessons on feeding and caring
of the animals. Suitable arrangements must be made for their care at weekends and
holidays. Encourage the children to observe and discuss the animals.

2. STUDYING LIFE CYCLES

Children are really interested to watch life cycles of different animals so arrange the
opportunities for them such as life cycle of a frog, a butterfly or a worm.

3. ANIMAL BOOKS
Animals books should be available to the children in the classroom. Encourage them to
go through them.

4. ANIMAL MODELS
Place animal models and animals preserved in formalin filled jar in shelves or on nature
table can provide exciting opportunities of exploring the animal world to the children.
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BOTANY
SETTING UP THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT
MATERIALS
- Child-sized gardening tools

PRESENTATION
1. PROVISION OF GARDENING TOOLS
Proper child sized tools should be available for the children and lessons regarding their
proper use like holding, using, cleaning and storing of each tool should be taught. If
there is no space for a school garden, take the children regularly to nearby garden or
provide indoor and outdoor potted plants.

2. SETTING UP/MAINTAINING THE GARDENS

The garden should be maintained and new plants should be added to the gardens with
the help of children. Preparing the ground, seeding, planting, watering, watching plants
grow and finally eating the fruit will give the sense of achievements in children. Once the
children familiar with task of constant caring and maintaining garden, they will carry out
all the tasks themselves like weeding, trimming, watering and raking etc. to make
garden look beautiful. Children also have opportunity to observe animals and insects.
Worm farm can be introduced to promote the idea of not wasting and providing free
fertilizer for the garden. The rule “not to harm a living thing “should be strictly observed.
Wild plant should also introduce for wide variety of plant features such as flowers,
different leaf shapes etc.

3. NATURE WALKS
Take the children regularly on nature walks along equipped them with binoculars and
magnifying glasses to observe nature closely. Practical life lessons how to behave
during nature walks, care for the outdoor environment and respecting all life. Encourage
the children to explore animals and insect worlds.

SETTING UP THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT

PRESENTATION
1. CARE OF INDOOR PLANTS
Some indoor plants make available for the children to carry out every day practical life
activities regarding plants care e.g. trimming, watering, cleaning leaves, etc. Information
cards should be attached to the pots. The place for the plants should be selected
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carefully so the right amount of light available for the plants in the classroom. Start
placing less number of plants in the class then gradually increase the number of plants
as children become more careful for plants. Flowering, non-flowering, different leaf
shapes, edible, non-edible plants should also be available to give botanical concepts to
the children.
2. PLANTING NEW PLANTS
Plant seeds, seedlings, sprouting bulbs and many ways of planting new plants introduce
to the children. New plants should be planted with the help of children.

3. RELOCATING PLANTS
As plant grow in size, it needs to uproot carefully and repot it in a bigger pot or outside
in the garden, with the help of children.

4. FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
Flower arranging encourages the children to be creative and enjoy the beauty of the
plants. Many small vases of different shapes are made available in the classroom along
the tray having small scissors to cut the flowers, a small jug to refill the vases, a small
funnel to help refilling, a duster and a sponge to clean up any spills and a bin to collect
old flowers for compost.

5. FLOWER AND PLANT PRESS

A plant press is the art to dry and preserve the flower, grass, leaves or the whole plant.
It is also used for decorating walls, greeting cards and making booklet and in study for
the identification of various leaf shapes. It is done by placing the plant material in the
flower press device or using newspaper and sheets of card board, kept under pressure
using a pile of books or a few bricks for a few days. The preserved plant material can be
mounted on paper cards, filed in folders and folders then place in a container for the
children.

6. FOOD PREPARATION
Preparation of the snack with the products that children grow is the enjoyable activity.
The directness can aware children with the parts of the plants that use in cooking and
eating.

7. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Model pictures and plant books should be available for the children in the classroom for
reading and exploring the plants world.
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2. 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.
SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION
VERTEBRATES AND INVERTEBRATES
MATERIAL
 A three dimensional model of vertebral column
 Sets of pictures of vertebrate and invertebrate animals

PRESENTATION
1. Shift the material to the workplace with the help of children.
2. Introduce them the model of the vertebral column.
3. Allow them to touch and feel the model of the vertebral column carefully.
4. Begin the conversation about vertebral column,
- It is also known as backbone.
- It is made up of several small bones, allowing animal to be flexible and bend.
- Ask the children to bend in different ways and feel their backbone.
- There is a cord run from brain to through these vertebrates, which is called the
spinal cord. Brain sends instructions to different parts of the body through the
spinal cord.
5. Show the pictures of some vertebrate animals and tell them that they all have
backbone. Ask the children to name them if the children are already familiar with
their names or teach them through three period lesson.
6. If children are interested, introduce them with the term invertebrates.
7. Ask the children if they remember the vertebrates, the animals with backbone.
8. Now the animal without the backbone are known as the invertebrates.
9. Introduce the pictures of invertebrates the way vertebrates.
10. Mix up the pictures of both the sets and then them in two column vertebrates and
invertebrates along with children.
11. When finished, ask the children to check their work by coding on the back.
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5 CLASSES OF VERTEBRATES
MATERIALS
 Classified cards of the five classes of vertebrates i.e.,
- Mammals
- Birds
- Fish
- Reptiles
- Amphibians
 A box with five colour coded compartments to separately place the sets of cards.
PRESENTATION
1. Shift the materials to the workplace with the help of children.
2. Ask the children if they remember about vertebrates.
3. Show the pictures of animals belonging to any specific class and let the children
notice the special features such as hair on the bodies and young ones nursing.
4. Ask the children if they know the name of the animal or if not, teach them through
three period lesson.
5. Say, “all these vertebrates have hair on their bodies and they feed their young-ones
with their milk are called mammals.”
6. Start a general discussion, encourage the children to use the term “mammal”.
7. Same way introduces the other classified cards of other classes that are birds, fish,
reptiles, amphibians at some other times.
8. Fishes have scaly bodies and has fins.
9. Amphibian breathes through their skin and they live on land but always near water to
be kept wet. Examples of amphibian are frog and newt.
10. Reptiles have hard scaly bodies and females lay soft shelled eggs. Examples of
reptiles are crocodile and lizard.
11. Birds have feathers and hollow bones. They lay hard shelled egg usually in nest.

EXTENSION
Arrange the trip for the children to have live experience with animals and let them notice
the special characteristics of different animals.

ANIMALS SORTING GAME

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Mix the pictures of the animals, two classes at a time, e.g., reptiles and mammals and
then ask the children to sort them. Starting with two, then three, four and finally of all the
five classes. The children can check their work by looking at the color codes on the
back of the cards.

3. PREPARE THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL AND SEND TO YOUR

TUTOR ALONG WITH THE ASSIGNMENT;
 FOUR PART NOMENCLATURE MATERIAL FOR THE PARTS OF A
FLOWER.

flower flower
Flower is the reproductive
organ of the plant.it has
attractive colour, beauty
and fragrance. The main
parts of the flower are
petals, sepals, pistil and
stamen.
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flower

pistil pistil

It is the part of
plant that makes
seeds. It is found
in the center of
the flower.

pistil
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Stamen is the male

reproductive organ
of the flower. It has
filament and anther
which produces
stamen stamenpollen.

stamen

The sepal is the

protective organ for
the flower and when
it was bud. It keeps
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The petal is the

colored leaf-like
part of the flower,
that surrounds the
reproductive
petals petals
organs.
petals
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 TWO PART CLASSIFIED CARDS OF THE COMMON FRUITS IN

PAKISTAN.
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Mango
Mango

Apple Apple

4. CARRY OUT ANY FIVE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS MENTIONED IN

THIS BOOK. TAKE PICTURES WHILE WORKING AND SEND THEM TO
YOUR TUTORS.
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1. MAKING AN EGG GO SOFT

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2. RISING COIN
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3. RAISING WATER LEVEL WITH COINS

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4. REINVIGORATING COPPER
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5. SINK AND FLOAT EXPERIMENT