Title: The world of mushrooms

 

Subjects: Science, Biology, Geography, Chemistry, Environmental education, Health education

 

Age of students: 10-12

 

Aims/Objectives: Students will learn all kinds of mushrooms, recognize and distinguish edible from poisonous ones. They will get to know the role of mushrooms in nature in the recycling procedure, visit the places where mushrooms exist and learn about their  nutritional value.

 

Description: Students will find information about all kinds of mushrooms and then they will talk with experts for the mushroom world. They will visit places around their area and write down the different species they will find. They will take pictures of them and then they will learn more about them from the internet, encyclopaedias, experts and local communities. Students will recognize and learn to distinguish edible mushrooms from poisonous ones. They will find out the role of mushrooms in nature and their  recycling capacity. They will also learn about the nutritional value of mushrooms and how important they are for the human. They will write recipes and cook them in the classroom. They will make paintings and crafts based on the mushrooms with the help of experts Students will also share all this with all the partner schools and will make together interactive and international "profile" of the mushroom.