Erasmus + KA2 Project "Healthy Herbs Outlook"

1. “Making a herbarium”
Katyciai Basic School of Silute Region
“Healthy Herbs Outlook”
2015-2017

2. Dalykas
Subject
Biologija
Biology
Klasė
Form
7
Mokinių skaičius
Number of the students 12
Mokytojas
Teacher
Brigita Vitkauskienė, biologijos mokytoja
Brigita vitkauskiene, a teacher of biology
Tema
Topic
Herbariumas
Making a herbarium

3. Uždaviniai
Objectives
Išmokti gaminti herbariumą.
The students will learn how to make a herbarium.
Metodai
Methods
Aiškinimas ir aptarimas, savarankiškas darbas, darbas
grupėse.
Lecture and discussion, work in small groups, independent
work.
Priemonės
Materials
Augalai, popierius, klijai, lipni juosta.
The plants, sheets of paper, glue, and tape.

4. Trumpas aprašymas
A short description
1. Mokytoja paaiškina kas yra herbariumas.
2. Mokiniai vietinėse pievose renka augalus.
3. Augalai yra džiovinami.
4. Mokiniai renka informaciją apie augalus.
5. Gaminamas herbariumas.
1. The students are acquainted with the herbarium.
2. The students collect the plants.
3. The plants are pressed and dried.
4. The students search for the information about the
collected plants.
5. The students make a herbarium.

5. Making a herbarium

6. • Making a herbarium is an exciting and rewarding activity. Each plant you press provides you with a
valuable experience, allowing you to connect more closely with the plant through observing and working
with it, and helping you to understand and remember it in a way that is never possible from just reading
about it in a book.

7. • Making a herbarium consists of three main
steps: collecting the plant material, pressing
and drying, and mounting.

8. Plants chosen should be good representatives of the species and
should contain all the essential features necessary for
identification, i.e. leaves, stems, flowers and seeds.

9. Materials for the mounting plants
• Cartridge Paper
• Double sided tape
• Water soluble glue
• Computer-generated labels
• Folded paper for
making loose specimen pockets

10. The plants should be arranged carefully to represent the way they grow
naturally. The aim of the herbarium is to show the viewer what the plant
looked like in nature.

13. The plants have to be identified and
labelled.
• Example of the Herbarium Label
• Scientific name:
• Vernacular name(s):
• Date of collection:
• Locality:
• Habitat:
• Habit:
• Characteristics:
• Medicinal uses:
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23. • “This project has been funded with support
from the European Commission. This
publication reflects the views only of the
author, and the Commission cannot be held
responsible for any use which may be made
of the information contained there in.”