Plant Specimen Collection Workshop

The Science and Technology Education Enhancement Team and the Science Club co-organized a pilot program on plant specimen preparation in October and November this year. This workshop aimed at training students to identify and collect plant specimen on the campus. Under highly technological teaching pedagogies, students experienced biodiversity, appreciation of nature and environmental conservation in a practical manner. The programme included two sessions:

(A) 16 October: Specimen Collection Field Trip

Our Principal, Mr. Au, and a group of 30 students and teachers in total, collected plant specimen on the campus in accordance the stated guidelines. Students browsed information online promptly with their mobile phones to foster mobile learning of plant identification. To ensure freshness of specimen preservation, students pressed their specimens instantly before further processing in the laboratory.

(B) 6 and 20 November: Specimen Preparation Follow-up Class

After a month of pressing and drying, the specimens were dried on the paper for display in our School’s Herbarium. To students’ credit, their names are placed together with the plant information (including species, characteristics, date and place of collection).