Activity 1: Herbarium of medicinal plants

The teacher explains to pupils how to make a herbarium. The teacher prepares a selection of suitable plants according to the theoretical part, preferably in the form of a photo exhibition or a presentation that pupils have at their disposal, with a picture of the plant and the Czech and scientific name. The teacher presents one herbarium´s item so that pupils know exactly how it should look (or the printed scan of the herbarium´s item). The herbarium must contain the following parts: A4 sheet of paper with a glued plant (we collect the plant even with the root, if it does not fit on the paper size, we divide it into two parts and we glue them both), a herbarium label that is written in the right hand corner at the bottom of the sheet and contains: Czech and scientific name of the plant, family, date of collection, name of the collector, exact location of the collection (if pupils dare, they can use GPS – most mobile phones have this function). In one month pupils prepare a herbarium of 10 types of medicinal plants and bring it to the teacher to check.