PROJECT BASED LEARNING (PBL)

KSSM BIOLOGY FORM 5

Project 1: Collect specimens and prepare a herbarium.

Introduction
Herbarium is a specimen collection from plants which are preserved through a certain method.

Task:
1. In groups (6-7 members), produce a herbarium.
2. Carry out the activity with your group mates and produce a scrapbook on the plants ( 10-12
types of plant) that you have been collected.
3. Complete with data such as taxonomy, morphology, ecology and geography of the plants.

Example:
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Taxonomy Order:
Family :
Scientific name :
Common name :
Collector:
Date:
Location:
Notes(morphology, ecology and geography of the plants) :

4. Submit your group scrapbook to your teacher by 31 MARCH 2025.

5. Marks are given based on the following aspects( refer pg2):

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 Aspects 1-4 5-8 9-12 13-16 17-20
KNOWLEDGE Not able to apply Limited ability to Able to apply Able to apply new Able to apply new idea
(20%) any new idea or apply new idea new idea or idea or knowledge to or knowledge to a given
Application of biological knowledge to a or knowledge. knowledge to a a given problem problem and able to
concepts and given problem. given problem independently. propose alternative
explanation. with assistance applications.
from lecturer or
student.
PROCESS Not able to write Able to write Able to write Able to write ideas Able to write ideas
(20%) ideas coherently ideas with limited ideas fairly coherently and systematically with
Coherently written and coherence but coherently and systematically. excellent coherence.
academic discourse in systematically. require further systematically
step by step manner improvements. but require
minor
improvements.
.
DESIGN Perform a task Perform a task Perform a task Perform a task with Always perform a task
(20%) with lack of trust, with limited trust, with acceptable trust, honesty, with trust, honesty,
Originality and creativity honesty, sincerity honesty, trust, honesty, sincerity and sincerity and
on product and sincerity and sincerity and transparent in most transparent in any
transparency. transparency. transparency. situations. situation.
PRESENTATION Not able to Finds difficulty in Able to organise Able to organise and Able to organise and
(20%) organise and organising and and analyse analyse gathered analyse gathered
Communication skills analyse gathered analysing gathered information or data information or data and
information or gathered information or and clearly describe clearly describe the
data and fails to information or data, but does the possible roots of root of the problem.
define the root of data and finds not clearly the problem.
the problem. difficulty in describe the root
describing the of the problem.
root of the
problem.
21ST CENTURY SKILLS Not a good team Rarely listens to, Often listens to, Usually listens to, Almost always listens
(20%) player. shares with, and shares with, and shares, with, and to, shares with, and
Ability to show supports the supports the supports the efforts supports the efforts of
collaborative skills, efforts of others. efforts of others, of others. Does not others. Tries to keep
effective communication Often is not a but sometimes is cause "waves" in the people working well
skills and scientific noble good team not a good team group. together.
values in group work. player. member.

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