Subject Matter of Experiments and Observations of Water Animals in School Aquarium XVI (Crayfish, Astacida)

Crayfish are aquatic freshwater crustaceans that breathe through gills. They…

Teaching Requirements in the Field of Bioethics According to Secondary School Framework Education Programmes

This article presents a qualitative content analysis of the Czech secondary…

Factors Affecting Willingness to Provide First Aid and Their Use in Teaching First Aid

The obligation to provide first aid is imposed on the citizens of the Czech…

Science-Oriented Courses of the University of the Third Age from the Perspective of Their Participants

Factors affecting the motivation to study natural sciences are intensively…

MISCELLANEOUS: První ročník konference Dva dny s didaktikou biologie

MISCELLANEOUS: Jarní číslo časopisu „ahojdivočino“

Computer Animations and Simulations of Electrolysis and Galvanic Cells As a Means of Supporting Visualization in High School Chemistry Teaching

Computer simulations are a good example of the use of ICT in teaching…

Carnivorous plants in natural history and biology – content analysis of Framework Educational Programme and textbooks

This paper discusses carnivorous plants in biology education. It presents…

Subject Matter of Experiments and Observations of Water Animals in School Aquarium XVII (Alderflies, Megaloptera)

Adult alderflies (Sialidae) have a body length of less than 25 mm, long…

Problems in Teaching First Aid from the Perspective of Czech Teachers

Teaching first aid is an integral part of framework educational programs and…

MISCELLANEOUS: Za profesorem Jindřichem Hellbergem

INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELDWORK EDUCATION WITHIN THE GEOCAMP SUMMER SCHOOL

Fieldwork education is a mandatory part of the educational process in…

Exploring Biology Education: Activities Enhancing Science Concept Learning

The understanding of technical concepts is a prerequisite for science…

Primary School Pupils’ Misconceptions about Human Health and Lifestyle Identified by a Four-Tier Test

Pupils' misconceptions related to human health and lifestyles can have a…

Didactic Materials for the Independent Work of Pupils During the First Aid Training

Practical exercises should form an essential component of high-quality first…

MISCELLANEOUS

SUBJECT MATTERS OF EXPERIMENTS, AND OBSERVATIONS OF WATER ANIMALS, IN SCHOOL AQUARIUM XVIII (NET-WINGED INSECTS, NEUROPTERA)

Within the order Neuroptera (net-winged insects), we find aquatic larvae in…

Cancer, and Inclusion of the This Topic into Biology Education at in High Schools

Nowadays, cancer is one of the most common causes of death in developed…

Chirality known and unknown (part one)

The existence of an object, non-superimposable on its mirror image,…

MISCELLANEOUS: Pladias.cz z pohledu výuky botaniky na ZŠ a SŠ

MISCELLANEOUS: Ahoj divočino – Zima 2023

MISCELLANEOUS: Za docentem Karlem Holadou aneb ve službách chemagogiky

Teachers’ opinions on the opportunities for increasing the attractiveness of the subjects Introduction to Science, Natural Science, Natural History, and Biology at primary and secondary schools.

A number of studies show that the interest of pupils in primary and…

Investigation of Elements of Propositional Logic in the Context of Scientific and Mathematical Problems

Mathematical thinking is an integral part of the skills needed to solve not…

Formation of Dendritic Metal Crystals in Aqueous Solutions Through Direct Electric Current

Electrolysis has long been a well-known and relatively widespread process in…

Subject Matters of Experiments and Observations of Water Animals in School Aquarium XII (Whirligig Beatles, Gyrinidae)

The whirligig beetles are a family (Gyrinidae) of water beetles that usually…

ROZMANITOSTI: Distanční kurz chemie s prvky výzkumné činnosti na principu únikové hry

ROZMANITOSTI: 2022 – významný rok pro neživou přírodu

Mobile Applications as Support Tool for Teaching about Atom Structure

This paper is based on a literature review and subsequent analysis of found…

Experiment Concerning Training of Future Chemistry Teachers

This paper deals with an experiment during the bachelor’s study at the…

Chemical Experiments During Distance Education

Can chemical experiments also motivate students during distance learning if…

Subject Matter of Experiments and Observations of Water Animals in School Aquarium XIII (Semiaquatic Pleustonic Bugs, Heteroptera)

Organisms living on the surface of the water are classified as pleuston.…

ROZMANITOSTI: Ahojdivočino jaro 2022

ROZMANITOSTI: Doplňující pedagogické studium biologie (dále jen DPS Bi)

ROZMANITOSTI: Didaktické zásady v přírodovědném vzdělávání: metodická příručka pro učitele biologie, chemie, fyziky, geografie, informatiky, matematiky a lektory environmentální výchovy

ROZMANITOSTI: MÁTE SIRKY? Učitel chemie o výstavě

Mobile Applications in Teaching Biology: a Case Study

The rapid scientific and technological development of recent decades has led…

Panospheres in University Geography Teaching

Virtual reality is slowly making its way into the educational process. One…

Application of research and research teaching methods in geographical education

Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory invertebrates within the phylum…

ROZMANITOSTI: ZA UHLÍM A ZKAMENĚLOU FLÓROU DO ZBŮCHU U PLZNĚ

ROZMANITOSTI: Ahoj divočino léto 2022

ROZMANITOSTI: Trendy v didaktice biologie 2022

ROZMANITOSTI: Ekologická olympiáda ve Středočeském kraji zná vítěze

What is the level of the geographical knowledge of Slovaks? A Contribution to the Discussion on the Effectiveness of Geographical Education in Slovakia

Scholarly understanding of educational effectiveness as a relationship…

The Mole—Botanical Illustration for Young and Old

The article deals with simple tasks on morphology and systematics of plants…

Comparison of Biology Textbooks Used in Czech Republic and Bulgaria with Special Reference to Parasitology

This article aims to compare Czech and Bulgarian Biology textbooks for…

Subject Matter of Experiments and Observations of Water Animals in School Aquarium XV (Mollusks, Bivalvia)

Bivalvia is a class of marine and freshwater mollusks that have laterally…

MISCELLANEOUS: Voda byla hlavním tématem XXII. Středočeské konference pro učitele

MISCELLANEOUS: Podzimní a zimní číslo časopisu „ahojdivočino“ 2022

MISCELLANEOUS: Online tipy do výuky přírodovědných předmětů

Model Representation of Cooperative Teaching Approach Via “The Sources of Hydrocarbons” Topic

Nowadays, many teachers try to add cooperative teaching and learning to…

Pupils’ Misconceptions about Breathing at ISCED 2 Level

This contribution is focused on the identification of pupils’ misconceptions…

Subject Matter of Experiments and Observations of Water Animals in School Aquarium IX. (Rearing of Nektonic Water Bugs)

The rearing of water bugs in school aquaria is described in this…

Perception of Fieldwork in Geography by Pupils and Teachers

Geographical education in primary and secondary schools, including grammar…

Opinions Of Teachers and Students of Eight-Year Grammar Schools on Writing an Academic Essay in Chemistry Education

The use of an academic essay in teaching chemistry develops students‘…

ROZMANITOSTI: Když výzkum mění praxi – Deset příběhů učitelů a akademiků zapojených do akčního výzkumu

ROZMANITOSTI: ExpEdícia – pracovná učebnica prepájajúca biológiu a geografiu

Region of the Knights of Blaník National Geopark

This paper introduces one of the nine national geoparks in the Czech…

Subject Matters of Experiments and Observations of Water Animals in School Aquarium X (Rearing of Water Scorpions, Nepidae)

The rearing of two species of water scorpions (Heteroptera, Nepidae) in…

Promoting Coherence in Biology Education: Introduction of Yo-Yo Strategy in the Czech Republic

Today´s biology curriculum at levels ISCED 2 and 3 consists of many topics…

Error Rate in Books on Nature for Children as an Obstacle to the Development of Science Literacy

This paper presents and discusses the results of a short qualitative survey…

MISCELLANEOUS: Chemie antických živlů na Univerzitě třetího věku Pedagogické fakulty UK a Gymnáziu Jana Keplera v Praze

MISCELLANEOUS: Nadace Experientia spouští na podzim nový program Bezva chemie na zatraktivnění výuky chemie

Biology Lesson for Life

Stroke and ischemic heart diseases are some of the most common causes of…

Potential of Sketchnoting as Tool to Support Learning for Geography

Sketchnoting is a method of non-linear note-taking using text and visual…

Subject Matters of Experiments and Observations of Water Animals in School Aquarium XI (Rearing Of Mayflies and Stoneflies)

Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) exhibit a number of ancestral traits that were…

MISCELLANEOUS: Vyšla další čísla časopisu „ahojdivočino“

MISCELLANEOUS: Krajské kabinety přírodovědné vzdělávání

MISCELLANEOUS: V Sokolově pokřtěna kniha o Ronaldu Richterovi, o prvních pokusech s termojadernou fúzí na světě

Subject Matter of Experiments and Observations of Water Animals in School Aquarium XI (Rearing of Caddisflies)

Caddisflies (Trichoptera), are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and…

On Zoological (Il)Literacy at Slovak Grammar Schools

This article is meant for a wider educational and scientific public. It…

The Importance of the Science Teacher on the Formation of Positive Attitudes Towards Science in Students

The importance of developing positive attitudes towards science is widely…

How Do Elementary School Pupils Perceive Deserts?

The aim of the present study is to identify children‘s con­ceptions of the…

ROZMANITOSTI: Svobodu sadu – na Turnovsku vzniká komunitní sad. Vyšlo zimní číslo časopisu „ahojdivočino“.

Taxidermal Mounts of the Fish Body

The paper presents the new methodology of dermoplastic mounts of whole fish.…

Navigating among animals and plants – educational activities on construction and reading of evolutionary trees

Evolutionary trees are among the most useful tools in biology, therefore,…

Hemoglobin and its Function in 3D

Proteins are one of the basic groups of macromolecules which are part of all…

Using Chlupáč's Museum of Earth History in Teaching Geology at Primary and Secondary Schools

Chlupáč's Museum of Earth History is a unique academic museum focusing on…

Výuka molekulární biologie a genetiky na středních školách

Thermochemistry in Primary School Education with IBSE

In our article, we discuss problems connected with teaching methods at…

Subject Matter of Experiments and Observations of Water Animals in School Aquarium VI — Rearing of Predaceous Diving Beetles

Aquatic beetles in the beetle family Dytiscidae are known as “predaceous…

Biology in Primary and Secondary Schools—What to Focus on During Next Revisions?

The article is focused on planned revisions to the Framework Education…

Inquiry-Based Practical Exercise – Diatoms in Forensic Practice

Forensic sciences have been greatly popularized in recent decades through…

Historical Buildings as Subject of School Petrological Field Trip

At many secondary schools, geology is taught by geography and biology…

Misconceptions Concerning Animism, or, the Atom is Alive?

The “atom” is a concept that students encounter in both physics and…

Subject Matter of Experiments and Observations of Water Animals in School Aquarium VII (Rearing of Water Spiders)

The diving bell spider or water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) is the…

MISCELLANEOUS: Za kaolinem a čertem…

RECENSION: Nový časopis Ahoj divočino

LETTER: Z čeho (se) učit „poznávačku“ našich obratlovců?

Subject matter of experiments and observations of water animals in school aquarium VIII (The Great Silver Water Beetle and similar species)

The Great Silver Water Beetle (Hydrophilus piceus) is the largest…

Opinions and awareness of Moravian-Silesian Region teachers regarding integrated teaching and its implementation at secondary schools

This article presents the results of a survey (in the form of a…

Application of research and research teaching methods in geographical education

The exploration and observation of objects which are around us or are…

RECENSION: učebnice Přírodopis 9 – Geologie a Ekologie pro 9 ročník, Nová škola, Matyášek a Hrubý, 2019

RECENSION: Univerzita 3. věku a Antické živly z pohledu chemie II

MISCELLANEOUS: Trendy v didaktice biologie

Nomenclature from linguistic point of view: its benefits for teaching science

One of the aims of science education is to familiarize pupils with…

Rationalization for the modification of chemical experiments for future chemistry teachers

This paper focuses on the possible modifications of time-consuming and…

Printed 3D models in chemistry education

Classical examples of the material didactic aids used in chemistry teaching…

Interdisciplinary Approach and Teaching of Selected Interdisciplinary Topics in Chemistry and Biology at Czech Grammar Schools

The aim of this paper is to introduce the results of a survey which deals…

Innovation of the state educational program in natural sciences in Slovakia

The contribution is devoted to the innovated National Education Program,…

Horse-chestnut at school – plant organs

This paper is dedicated to horse chesnut as a suitable model organism for…

Subject matters of experiments and observations of water animals in school aquarium IV (mimetic phenomenons)

Mimicry is when a plant or animal resembles another organism or inanimate…

The possibilities of using conceptual maps for detection of incorrect understanding of chemical terms at secondary schools

Our article is focused on issue of misconceptions in chemistry education,…

Race versus ethnic group

The article presents a brief historical context of scientific approaches in…

Current trends in first aid teaching – the use of experiential pedagogy in courses for future and current teachers

There are many reasons why people are not able to provide adequate first aid…

Horse-chestnut at school – reproductive organs

This paper is dedicated to horse chesnut as a suitable model organism for…

Birdwatching on non-frozen bodies of water: field trip for primary and lower-secondary level

The field trips are important part of biology lessons because they enable to…

An example of the assignment and evaluation of the research task

This article provides a sample of assignments and a proposal of worksheets…

Interview with Magdaléna Šustová

Chemical Reactions as Critical Point in Chemistry Curriculum in Lower Secondary School

The thematic unit Chemical Reactions was identified as a critical point and…

Genetically modified plants resistant to drought or salinity

During their evolution, plants have developed a number of mechanisms to…

Impact of Selected Aspects of Climate Change on Plants – Learning Tasks

Global climate change is an important and topical issue that the public, and…

Subject Matter of Experiments and Observations of Water Animals in School Aquarium V (Keeping of Dragonfly Nymphs)

Dragonflies are an example of a hemimetabolous insect with three distinct…

Photography in science teaching: What is permitted? What is acceptable?

The importance of working with photographic material, whether a teacher’s or…

RECENSION – Zdeňka Chocholoušková, Lenka Hajerová Műllerová: Didaktika biologie ve vztahu mezi obecnou a oborovou didaktikou

Cuts without a Pith – Microscopy Easier and Faster

Teaching Biology with Fluorescent Microscope and it’s Influence on Pupils’ Knowledge

Atractivity of science subjects, including biology, has been one of the hot…

Molluscs in Ecological Context

Molluscs are tightly connected with their environment and also have…

How Do Lower Secondary School Pupils Evaluate Branches of Biology?

Biology is mostly seen as a “medium” favourite subject by Czech pupils. It…

How Contemporary Paleogenetics Contributes to Change our Understanding of Origin, Evolution and Migrations of Modern Human Groups

Paleogenetics is becoming an increasingly important part of…

Simulation of Blood Groups Test

This inquiry task was created because of the problems that students have…

Subject Matters of Experiments and Observations of Water Animals in School Aquarium II (Breathing of Water Animals)

Aquatic animals also need oxygen to live. They have to breathe in oxygen…

Principles of chameleon and other animals’ color-changing

Animal color change is a remarkable phenomenon that is passed on in genes…

Where the Prague feral pigeons find their food?

Numbers and daily activities in the Feral pigeon (Columba livia f. …

The effect of oriented irradiance on plant growth and development – experiments for teaching phototropism in plant biology at high schools

The present paper summarizes theoretical background, practical notes and…

What do slugs eat? Food preferences of land snails and how to investigate them

Food preferences – favouring of specific food – could be observed among many…

Simple Interface for Computer-aided Pupils' Experiments

A wide range of computer-aided experimental sets is available on the market,…

Does the application of tasks focused on the active work with graphs affect students’ skills of reading and interpreting graphs?

The article deals with the research regarding the skill of creating and…

What gives rum its aroma – is ethyl formate indeed dangerous rum ether?

Tuzemák, formerly called Tuzemský rum (domestic rum), is a traditional Czech…

The deduction of Allen's rule in science teaching

Allen´s rule is besides Bergmann´s rule one of the topics connecting zoology…

Subject matters of experiments and observations of water animals in school aquarium III (food intake)

Food intake belongs to fundamental manifestation of animals. In aquaria can…

Croatian monuments UNESCO in the contexts of the contends standards of primary education and of lower secondary education in Croatia and Slovakia

Cultural monuments are one of the most important sources of knowledge of all…

Models in education of biology

The presented paper builds on a study presented on the international…

Preparation of pleurax for making permanent diatom slides

Frustules – typical shells of diatoms – appear in considerable variability…

Poisonous amphibians

Some amphibians are poisonous, they produce toxins to defend themselves…

K historii didaktického časopisu Biologie–chemie–zeměpis

Druhý ročník chemie na Univerzitě třetího věku zajišťované PedF UK Praha

Středočeské kolo Ekologické olympiády ve Vlašimi

Jsou pedagogické fakulty popelky univerzit? (na okraj panelové diskuse)

Chemikál

Developing scientific literacy of high school students throug inquiry based education

The development of science literacy is an important aim of science education…

Can students make their own “key for plant identification“?

The article introduces specifc educational activity intended for the…

Palynologist, quickly & easily

Pollen grains are omnipresent. Primarily, they belong to the life cycles of…

The shield bug Elasmucha grisea in inquiry-oriented teacher education focused on ethology

The shield bug Elasmucha grisea (Insecta, Heteroptera,…

Species occurrence database — tips for use in lessons, species distribution maps

Species Occurrence Database is an ofcial instrument run by Nature…

Avian skeleton and its characteristics

The article describes skeleton features of the avian species. It is aimed at…

K padesátému výročí zákazu výrovky

The article reflects the anniversary of 50 years since prohibition of hunting…

Rozhovor – Ptáme se doc. Ing. Radka Cibulky, Ph.D.

Influence of Games with Chemical Related to the Effectiveness of Teaching Chemistry

The article deals with games as one of the methods leading to the…

When and How Start To Teach Chemistry?

Popularization of chemistry has become of great interest to chemistry…

Unusual Rock Formations of Slovakia

The paper presents some of the unusual rock formations of Slovakia, which…

Correcting Students' Misconceptions about Photosynthesis and Respiration in Plants through Inquiry-based Science Education

One of the aims of science education is to develop students’ understanding…

Dangerous Plants

Article defines what plants can be dangerous to humans. Further, it debunks…

Taxonomically Conceived Curriculum of Natural Science/Biology

The article discusses the concept of taxonomically conceived curriculum…

History of Natural Sciences in School Instruction

The article shows what kind of lesson can be drawn from history of natural…

Divergence and Convergence

Divergence and convergence of natural sciences (chemistry teacher’s view).…

Jak se učitel chemie stane Ámosem chemikářem?

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Unmanned Aerial Systems in Physical Geography

The paper deals with the usage of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) in the…

Inspiration by the Czech Pharmacopoeia for Practical Chemistry Education at High Schools

The Czech Pharmacopoeia is a unique database of chemical and physical…

Photomorphogenesis – Theoretical Background for teaching Plant Biology in Schools

Plant photomorphogenesis is a complex of developmental and growth processes…

Subject Matters of Experiments and Water Animals Observations in School Aquarium (I. Animal Locomotion)

This contribution provides instructions for several simple observations and…