A study on development a resource material for teaching plants and biodiversity

The aim of this study was to design and develop a resource material for teaching plants and biodiversity. During the research, interview method was used and opinions of 22 biology teachers working in central districts of Ankara were obtained on the developed biodiversity resource material.Results of the study showed that the teachers levels of expertise/command on biodiversity were not satisfactory and that they envisoned their level of knowledge on biodiversity with the number of species could identify. Teachers also indicated that the students? levels of knowledge on the subject were not sufficient and claimed the reason to the little weight given to the subject in primary school education. Another result of the study was that teachers did not give necessary importance to using resource materials and carried out teaching activities with a superficial teaching approach. Although the subject of biodiversity is present at the students? level in the curriculum, it was inefficient to completely comprehend the subject, lacked practice and visual components.The resource material prepared by the researcher was appreciated by all participating teachers and they commented that the material was of teaching/instructive quality.