The Good, the bad and the fungi: Teacher's Notes Appendices
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Contents of the Teachers Notes Appendices section

 

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Risk Assessments

 A series of risk assessments that make up Appendices 1-7, covering activities Looking at Fungi, Spore Prints, Habitat Collage, Growing Mushrooms, Experimenting with Fungi, Making Paper with Fungi, and Dyeing with Fungi. Prepared for Aberdeenshire Council in 2002 but confirmed to be still effective in April 2006. CLICK HERE to download a PDF file containing all seven RA worksheets.

Illustrated guidelines for collecting wild fungi

 This is Appendix 8 and offers useful tips for collecting fungi from the wild. CLICK HERE to download the PDF file.
Mushroom Pickers' Code Appendix 9 shows the Scottish wild mushroom code. CLICK HERE to download the PDF file. The British Mycological Society has produced a Wild Mushroom Pickers' Code (CLICK HERE to download the PDF file) and associated Conservation Policy (CLICK HERE to download the PDF file) for the whole of the United Kingdom.
Outings   Appendix 10 advises on supervisory levels (using Scottish standards). CLICK HERE to download the PDF file.
Appendix 11 reproduces Guidance Notes about E. coli 0157 relevant to visits to open farms and farmland, issued by the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health. CLICK HERE to download the PDF file.
Identifying fungi

Appendix 12 is a ready-made classroom worksheet showing what to look for when identifying fungi. CLICK HERE to download the PDF file.
Parts of a fungus

Appendix 13 is a ready-made classroom worksheet  with a puzzle for the pupils to identify the 'Parts of a fungus' (solution included!). CLICK HERE to download the PDF file.
Understanding fungi

Appendix 14 is a ready-made classroom worksheet produced by Aberdeen Environmental Education Centre on understanding fungi and understanding fungi in the forest. CLICK HERE to download the PDF file.
Fungi and food chains

Appendix 15 is a ready-made classroom worksheet produced by Aberdeen Environmental Education Centre on fungi and food chains. CLICK HERE to download the PDF file.
The complete set CLICK HERE to download a PDF compendium containing all of these Appendices.

   

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Illustrated guidelines for collecting wild fungi

 This is the original of Appendix 8 and offers useful tips for collecting fungi from the wild. CLICK HERE to download the Word.doc.
Mushroom Pickers' Code Appendix 9 shows the Scottish wild mushroom code. CLICK HERE to download the word.doc. The British Mycological Society has produced a Wild Mushroom Pickers' Code (CLICK HERE to download the word.doc) and associated Conservation Policy (CLICK HERE to download the word.doc) for the whole of the United Kingdom.
Outings   Appendix 10 advises on supervisory levels (using Scottish standards). CLICK HERE to download the word.doc.
Identifying fungi

Appendix 12 is a ready-made classroom worksheet showing what to look for when identifying fungi. CLICK HERE to download the word.doc.

Parts of a fungus

Appendix 13 is a ready-made classroom worksheet  with a puzzle for the pupils to identify the 'Parts of a fungus' (solution included!). CLICK HERE to download the word.doc.

   

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