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The core of
this package is an integrated series of class sheets telling
15 different stories about fungal biology that provide the
basis for the ‘What’s your favourite fungus?’ theme of
the activities. We suggest that pupils investigate the stories
and extract important points from them.
The
package also includes:
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a PowerPoint
presentation giving a general overview of fungi;
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a ‘name-game’
starter exercise;
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and the templates for producing a pack of
playing cards are also included. The playing cards mirror the
class sheets and can be used to play a variety of games - and
are enjoyed by players of all ages.
The
Teacher's Guide includes some background information BUT ALSO
includes advice about delivery [CLICK
HERE to download the Teacher's Guide].
An effective way of using the
stories is to divide the class into groups of 4/5 pupils and give each group a
different story and then allow 15 minutes for each group to write down six main
points from their story. A spokesperson from each group can then report their
group’s findings to the rest of the class. There are enough stories in the set
to allow you to extend this phase, even for a large class. Similarly, there are
enough for you to choose to deal with the story topics at random, or to theme
them in different sessions (e.g. health topics, environmental topics,
biotechnology, etc.).
The stories are presented to you in colour, but they copy well in black & white.
You might also like to consider laminating the sheets.
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What’s Your Favourite Fungus? Class sheets |
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FF01: The one we
slice on salads (about cultivated mushrooms)
Download the PDF file
Download the word.doc |
FF02: The one that
makes plant roots work (about mycorrhizas)
Download
the PDF file
Download
the word.doc |
FF03: The one that
digests grass for cows (about herbivore-chytrid symbiosis)
Download the
PDF file
Download the
word.doc |
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FF04: The one that
keeps grandad alive (about statins)
Download the
PDF file
Download the
word.doc |
FF05: The one that
makes your daily bread (about baking industry)
Download the PDF
file
Download the
word.doc |
FF06: The one that produces agriculture’s leading fungicide (about
strobilurins)
Download the
PDF file
Download the
word.doc |
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FF07: The one that
makes cyclosporin to combat rejection in transplant patients
Download
the PDF file
Download
the word.doc |
FF08: The one that
makes the cheese (about cheese making & finishing)
Download the
PDF file
Download the
word.doc |
FF09: The one
that’s used in fizzy drinks (about citric acid industry)
Download
the PDF file
Download
the word.doc |
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FF10: The one the
veggies like to eat (about the Quorn fungus)
Download the PDF
file
Download the
word.doc |
FF11: The one that makes Marmite (about yeast extract)
Download the
PDF file
Download the
word.doc |
FF12: The one that digests all the old timber (about lignin &
cellulose breakdown)
Download the PDF file
Download the word.doc |
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FF13: The one that’s the largest organism on Earth (about
Armillaria)
Download the PDF file
Download the word.doc |
FF14: The one that can fly (about spore adaptations to dispersal)
Download
the PDF file
Download
the word.doc |
FF15: The one that produces the highest pressure known in nature
(about adaptations of plant pathogens to infection)
Download the PDF file
Download the word.doc |
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FF16: PowerPoint Presentation |
This
is a set of 14 slides giving a general overview of fungi, presented as
though this is a new topic to the pupils. It is offered to you as a
PowerPoint PPT file which you can use as-is (note:
slide transitions proceed on a mouse-click) or modify as you wish, and as
a set of PDF sheets that you can copy onto overhead transparencies for OHP
presentation. The slides deal with the following topics: what fungi are,
how they are useful to man, examples of mutualistic relationships, fungal
infections of plants and humans.
Download the PDF file
Download the PowerPoint.ppt |
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FF17: Starter Activity - The Fungi Name Game |
This
starter activity is used to introduce the two ways of naming fungi (common
names and scientific names) in a game format. The versions provided here
could be photocopied so that they can be handed out to the class or could
be copied onto transparencies for OHP use.
Download the PDF file
Download the word.doc |
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FF18 – FF24: Favourite Fungus Card Game
Download FF18 PDF file
Download FF19 PDF file
Download FF20 PDF file
Download FF21 PDF file
Download FF22 PDF file
Download FF23 PDF file
Download FF24 PDF file |
The
cards are presented in the form of Microsoft Word (and PDF equivalent)
templates for Business Cards. They are intended to be used with the A4
sheets of ‘print-them-yourself’ business cards that are
commercially-available. FF18 is an instruction page for the game, FF19 to
FF24 are template pages for the cards
- NOTE that FF23 and
FF24 differ only in the jokers, so printing one OR the other will complete
your pack of playing cards.
The templates are designed for individual cards measuring 85 x 54 mm (= 10
cards per A4 sheet), and we have used cards from the ‘DECAdry PC papers’
range (see their range of special papers at
www.decadry.com). We recommend using
the word.doc templates for printing onto the business card sheets because
their dimensions are likely to be more accurate.
Download FF18 word.doc
Download FF19 word.doc
Download FF20 word.doc
Download FF21 word.doc
Download FF22 word.doc
Download FF23 word.doc
Download FF24 word.doc |
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CLICK HERE
to
download a PDF file containing all of the above |
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FF25 Supermarket challenge |
Display poster/leaflet (with explanatory text). Because of the graphics it
contains, this is a large file, so be patient with the download. PDF file
only of the
two-sided poster.
Download the PDF file
If you only want the
explanatory text, you can download the word.doc file
HERE. |
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FF26 Thank Fungus for That! |
Poster/leaflet (with explanatory text).
Because of the graphics
elements, this is a large file, so be patient with the download. PDF file
only of the two-sided poster.
Download the PDF file
If you only want the
explanatory text, you can download the word.doc file
HERE. |
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Remember: class sheets
may be copied freely for education purposes. |
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