8/8/2019 Quest 7 - Medicinal Applications of Rain Forest Plants (11-14yrs)

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11-14 Years (Key Stage 3)

Quest 7: The medicinal properties of rainforest plants

Product Success Criteria:

Students will produce a poster using a self-determined range of media, or as prescribed by the

teacher The poster will identify at least 10 species of plants The plants will be named using appropriate terminology, as directed by the teacher The poster will provide information as to the medicinal properties of the plants The poster should highlight in some way the threat posed to the plants by deforestation

Organisation:

As with all Study Quests, this is very flexible It is cross-curricular, covering science, art, design etc Teachers may wish submissions to be made on an individual basis Equally there is no reason why collaboration could not be facilitated by students working in pairs or

in small groups

Development:

Showcase the posters in local venues to raise public awareness of the issues Display in the school and invite questions and feedback Provide an opportunity for a selected group of students to lead and organise a poster competition in

local feeder primary schools The principles of this lesson could also be extended to beauty products

Teacher's Notes:

Medicinal rainforest plants include Quinine (from Cinchona tree bark), Cats Claw, Cashew, Passion flower,Camphor, Rosy Periwinkle

Useful websites:

- http://rainforests.mongabay.com/1007.htm - http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01873/amaz.htm- http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm- http://www.netsci.org/Science/Special/feature11.html#TAB1 (a table of clinically useful medicines fromrainforest plants)

Focus: The medicinal properties of rainforest plants

Objective:To identify what the key elements of a poster are and how to put messagesacross effectively