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by the school administration, biology teacher, class teachers, naturalists, school
student's asset.
Circle members determine workload and the kind of work, receive necessary
instructing, gain the corresponding abilities before each mass socially useful
campaign, and then, having distributed by classes, acquaint pupils with the
forthcoming work and help them during it.
The supervision diary. It is necessary to develop the ability to conduct and do a
sketch of the observable phenomena in the course of extracurricular work. The diary
should be an accessory of each observer, both making individual experiments and
supervision, and working on any general subject.
The supervision records give the chance to understand
the observable material
carefully, to establish obscure questions; allow finding the committed mistakes, to
draw necessary conclusions.
Keeping diary is difficult, especially for the beginning researcher of the nature.
Many pupils cannot, and therefore do not like to write down supervisions. More often
it occurs because of ignorance what should be noted in the diary of supervision.
Particular attention should be given to keeping the supervision diary. For this
purpose it is necessary to specify in instructions, what exactly they should write
down. It is useful to get more often acquainted with the supervision diaries and to
note, what lacks in them, what records could be made on the basis of the seen. It is
expedient to read the records from good diaries. Organization of special competitions
on the best supervision promotes this work. Participants of competition are suggested
to conduct a supervision over any animal of a wildlife or over development and
growth of any plant which is grown up in a biology class, and write the story on the
basis of supervision.
Good records need to be constantly placed in the wall newspaper.
Extracurricular work is various, and consequently any unique form of keeping
the diary cannot be accepted.
It often becomes difficult to describe the seen. Therefore it is useful to
recommend the pupils to do sketches along with the supervision records. It is very
useful to place pictures of the observable objects in diaries.
Wall newspaper, bulletins, installations.
The big role in the organization of the extracurricular work on
biology and
communication of circle members with other pupils belongs to the naturalist wall
press - to naturalist newspapers, bulletins, installations. The main lack of this kind of
activity is often shown in that they copy in «the newspapers» some interesting data
from magazines and other popular scientific literature, almost without reflecting in
the wall press the circle work as a whole and the work of separate naturalists. At the
same time the school press is necessary to have the data of the biological circle
activity. If a work on collecting seeds and fruits of trees and bushes, is planned for
example, the press should tell about its socially useful importance. Then in the
following issue of the newspaper it is necessary to give a series of notes about the
achievements of school and diligence of certain pupils in this kind of activity. The
school press should reflect the results of all independent researches
of circle
members.
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Exhibitions of pupils’ works.
The exhibitions of the best works of pupils have great value in the development
of interest to the extracurricular work on biology. Their organization is most
expedient for dating of any biological evening (or a holiday), a concluding session of
a circle, the beginning of academic year.
Supervision diaries of pupils, pictures made in the nature, collections and
herbariums, the grown-up plants and so forth can be presented at an exhibition. An
exhibition is possible to name, for example, «Summer works of pupils», «Gifts of
autumn», «Work of young naturalists in wood nursery», etc. It is necessary to supply
the exhibits with labels with the indication of the name of work and its performer.
The exhibition is organized in a biology class or school hall. It should
be open
for everybody (pupils, parents) after lessons. It is necessary to organize the duty of
the naturalists at an exhibition. It is useful to appoint guides from among the best
naturalists for acquaintance with the works of pupils. It is useful to have the visitors’
book in which the young naturalists circle work assessment will be given.
4) Methodical support
Educational films, filmstrips, slides, videos, literature, relating to a considered
theme etc.
Independent naturalists’ work on the considered theme consists in carrying out
the experiments and the nature supervision, a wildlife corner, in
work with popular
scientific literature with the subsequent paper making, production of visual aids.
Though circle members carry out the tasks taken on the introduction lesson
independently, they can always receive additional explanations at the head of a circle
who should be interested in a course of their independent work.
Naturalists report on the done work at the reporting meeting of a circle: they
show collections, pictures of studied objects, read the records of the carried-out
observations. At the same time the editorial of a circle issues the newspaper on the
entrusted materials.
5) List of literature
1. Biology. (Diversity of living organisms) K.Kayym, Satimbekov R.
Kozhantaeva G. Methodological Guide to the 7th grade of secondary school - Almaty
Atamura 2007.
2. Biology. Textbook. R.Alimkulova., R.Satimbekov. - Almaty Atamura 2008.
3. Biology. Textbook. E.Ochkur, L.Amanzholova, R.Zhұmabaeva. - Almaty
Mektep. 2008.
4. Biology. Workbook for the 9 grade of secondary school. Shildebaev Zh.., R.
Alimkulov - Almaty Mektep 2009.
5. Biology. Methodological Guide. A.Solovyeva, I.Ilyasova. - Almaty Atamura
2009.
6. Biology. Zhұmys dәpteri. A.Solovyeva, I.Ilyasova, A.Manzhuga. - Almaty
Atamura 2009.
