Using the chart below, you can see at glance which fields of interest are touched upon in this OUTREACH pack.
Letters in the chart indicate the following:
a - articles
b - stories
c - activities and games
d - teachers/parents page
e - resources
Topic |
General |
Africa |
Asia |
Middle East |
Latin America & the Caribbean |
Deserts |
Forests |
Wetlands |
Oceans |
Mountains |
Grasslands | |
Land |
(L) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Water |
(Wa) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Atmosphere |
(A) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Wildlife |
(Wi) |
abcde |
c |
a | |
a | |
ae | | | | |
People |
(P) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Human Habitation |
(Ha) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Health and Sanitation |
(He) |
abcde |
ac |
a | |
ac | | | | | | |
Food and Nutrition |
(F&N) | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Energy |
(E) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Reading levels:
I - for young children aged 8-10 years
II - for school children aged 11 - 13 and adults with basic literacy skills
III - for teachers and/or people with a secondary education
|
Topic |
Reading Level |
Articles |
| |
Plants that kill can often cure (plus exercise) |
Wi/He |
II/III |
War on drugs: the tobacco connection |
He |
III |
Traditional medicine to graduate |
He |
III |
Indigenous treatment for drug dependence in Thailand |
Wi/He |
III |
Identifying health protecting customs |
He |
II/III |
Revival of traditional medicine in Amazonia |
Wi/He |
II/III |
Biodiversity and health |
Wi/He |
III |
Barefoot doctors |
He |
II/III |
How a rainforest in Western Samoa was saved |
Wi |
II |
| | |
Stories |
| |
Pills and potions |
Wi/He |
II |
| | |
Activities and Games | | |
The effect of plant chemicals on animals |
Wi |
II/III |
A disappearing storehouse of medicinal plants |
Wi/He |
II |
The effect of plant chemicals on humans |
Wi/He |
II/III |
Traditional herbal medicine and modern medicine |
He |
II/III |
Using local plants to treat intestinal worms |
Wi/He |
II/III |
Treating cuts and wounds |
Wi/He |
II/III |
A simple and effective cough syrup we can prepare at little cost from the plants we find around us |
Wi/He |
II/III |
Decode the drug |
Wi/He |
II |
| | |
Teachers/Parents Page | |
|
Discovering the uses of medicinal plants in your neighbourhood |
Wi/He |
III |
| | |
Resources |
| |
Understanding medicinal plants teaching materials |
Wi/He |
III |
Film: Jungle pharmacy |
Wi/He |
III |
Film and teaching suggestions - Herbal medicine: fact or fiction |
Wi/He |
III |