Elevers föreställningar om vattnets kretslopp och växtens liv : Har eleverna tillräcklig kunskap inom dessa områden för att diskutera hur miljöförstörning påverkar vatten och växter?

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this investigation is mainly to study if pupils have enough knowledge concerning the water cycle and the life of the plants’, and what kinds of household word they have, to discuss pollution within these areas. I also studied how the pupils’ knowledge are holding up against what the course-plans says, since it have come to light by other investigations that knowledge are insufficient within the nature-oriented (No) subject in school. The survey has carried out on 28 pupils in a 5th grade, with help of a questionnaire survey. Their teacher has been interviewed and I have studied their local course-plans and also the pupils’ schoolbooks in No. The result of the questionnaire survey indicates that the pupils had insufficient knowledge within the areas of plants’ life and pollution, something their teacher had a presentiment about. The conclusion is that they need to go out more often in the nature and see how the plants and the environment are affected by different factors. Since the school have a school-forest it should be excellent too use in teaching. This should however be no worry since the school books are following the course-plans goals.