MIRI: Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) recently hosted 27 students and three teachers from Knewton National School here for a ‘Biodiversity in Campus and Methods of Flora Identification’ activity.
The activity, which was part of Curtin Malaysia’s ongoing community engagement and school immersion programme initiatives, was designed to teach the students about plant biodiversity and identification by studying plants found at its campus, which comprises about 1,200 acres of landscaped gardens and surrounding wetlands.
The students were from Forms 1 to 4 classes at the school located two kilometres from the Curtin Malaysia campus.
Knewton teacher, Hailing Ajus, said her students really enjoyed being in the campus environment and found the fieldwork very educational and rewarding.
Another teacher, Laura Gomis, said the activity was very meaningful and beneficial to the students.
They not only learned about the environment in general but also different types of plants, their uses, and their IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) status, which is very important to ensure that threatened species are preserved.
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