In everyday life, as well as in the school environment, there is a bigger emphasis on the study of animals rather than plants. The problem of the so-called “plant blindness” should therefore be given attention to on the level of pre-school education and especially in the initial stages of primary school education. The purpose of this MA thesis is to draw attention to the groups of plants that interest students the most and incorporate them into the curriculum of nature science subjects and biology. Based on the students’ interest, we also strive to include more school nature days, which would include visits to botanical areas. 588 upper elementary schools students (6th, 7th, 8th, 9th grade) of five elementary schools from different regions in Slovenia participated in the research. The anonymous questionnaire included 16 closed-ended questions. Twelve questions were related to plant groups; students showed an above-average interest in nine plant groups. Four questions were asked to collect information about the students’ interest in visiting botanical areas outside of school – the students have shown an above-average interest in all presented botanical areas. We have proposed six hypothesis and accepted all of them. Statistical differences were found in the field of the interest of useful plants/botanical visits related to sex, age, and the location of the students participating in the research.
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