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I am working in KWS Malindi Marine Park as a JICA volunteer of environment teacher. This presentation is for practice nature game named "Forest in the bottle". To create own miniature forest in the bottle and observe natural cycle.
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Forest in the bottle~Let’s create own forest~
Takatoshi AKAIKWS Malindi Marine Park
JICA
Requirement• Small plants (3 ~ more species)• Scoop• Big glass bottle• Gravel• Powdered charcoal• Stocking• Soil• Sand• Funnel• Decoration (Ex: driftwood, stone, leaf)
Collect small plants by scoop.Collect plants with roots and soil
Insert gravel 2.5cm from bottom of bottle
Then, insert powdered charcoal 1cm
This charcoal filter to clean up water!
Cut the stocking and cover powdered charcoal
Challenge!Charcoal filtration mechanism
• Insert dirty water from top of the bottle
• Cleaned water will come from bottom of the bottle
Sand
Charcoal
Sand
Stone
Mix charcoal powder, sand, and soil and insert on the top for 1cm
Decide where to put plantsand make hole.
Then put water a bit,and plant own plants.
Put small forest beside windowto get sunlight
What we learn from this activity?• Water flow in the forest inside of the bottle,
same as in nature.• Plants get water from roots and evaporate from leaf.
• Evaporated water reach to the bottle cap and become drip.
• Once drip drop from top of the bottle, it will be called rain in the nature.
Conclusion
• Your forest is alive now.
• You can see process of nature
on the desk now.
• You can create many kinds of forest,
by using different kinds of plants.
• So, please enjoy your forest!!