The Fascinating Fungi of Pokémon - Videos + Extension Activities

This class is an introduction to the fascinating world of fungi through the lens of Pokemon. Here's an outline of what we will cover:

♦ Part 1: Plants vs. Fungi (16 minute recording)

• Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

• Photosynthesis (and which Pokemon do this)

• Spores, seeds, and pollen - what's the difference?

• How the Pokémon world mixes up these terms in a big way!

♦ Part 2: Good Fungi (10 minute recording)

• Fungi as Decomposers (Shroomish)

• Fungi as Food (Mushrooms in the games, new Pokemon Fidough)

♦ Part 3: Toxic Fungi (10 minute recording)

• Poisonous Mushrooms (Foongus and Amoonguss)

• Damaging Decomposers (Stun Spore, Shuckle, Paras, Smeargle)

♦ Part 4: Marvelous Mushrooms (17 minute recording)

• Shroomish and puffball mushrooms

• Breloom and green mushrooms

• Morelull and Shiinotic and bioluminescent mushrooms

• Foongus and Amoongus and mimicry in mushrooms

• Other mushrooms that should be made into Pokemon

▬▬▬▬▬▬ VIDEOS, ACTIVITIES, AND MORE ▬▬▬▬▬▬

• This course has four parts to it. Each part consists of a downloadable video presentation (between 19 and 35 minutes long) hosted on Google Drive, along with some resources and project ideas to expand the students’ understanding.

• In a regular school setting, these materials are ideal for reverse instruction or a flipped classroom unit. For instance, you can assign the video recording to watch at home for homework, and then use the extension activities for class projects. The recordings also work well for sub days and much-needed sanity days!

• If you are using these materials in a home school setting, you could choose to do one part per day or one part per week, doing the projects as time allows. Feel free to have your child email me at lauren.rae.ard@gmail.com, if they have any questions or want to share what they’ve done with the materials.

• This unit also includes a link to my notes and Prezi presentation I use throughout the course, in case you want to give some of the presentation, or expand on the material yourself. Please keep in mind that the video may not match up exactly with the notes and lecture materials, because I do alter and add to my notes as time goes on.