College students take quiz using leaves as paper

Forestry students at Aklan State University use actual leaves as answer sheets for a Botany quiz.

Students taking up Forestry at Aklan State University–Banga Campus took a short Botany quiz using an unconventional answer sheet: leaves.

College instructor Kynth Edrel Rebaño, also known as “Aklanong Manggugubat,” shared photos of the activity on Facebook, showing students writing their answers directly on leaves from trees and plants.

“Sinong nagsabing papel lang ang puwedeng gamitin sa quiz?” Rebaño wrote in his post.

According to Rebaño, the activity was conducted in Botany, with the leaves serving as an alternative material for the students’ short quiz.

Beyond making the classroom exercise unusual, the activity gave students an opportunity to work with leaves, which are themselves part of what they study in Botany. Rebaño said the exercise also highlighted resourcefulness and environmental awareness.

The activity also points to the possibility of using alternative materials for simple classroom tasks, while reducing paper use where practical.

For the Forestry students, their quiz answer sheets became part of the lesson itself: leaves taken from the natural environment they are being trained to understand and work with.

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