Abstract
Identification and knowledge of representatives of fauna and flora are integral part of primary science education. To this purpose, a board game was created.
Didactic game is one of the fundamental methods, used in the process of fixing of acquiring knowledge. It serves to the social and personal skills as well as logical thinking development.
The crucial problem in the science education is the selection of basic subject matter. It also applies in selection of typical members of organisms appropriate to be known by pupils.
The goal of this contribution is to present the methodology of model organisms' selection with the regard of Czech nature variability expression. Created education board game was piloted in the 4th and 5th grade the elementary school classes and the modified Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) tool was used to gain feedback.
Two subscales interest/enjoyment and value/usefulness were used. The results of the pilot inventory show that pupils assume this game as interesting and useful to learning process focused on organisms.
The suggested methodology of organism selection was verified during board game creation. It is functional procedure for selecting a set of model organisms.
The game proves motivation potential which makes it a good aid in acquiring basic facts about organisms.