Mina Padi Innovation Village was a potential village for natural resources in cultivating rice and fish on the same agricultural land. The innovation villages studied in this study were Janten and Margoluwih villages, which had different topography. This study aims to analyze the local potential of Mina Padi ecosystem found in Janten and Margoluwih villages as a learning resource in ecology courses, third semester biology education students by integrating project learning and utilizing biology simulation applications in learning activities. This study used descriptive qualitative and exploratory methods. Data collection techniques used observation, identification, and documentation. The result of local potential was in the form of utilizing village natural resources into an innovative agricultural land, which has its own peculiarities different from other villages. The local potential of Mina Padi innovation village was in accordance with the study of structural and functional concepts of ecosystem, community and population ecology, freshwater aquatic habitat ecology, and artificial ecosystem. The local potential of Mina Padi innovation village has the potential to be a source of ecological learning material.

Mucus from snakehead fish (Chana striata) and catfish (Clarias batrachus) has the potential to be employed in organic cosmetics and wound healing. The aim of this study is to create antimicrobials from Clarias batrachus and Chana striata mucus that may inhibit the growth of coliform bacteria. It also seeks to establish the minimum inhibitory concentration of Clarias batrachus and Chana striata mucus extracts against the growth of Escherichia coli when cocoa extract is added as an internal ingredient for making face masks and organic lipstick. The content of anthocyanin in cocoa beans used as a natural colouring agent that can replace synthetic dyes. The pooled fish mucus was extracted with succeeding centrifugation and filtration. The acidic mucus extracts were tested for antimicrobial-inhibitory effects and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) by agar-overlay diffusion and plate dilution method, respectively. The results showed that all fish mucus extracts exhibited antimicrobial effects against tested pathogens with catfish exhibiting the highest inhibitory effects against the bacteria sample as compared to the broad-spectrum antibiotic control. Interestingly, their mucus revealed inhibitory effects against bacteria at the lowest concentration (1:4 dilution). The present findings revealed the potential antimicrobial use of freshwater fish mucus against medically-important pathogens

<p>This study was to find out the effects of flipped class with project-based learning (PjBL) dimensions assisted by Moodle combined with reading, questioning and answering (RQA) strategies on students’ 21^st-century skills. The research was quasi-experimental with cluster random sampling technique. The sample was three classes of twelve graders at a private school. The first class applied flipped class with project-based learning assisted by Moodle combined with RQA. The second class applied flipped class learning assisted by Moodle without PjBL and RQA. And the control class applied conventional online learning using Moodle only. Each class consists of 25 students. The instrument was an essay test with 10 questions. The collaboration and communication skills were assessed using observation sheets. The average of these two values used as a reference to determine the predicate of students’ 4C ability. The normality and homogeneity tests found that the three classes were the same and normally distributed (sig.&gt;0.05). The results of ANOVA test and student’s response observation showed significant differences in three classes S1, S2 and S3 (α = 0.05, sig.0.00). The first class shows the highest 4C skills results followed by the second and third treatment classes with average scores respectively 91.25; 91.52 (very competent), 83.32; 83.04 (very competent) and 73.74; 73.64 (competent). These findings were expected to be a recommendation for educators to integrate the 4C skills through flipped class to improve students’ skills.</p>

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of laboratory utilization from the standpoint of planning, implementation, and evaluation which used CIPP (context, input, process, product) model in the management of the Beauty Education Study Program at State University of Medan. Research model using qualitative approach to evaluation the facilities and infrastructure, utilization, and the involvement of students, head of laboratory, laboratory assistants, and lecturers of facial care courses with facial electric technology which influence the student’s practical competency with data collected by interviews and documentation on 60 students of third semester in the practical of facial electric treatment courses because it had homogeneous characteristics and capabilities. Data analysis techniques used is descriptive analysis and the results of this study indicate that the tendency of laboratory utilization 31.67% are sufficient, laboratory facilities and infrastructure 33.33% are sufficient, laboratory utilization in practical implementation 33.33% are sufficient, the competence of students 33.33% are less. There is a positive relationship between the variable’s utilization of laboratory, laboratory facilities and infrastructure and the practical implementation of the students’ competencies generated by the value of α = 0.00. It means the availability of facilities and adequate practical implementation can improve cognitive, psychomotor and affective competencies of student.