Bogor Raya Elementary School Visit to the Soemartono Sosromarsono Insect Museum

Monday, 27 February 2023. 45 elementary school students at Bogor Raya School visited the Soemartono Sosromarsono Insect Museum Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture - IPB University, with the aim of learning with the theme Sharing The Planet which discusses the characteristics and roles of insects and other small animals to 45 students who are all first grade students accompanied by four supervisors and guided by PTN students.

The Soemartono Sosromarsono insect museum is a suitable place to learn about the characteristics of insects because of the collection of more than 1000 species of insects originating from Indonesia and abroad. During this visit, it was seen that all the students were very enthusiastic about listening to explanations about the insect collections, apart from seeing the preserved insect collections, these students also interacted with the live insect collections in this museum.