Utilization of Household Waste (Used Cooking Oil) In Schools As Part Of Environmental Pollution Awareness Related to Improving Student Science Literacy Gunawan Azis (a*), Riandi (b), Rini Solihat (c)
a) Program Studi Pendidikan IPA, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setia Budhi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
*gunawanazis[at]upi.edu
b) Departemen Pendidikan Biology, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setia Budhi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
c) Departemen Pendidikan Biology, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setia Budhi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
Abstract
The need for awareness related to environmental pollution, environmental pollution occurs due to several events and human actions. Do not have to look for environmental pollution widely and large, sometimes around our environment without us realizing many influences that occur related to environmental pollution, including waste cooking oil used or often referred to as cooking oil jelantah. The purpose of this study is to raise awareness to students in schools not to cause environmental pollution and as much as possible to prevent and utilize it. Utilization of household waste such as used cooking oil can be used as handwashing soap. Where still not many know and the utilization of this waste has not touched the school domain when environmental pollution from the results of used cooking oil can have an impact on the surrounding environment. Therefore, the lack of student science literacy affects the knowledge of various kinds of environmental pollution, impacts and prevention. From the results of interviews with junior high school students as many as thirty students, the results were obtained that there are ten students knowledge about environmental pollution is very high, eight students knowledge about moderate environmental pollution and twelve students do not know about environmental pollution so it can be categorized as low. The research method used is quasi-experiment method with research design The one group pretest-posttest design. Researchers used this design by only researching one class so that a comparison class was not required. Previously this class will be given a preliminary test (pretest) to find out the students science literacy, then students will be given treatment that is science learning by conducting soap making experiments made from used cooking oil. After the treatment is done, students will be given a final test (posttest) to find out the extent of the influence on improving student science literacy on environmental pollution material.
Keywords: Used cooking oil- Environmental pollution- Science literacy
