Teaching High School Biology Teaching Material Development Using Local-Natural-Resources Based Life Skill and Community Technology Science Approaches in Tomohon North Sulawesi

This research is conducted in Tomohon Town with consideration that this town is known as student town and education icon of North Sulawesi. This research aims to create tested teaching material that based on the study of teacher and student’s need, local natural resources potential that can support the science learning process which stimulates critical thinking, creative and innovative act. It is expected that this research will obtain High School Biology teaching material that is compiled with Life Skill and Community Technology Science approaches using local natural resource potential as study object or example in Biology learning. This research uses evaluation and development research method. This research is conducted in some stages, i.e. stage 1: The study of science literacy level on teacher and students; stage 2: The study of teaching material that made by Biology teacher, which has been using in learning activities; stage 3: The study of life skill and community technology science ability of students; stage 4: High School Biology teaching material compilation with Life Skill and Community Technology Science approaching; stage 5: High School Biology teacher training and teaching material testing; stage 6: teaching material evaluation and revision; stage 7: teaching material publication and printing. The research result shows that the utilization of life-skill-based Biology learning tools in the learning process has caused the learning process more active and the life skill of students shows in the activity. Also, the utilization of life-skill-based learning tools can improve the learning interest. The utilization of life-skill-based Biology learning tools can improve the entrepreneurship interest without disturbing the learning achievement of the students.