Analysis of Local Potential as a Learning Environment in High School in Fak-Fak Regency, West Papua Province, Indonesia

This study explores the local potential in Fak Fak Regency, which can be used as learning materials. This study involves junior high school teachers to find local potentials that meet the requirements for implementing environmental education. The elements considered are empirical, caring, aesthetic, and social elements. The analysis of the assessment of the potential of plants to develop students' abilities through empirical recognition found that areca nut plants have the greatest potential on five indicators, namely observation, understanding, analysis, and interpretation which show the high category. Likewise, in the analysis of the development of students' environmental awareness, pinang plants strongly support increasing students' awareness of conservation efforts and the use of their fruit. The results of the analysis of the development of students' aesthetic values ​​found that the matoa plant has the potential to support the development of students' aesthetic assessment.