1 | Jurnal Pelita Pendidikan ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY SKILLS AND LEARNING INTEREST OF FIRST YEAR BIOLOGY STUDENTS IN TOPIC OF FUNGI Priscilya Agatha Sumangge Nainggolan, Salwa Rezeqi * , Wasis Wuyung Wisnu Brata Program Studi Pendidikan Biologi, Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam, Universitas Negeri Medan, Jalan Williem Iskandar Pasar V Medan Estate 20221, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia * Corresponding Author: salwarez@gmail.com ARTICLE INFO: ABSTRACT Article History Received January 12th, 2023 Revised February 24 th , 2023 Accepted March 2 nd , 2023 Keywords: Scientific Literacy, Interest in learning, Fungi Science literacy has become increasingly important for individuals in carrying out their activities. Science education also strives to enhance students' interest in developing knowledge, skills, and thinking abilities. This research aims to determine the science literacy skills of students in the Low- Level Organism Taxonomy course, particularly in the topic of Fungi, and to assess students' learning interest in the same course. The study was conducted at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Medan State University. The population of this study consisted of all students from the 2021 Biology program, totaling 120 individuals. The research sample comprised 31 participants selected through purposive sampling technique. This study employed a descriptive research design. The results revealed that students demonstrated a level of science literacy skills in the Fungi topic categorized as Functional Scientific Literacy, with an average percentage of 67.4%. Additionally, the students exhibited high learning interest in the Fungi topic, with an average percentage of 70.72%. This is an open access article under the CC–BY-SA license. Volume 11 (1) 2023, 001 – 008 Jurnal Pelita Pendidikan Journal of Biology Education https://jurnal.unimed.ac.id/2012/index.php/pelita/index eISSN: 2502-3217 pISSN: 2338-3003 How to Cite: Nainggolan, P.A.S, Rezeqi, S., Brata, W.W.W. (2023). Analysis Of Grade XI Science Textbooks in High School Based on Aspects of Scientific Literacy. Jurnal Pelita Pendidikan, 11(1), 001-008.