Bella Firdha Asyifa Haryanto et al., / Journal of Biology Education 8 (1) (2019) : 1-7 1 J.Biol.Educ. 8 (1) (2019) Journal of Biology Education http://journal.unnes.ac.id/sju/index.php/ujbe The Development of Plant Encyclopedia Based on Database in Adiwiyata Senior High School Bella Firdha Asyifa Haryanto 1✉ , Ely Rudyatmi 1 , Muhammad Abdullah 2 Department of Biology, FMIPA, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia Info articles Abstract History Articles: Received : January 2019 Accepted : March 2019 Published : April 2019 SMA Negeri 1 Cawas does not have a digital inventory of plants. Digital inventory can be stored for a long time and updated. The study would develop an encyclopedia of plants in adiwiyata schools. Research design with Research and Development (RnD). The steps include analysis of potential and problems; data collection; product design; design validation by media experts (lecturers and media experts BPMPK) and material experts (expert classification lecturers); revision 1; small-scale trials (for biology teachers, vice principle of curriculum and responses by class XI MIA students 2); revision 2; large-scale trials (all students of class XI MIA); revision 3; and the final product. Based on the results of the study there were 46 plant species. Encyclopedia design (Ensiya) includes templates, systems coding, and finalization program. Ensiya is used to facilitate the management of plant inventories. Revision 1 focus on the program name, label, motivation, and location of the outbox. Revision 2 was on program name; label box size; motivation box and outbox. The results of a large-scale trial, Ensiya obtained a very feasible assessment by students and received positive responses. Revision 3 was on program name font; picture box; motivation, and the location of the outbox. This study concludes that the plant encyclopedia (Ensiya) in the database-based for adiwiyata school was successfully developed using Microsoft Visual Basic Express. Based on the study the Ensiya digital documents is very valid and very feasible. The encyclopedia could be an alternative to manage plants inventories better. Keywords: encyclopedia, databases, adiwiyata, images, and technology utilization. © 2019 Universitas Negeri Semarang  Correspondence: Building D6 Lt.1 Jl Raya Sekaran Gunungpati Semarang E-mail: asyifabella4@gmail.com p-ISSN 2252-6579 e-ISSN 2540-833X