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The purposes of this research are (1) to produce Subject Specific Pedagogic (SSP) for Natural Sciences course by utilizing Nusakambangan biodiversity based on the valid and practical SETS (Science Environment Technology and Society) approach, and (2) to determine the effectiveness of the developed product to improve the students’ soft security and practical skills. This research can be categorized as development research adapting the 4-D model from Thiagarajan. The research procedures consisted of four stages, namely: (1) define (2) design (3) develop, and (4) disseminate. This research was conducted in two classes, the experimental class, and the control class, among the seventh grade students of State Junior High School in the school year of 2018/2019. The instruments for data collection were questionnaire, observation sheets, and pretest-posttest. The qualitative data consisted of input and suggestions from validator, students’ responses, and observations results, while the quantitative data were in the form of soft security questionnaire results and practical skills test scores. The data analysis techniques were in the form of normality test, homogeneity test, gain score and Manova test. The results showed that: (1) The SSP by utilizing Nusakambangan biodiversity based on SETS was declared valid to be used in the learning process that can be categorized as “very feasible”, (3) The developed SSP was effective in enhancing the students’ soft security and practical skills with p value of 0,000 <α 0.05.

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