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Thursday 21 July 2022

How To Develop Scientific Learning Among Students - Essentials of Science Lesson

 


The KEY that will help us to address almost all 

the listed issues is well-planned & GOOD 

TEACHING. 


Science skills


  • Observing 
  • Communicating 
  • results 
  • Questioning 
  • Classifying 
  • Measuring 
  • Hypothesis
(predicting) 

  • Analyzing 
  • Recognizing 


Skill Practised:


Science skills practised

• Observing

• Questioning

• Sorting & Classifying 

Soft skills

• Sharing 

• Communication 


How to develop scientific learning among students-Scientific Teacher Learning

How to develop scientific learning among students-cientific Teacher Learning

How to develop scientific learning among students-scientific Teacher Learning


patterns 

Experiment 


Teaching Science 

Knowledge 

Skills* 


  • Values

The task of the teacher is to plan a 

balanced lesson focusing not only on 

making the new knowledge/ concept 

understandable but teaching the 

required skills and values to students. 


Essentials of a Science Lesson


Make students 

  • observe 

Encourage children to

- Use five senses to observe 

- Record observations

- Communicate observations

Essentials of a Science Lesson

Make students observe 

Examples

• Tell students to observe their neighbourhood 

and note down names of the animals kept by 

people. [class 1]



• Ask them to bring 3-4 different types of

leaves. In the class, tell students to observe

those and write whether those are big or

small, have the same shape, or the same

colour. [class 1]


Essentials of a Science Lesson

Middle level


Make students observe 

• Ask students to taste a few things and separate 

things that taste sweet, salty and bitter. 

[class 3 & 5]

• Put a glass dish full of water on table. Put a piece 

of wood, plastic and iron in it and ask students to 

observe the activity & record their observations. 

[class 5]

• Display pictures of clean and dirty water. Tell

students to record how these are different from

each other. Instruct them to write as many

differences as possible.

[class 7]


Essentials of a Science Lesson


Teaching Aids 

• What are teaching aids? 

• Why should we use teaching aids?

• What can be used as teaching aids? 

• What stage of the lesson should the teaching aids 

be used at?

• What all should be considered while selecting

and using teaching aids?

Teaching Aids 


Essentials of a Science Lesson


Teaching Aids 

Teaching 

Aids 


These facilitate to:

- promote learning by seeing

- Conduct activities (learning by doing)

- Teach science skills and values 

(e.g. observation, sorting, 

measuring etc )


Why should we use teaching aids in scientific learning?


Essentials of a Science Lesson

Teaching Aids 

Use pictures/

models

Use realia

Use library Use ICT 

Use nature

The local 

environment



What can be used as teaching aids? 


Essentials of a Science Lesson

Teaching Aids 

Use nature/ surroundings 

Students can be asked to observe :


• animals found around them and write names 

of a few in their diary. 

• pet animals kept by others living around 

them and write names of three in their 

diaries. 

• and bring leaves form their surroundings etc

• and write names of plants present in their 

city/ nearby park. 


Essentials of a Science Lesson


Teaching Aids 

Use nature/ surroundings 

Students can be asked to observe 

• and write names of machines 

having pulley, wheel etc in them.

• and write names of solids, liquids 

& gases present around them.


Essentials of a Science Lesson

Teaching Aids 

Use pictures/ models/charts

• Pictures of animals for teaching pet and wild animals

• picture of clean and dirty place for teaching pollution

[pictures of playground of school before and after

recess can be used]

• picture of bending of light in water

• Chart/model of digestion etc

Use library 

• pre-teaching research work from book, encyclopedia 

etc

• Post-teaching research work

Use ICT

• Video about global warming [beginning of lesson]

• Video about rotation of earth/digestion [after 

teaching]


Essentials of a Science Lesson


Teaching Aids 

Teaching 

selection Aids 

Utilisation 

age, space 

number & topic 

appropriate size 

placement 

available 

handling 

Cost 

effective 


What all should be considered while selecting & using

teaching aids?



  • Promote Inquiry 

based learning -

  • questioning
  • lower & 

higher order

Specific 

level 

  • Make students 

think, reflect & 

extend their 

learning 

  • Benefits 
  • Relevant 

age

  • close & 

open-ended


 How to make Science 

easy, real & 

relevant 

build on students’ 

prior knowledge :


  • use easy 

language

  • explain clearly
  • teach related 

vocabulary

  • relate topic to 

students’ real 

life practices 

  • give extra 

information

  • demonstrate 

systematic

level

  • ￾appropriate

having 

progression

  • -easy to 

difficult



Make science 

easy, real & 

relevant 

allow students 

to share their 

experiences & 

ask questions Individual act

• on paper 

• on board onboard

practical: 

class/ sci lab

assess

ensure equal 

participation 

in conducive 

environment 

reinforcement 

through 

activities *


Type 



Give related written 

assignment

Purpose: 


  • reinforcement/ 
  • skill practice 
  • Draw related 

diagrams

  • Write answers 

independently

  • Prepare 

mind maps

  • write more 

examples 

  • solve unseen 

sums

examples








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