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PRACTICAL SCIENCE: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE USA

PRACTICAL SCIENCE: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE USA. ALAN MCCORMACK NSTA PRESIDENT. LIST OF MOST IMPORTANT AIMS FOR TEACHING SCIENCE. • Understand investigative processes • Teach Skills • Motivate pupils • Link practical work to theory • Show how science works • Provide science contexts

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PRACTICAL SCIENCE: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE USA

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  1. PRACTICAL SCIENCE: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE USA ALAN MCCORMACK NSTA PRESIDENT

  2. LIST OF MOST IMPORTANT AIMSFOR TEACHING SCIENCE • Understand investigative processes • Teach Skills • Motivate pupils • Link practical work to theory • Show how science works • Provide science contexts • Encourage Creativity

  3. • Encourage group work • Provide pupil enjoyment • Teach concepts • Encourage Enquiry

  4. PRACTICAL SCIENCE =“HANDS-ON”SCIENCEoran “Inquiry Approach”

  5. SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCHINDICATESTHAT ALL OF THE SUGGESTEDAIMS CAN BE MET THROUGH USE OF PRACTICAL SCIENCE

  6. IMAGINE AND INVENT: CREATE A GREAT FUTURE! NSTA Presidential Theme 2010-11

  7. FLEA MARKETINVENTIONWORKSHOP

  8. Sears-Roebuck Catalogue 1888

  9. BREAD PRESERVEREXPOSED

  10. CHEESE PRESERVER

  11. PIE PRESERVER

  12. Sears-Roebuck Catalogue 1888

  13. ANTI-SNORING DEVICE

  14. UNIDENTIFIED OLD DEVICES (UOD’s) ACTIVITY WHAT WERE THESE THING-A-MA-JIGS MEANT TO DO?

  15. Randomly assign old-time inventions to groups CHALLENGES 1. INFER - “What is the most likely original intended function of the invention?” 2. BRAINSTORM - “What could the device be used for today?” (Try to think of several possibilities).

  16. SHARE • SHARE IN A GROUP - “WHAT IS A PRACTICAL SCIENCE ACTIVITY YOU HAVE FOUND USEFUL (AND FUN) IN YOUR TEACHING EXPERIENCE?”

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