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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 ALAN MCCORMACK NSTA PRESIDENT
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
• Encourage group work • Provide pupil enjoyment • Teach concepts • Encourage Enquiry
SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCHINDICATESTHAT ALL OF THE SUGGESTEDAIMS CAN BE MET THROUGH USE OF PRACTICAL SCIENCE
IMAGINE AND INVENT: CREATE A GREAT FUTURE! NSTA Presidential Theme 2010-11
UNIDENTIFIED OLD DEVICES (UOD’s) ACTIVITY WHAT WERE THESE THING-A-MA-JIGS MEANT TO DO?
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).
SHARE • SHARE IN A GROUP - “WHAT IS A PRACTICAL SCIENCE ACTIVITY YOU HAVE FOUND USEFUL (AND FUN) IN YOUR TEACHING EXPERIENCE?”