Teaching Science in Elementary Grades
Teaching Science in Elementary Grades
Teaching Science in Elementary Grades
Elementary Grades
(Biology and Chemistry)
Module Review
This course will develop the knowledge and skills teachers need
to implement inquiry based biology instruction: rich, conceptual
knowledge of biology and mastery of inquiry instructional methods.
Students will participate in design and implement inquiry based biology
lessons while examining the support for inquiry in cognitive science and
learning theory. Student’s biology learning and teaching experiences will
prompt them to reconstruct their knowledge of biology in ways that
make it more conceptually and contextually focused while developing
their mastery of project-based and inquiry based instructions. This
course is intended for biology students interested in learning about
innovative teaching methods, developing their conceptual knowledge of
biology and exploring science teaching as a potential career.
Specific Instrumental Objectives
Specific objectives are related to a particular topic in a particular period of time. These
objectives can further divided into the following categories:
Limitations:
• Less opportunity for creativity
• Dropout Disinterest in particular subject
• Requires expert teachers
• Less Scope of socialization and social skills
INTEGRATED APPROACH- allows learners to explore, gather, process, refine
and present information about the topics they want to investigate without the
constraints imposed by traditional subject barriers.
Ways of Integration
a. Cross disciplinary approach- examine an issue typically relevant to one
discipline through the lens of another discipline
b. Multi disciplinary approach- examines an issue from multiple
perspectives, without making a concrete effort to systematically integrate
various disciplines.
c. Inter-disciplinary approach- examines as issue from multiple
perspectives, leading to a systematic effort to integrate the alternative
perspectives into a unified or coherent framework of analysis.
Characteristics of Integrated Approach
Role of Teacher
5. Encourage students to participate in discussion
6. Ensure, student’s attention span is maintained
7. Pre plan and prepare properly for discussion and support ideas with factual
evidence and examples
8. Encourage students taking than teacher talking
9. If possible, give time before hand so that, the discussion becomes productive
10. Do not dominate rather get the discussion started set goals, summarize, mediate
and clarify
Merit of lecture-Cum-Discussion Method
1. It creates democratic environment in the class
2. Develops and improves communication skills of students.
3. It brings about attitudinal charge among students
4. It helps in assessing the factual knowledge of the students
Suggestions to Improve
15. This method should not be considered independently but should form a part of the total science
16. The practical work must be pre-planned
17. It is imperative that same individual laboratory work must be done by every student
18. Instead of performing the experiments started in the book should be little modified for better result
19. Before experiment in performed the purpose must be clarified to the students.
Observation Method
Suggestions to Improve
12. The students must be given full freedom during observation
13. Interest and curiosity must be developed in students prior to making observations
14. The teacher must check and observe things before hand
15. The teacher must put questions and pinpoint observation as and when required
16. The school must have science corner where in students observation and activity goes on continuously.