Ms. Amtul Karim

The City School

Gulshan Junior EScience Jr.III

Thinking about Thinking about making a change!!!making a change!!!

To enhance students’ scientific skills by adopting 21st century approaches

To develop the students’ Scientific skills i.e research, investigating etc. Speaking and listening skills Observing and monitoring skills Questioning skills Problem solving skills Critical thinking skills Intervening skills

Active Learning

Strategies

Scientific

SkillsQuestioning Skills

Problem Solving Skills

Critical Thinking

Skills

Intervening Skills

Communication Skills

What?What? Why?Why? How? How? LIVING AND GROWINGLIVING AND GROWING Higher order thinking skills Higher order thinking skills

and questioning skillsand questioning skillsClassification of different Classification of different food types, modal making of food types, modal making of teeth , experiments on teeth , experiments on healthy teethhealthy teeth

PLANTSPLANTS Communication skill, Communication skill, intervening skillsintervening skills

Visit to a park / Garden, Visit to a park / Garden, planting seeds activityplanting seeds activity

PLANTSPLANTS

MATRERIALSMATRERIALSCollaborative skills, listing Collaborative skills, listing and speaking skillsand speaking skills

Demonstration of how a Demonstration of how a plant grows, pair and group plant grows, pair and group work for classification of work for classification of different types of materialsdifferent types of materials

CHARACTERISTICS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIALSMATERIALS

Giving direction skills, Giving direction skills, observing and monitoring observing and monitoring skillsskills

Experiments using materials Experiments using materials , comparing materials , comparing materials activityactivity

REVISIONREVISION Encouraging skills, Encouraging skills, observing and monitoring observing and monitoring skillsskills

Different activities and Different activities and experiments for experiments for reinforcement of concepts reinforcement of concepts taughttaught

ChallengesChallenges Solution Solution Parents may Parents may disagree with my disagree with my approach approach

I will share the Intel course outline and my I will share the Intel course outline and my action plan with them by sending them action plan with them by sending them circularscirculars

Lack of interest Lack of interest from students from students

I will use interactive CD/OHT slides and I will use interactive CD/OHT slides and active learning strategies active learning strategies

Lack of support for Lack of support for activities outside activities outside school form school form parentsparents

I will send circular for acknowledgement I will send circular for acknowledgement before visit, projects and science before visit, projects and science exhibition exhibition

Lack of resources Lack of resources I will make sure to arrange all the required I will make sure to arrange all the required resources before handresources before hand

Time Time management management

I will distribute the task equally among the I will distribute the task equally among the group membersgroup members

Living and growing

I will provide more opportunities to enhance students communication

skills

AUGUST

I will focus on higher order thinking skills and questioning skills

SEPTEMBAR

Plants

OCTOBER

Plants/materials

I will focus on collaborative

skills through pair and group

work and discussions

NOVEMBER

Materials

I will focus on clear and Accurate direction and

Encouragements

DECEMBER

Revision

I will focus on Observing and

monitoring Skills of the students

Time Line

Computer lab Internet Interactive CDs Audio visual aids. Colleagues / Head Permission letter of parents Conveyance arrangements

By integrating 21st century approaches in teaching science, the students will become independent learners.