Download - Action Plan for science level III
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.