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Oztas Cin, Merve; Yurumezoglu, Kemal – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2020
In this study, a process was designed, in which a lemon seed grew into a seedling, using the inquiry-based science learning approach. This aimed to increase the overall development of the scientific process skills of children and their sensitivity to nature. The germination, growth and development of a plant were meticulously and systematically…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Science Process Skills, Science Instruction, Relevance (Education)
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Mutlu, Ayfer – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2021
This study aimed to develop, introduce, and conduct an inquiry-driven creative drama activity. The activity, for elementary students, related to the transmission of light and full shadow. In the activity, which consisted of a warm-up, dramatization, and evaluation stages, two inquiry-based experiments were added to the dramatization stage. Thus,…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Inquiry
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Bayir, Eylem – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2019
This article introduces a science game which can be used for innovative teaching and as an assessment tool. The Shadow Races Game is designed for first and second grade students to learn the phenomenon of shadow through inquiry-based activities and questions that require the children to apply inferences from those activities. In this amusing board…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Education, Educational Games
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Concannon, James P.; Brown, Patrick L. – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2018
Students come to class with little understanding about torque, angular velocity, and angular acceleration despite the fact that these physical science concepts are frequently observed. For example, torque occurs when car and bicycle tires rotate, the movement of fishing pole when hooking a fish, and when a person uses a hammer to drive in a nail.…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Concepts