Educ 112 - Teaching Science in Elementary Grades PDF

EDUC. 112– TEACHING SCIENCE IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES (PHYSICS, EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE) ANGELYN A. DICHOS, MAED Course Description: This course includes understanding of: ✓spiraling basic science concepts and application of science inquiry in Physics, Earth and Space; ✓strategies in teachin...

EDUC. 112– TEACHING SCIENCE IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES (PHYSICS, EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE) ANGELYN A. DICHOS, MAED Course Description: This course includes understanding of: ✓spiraling basic science concepts and application of science inquiry in Physics, Earth and Space; ✓strategies in teaching elementary science; ✓development of instructional materials; and ✓assessment Content topics: ▪ Physics which include Force and Motion, and Energy ; ▪ Earth and Space include Geology, Meteorology and Astronomy. Sequence of Domains/Strands per Quarter G3 G4 G5 G6 1ST Matter Matter Matter Matter Quarter 2nd Living Things Living Things Living Things Living Things Quarter and Their and Their and Their and Their Environment Environment Environment Environment 3rd Quarter Force, Motion Force, Motion Force, Motion Force, Motion and Energy and Energy and Energy and Energy 4th Quarter Earth & Space Earth & Space Earth & Space Earth & Space Spiraling of Science Concepts FORCE, MOTION AND ENERGY Force and Motion Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Learners observe Learners now learn that if This time, learners Aside from the and explore and force is applied on an object, begin to accurately identified causes of investigate how its motion, size, or shape can measure the motion in Grade3, things around them be changed. They will further amount of change such as people, move and can be understand that these in the movement of animals, wind and moved. They also changes depend on the an object in terms water, learners also identify things in amount of force applied on it. of its distance learn about gravity their environment (qualitative). They also learn travelled and time and friction as other that can cause that magnets can exert force of travel using causes or factors changes in the on some objects and may appropriate tools. that affect the movement of cause changes in their movement of objects. movements. objects.  Energy Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Learners Learners learn that light, This time, learners explore At this grade level, observe and heat, and sound travel how different objects interact learners are identify from the source. They with light, heat, sound, and introduced to the different perform simple activities electricity (e.g., identifying concept of energy. sources of that demonstrate how poor and good conductors of They learn that light, heat, they travel using various electricity using simple energy exists in sound, and objects. circuits). They learn about the different forms, such electricity in relationship between the as light, heat, sound their Note: Electricity is not electricity and magnetism by and electricity, and it environment included in Grade 4 constructing an can be transformed and their because the concept of electromagnet. They also from one form to uses in ‘flow of charges’ is learn about the effects of another. They everyday difficult to understand at light, heat, sound, and demonstrate how life. this grade level. electricity on people. energy is transferred using simple machines. EARTH AND SPACE Geology Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Learners will After familiarizing In this grade level, Learners will learn that aside describe themselves with the general learners will learn from weathering and erosion, what makes landscape, learners will that our there are other processes that up their investigate two surroundings do not may alter the surface of the environment, components of the physical stay the same Earth: earthquakes and beginning environment (soil and forever. For volcanic eruptions. Only the with the water). They will classify example, rocks effects of earthquakes and landforms soils in their community undergo weathering volcanic eruptions are taken and bodies of using simple criteria. They and soil is carried up in this grade level, not their water found will identify the different away by erosion. causes. Learners will also in their sources of water in their Learners will infer gather and report data on community. community. They will infer that the surface of earthquakes and volcanic the importance of water in the Earth changes eruptions in their community or daily activities and describe with the passage of region. ways of using water safely. time.  Meteorology Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Learners will describe After making simple Learners will learn that After learning how to the different types of descriptions about the the weather does not measure the different local weather. weather in the stay the same the components of previous grade, whole year round. weather in grades 4 learners will now Weather disturbances and 5, learners will measure the such as typhoons may now collect weather components of occur. Learners will data within the span of weather using simple describe the effects of the school year. instruments. They will typhoons on the Learners will interpret also identify trends in community and the the data and identify a simple weather changes in the the weather patterns in chart. weather before, their community. during, and after a typhoon.  Astronomy Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Learners will After describing the After learning about the In Grade 6, learners will describe the natural objects that Sun, learners will now turn their attention to Earth natural objects are seen in the sky, familiarize themselves as another natural object in that they see in learners will now with the Moon and the space (in addition to the the sky. focus on the main stars. They will describe Sun, Moon and stars). source of heat, and the changes in the Learners will learn about light on Earth: the appearance of the Moon the motions of the Earth: Sun, its role in plant and discover that the rotation and revolution. growth and changes are cyclical, and Learners will also compare development, and that the cycle is related to the different members that its effect on the the length of a month. make up the Solar System activities of humans and construct models to and other animals. help them visualize their relative sizes and distances. Features of the K to 12 Curriculum 1. Spiral progression ✓ Students learn concepts while young and learn the same concepts repeatedly at a higher degree of complexity as they move from one grade level to another. ✓ This helps learners organize their knowledge, connect what they know and master it. 2. Constructivism ✓ Views learners as active constructors of knowledge ✓ In planning lessons, teachers should provide learners with opportunities to organize or re- organize their thinking and construct knowledge that is meaningful to them (Piaget 1950) How? ▪ By ensuring that lessons engage and challenge learners, and tap into the learners’ zone of proximal development (ZPD) or the distance between the learners’ actual development level and the level of potential development (Vygotsky 1978) ▪ Teachers can employ strategies that allow collaboration among learners 3. Differentiated Instruction ✓ Providing multiple learning options in the classroom so that learners of varying interests, abilities, and needs are able to take in the same content appropriate to their needs; ✓ An instruction that aims to “maximize each student’s growth by recognizing that students have different ways of learning, different interest, and different ways of responding to instruction (Ravitch 2007). 4. Contextualization ✓ The educational process of relating the curriculum to a particular setting, situation, or area of application to make the competencies relevant, meaningful, and useful to all learners (DepEd order No. 32, s. 2015 “Adopting the Indigenous Peoples Education Curriculum Framework”). 5. ICT Integration ✓ ICTintegration in teaching and learning involves all activities and processes with the use of technology that will help promote learning and enhance the abilities and skills of both learners and teachers.