Experiements

1. TEACHER EDUCATION COURSE
PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION
EXPERIMENTS
a step-by-step guide

2. The stages of an
experiment in pre-primary
school are:
1. Setting the objective
2. Demonstrating
3. Checking understanding
4. Setting instructions
5. Individual work
6. Group work
7. Experiment log
8. Gallery

3. SETTING THE OBJECTIVE
The teacher clearly states what the children will learn and do
during the lesson.
Examples of what can be done:
"Today, we will learn about how plants drink water."

4. DEMONSTRATING
The teacher performs/shows the experiment first, using simple
language and gestures to ensure comprehension. This models the
expected actions and language use.
Examples of what can be done:
The teacher places a white carnation in colored water and says,
"Look, I am putting the flower in blue water."

5. CHECKING UNDERSTANDING
The teacher asks questions about the demonstration to ensure students
have understood the steps and can follow them.
Examples of what can be done:
After the demonstration, the teacher asks, "What did I put in the water?
What color was the water?"

6. SETTING INSTRUCTIONS
The teacher gives clear, step-by-step instructions for the
students to follow during their individual work.
Examples of what can be done:
"First, fill the cup with water. Next, add three drops of food
coloring. Then, put your flower in the cup."

7. INDIVIDUAL WORK
Each student performs the experiment on their own, allowing the
teacher to assess individual comprehension and abilities.
Examples of what can be done:
Students are given the materials and time to carry out the
experiment with the colored water and flowers independently.

8. GROUP WORK
Students are divided into groups to discuss what they observed
during the individual work, practicing their language skills
collaboratively.
Examples of what can be done:
Students talk in groups about their flowers, using sentences like, "My
flower is drinking blue water. What color is your flower drinking?"

9. EXPERIMENT LOG
After completing the experiment, each student (or group) records
their observations, results, and any other relevant information in a
simple log. This log can include drawings, dictated sentences,
photos, videos or written words depending on the students'
literacy levels.
Examples of what can be done:
The teacher provides a template with sections labeled "What I
did," "What I saw," and "What I learned." For pre-primary students,
this may involve drawing the flower before and after the
experiment, with the teacher helping to write down simple
observations the child dictates, such as "The flower was white.
Now it is blue." This reinforces the language used during the
experiment and solidifies the connection between the activity and
the language learning objectives.

10. GALLERY
The finished work or the process is displayed, and students can walk
around the 'gallery' to observe and discuss each other's experiments. The
teacher should also consider how students will take their experiments
home.
Examples of what can be done:
Each group's flower is placed on a table, and students walk around with
the teacher, discussing the changes observed in each flower, using the
target language.