Teaching Science to Children

1. Teaching
Science
By Angélica Guevara

2. Look deep into nature, and then
you will understand everything
better.
Albert Einstein

3. “Los Estándares Básicos en
CIENCIAS NATURALES buscan
que los estudiantes desarrollen las
Habilidades Científicas
y las Actitudes requeridas
para Explorar fenómenos
y para Resolver Problemas.
La búsqueda está centrada en
devolverles el derecho de preguntar
para aprender”.
According to our national
standards:

4. Scientific Skills
Observing
Classifying
Ordering
Infering
Identifying
Comparing
Predicting
Measuring
Interpreting Data
Hypothesizing

5. Scientific Skills
Plan an Investigation
Experiment
Use Models
Draw Conclusions
Communicate

6. Attitudes that develop Science Skills
Curiosity
Persistance
Honesty
Reflection
Flexibility
Critic
Team Work

7. Attitudes that develop Science Skills
Curiosity
Persistance
Honesty
Reflection
Flexibility
Critic
Team Work

8. How To Teach Science?

9. Kilpatrick, 1918
• Project Method.
• Student’s Autonomy.
• Interdisciplinary Topics.
• Negotiation / Team Work.
• Topics Contextualization.

10. Problem Solving
• Questions
posed by
students.
• Questions
related to
experiments.

11. Problem Solving
• Hypothesis
being
argumented.
• Hypothesis
being
critiziced by
classmates.

12. Exploring Facts
Through
reflection about
the quality and
value of the
elaborated
concepts,
scientific impacts
in their daily life.

13. Communication
•Analizing data
•Drawing
conclusions
•Making the
final product of
the project.

15. What To Teach in Science
Classes?

17. Life Science
Clasiffication
Basic Needs
Animals
and
Plants
Habitats
Life Cycles
Adaptations
Cells

18. Earth Science
Surfaces
Natural
Resources
Fossils
Water
Weather
The Solar
System

19. Physical Science
Forms of
Matter
Balanced and
Unbalanced
Forces
Matter and Energy Forces and Motion
Forms of
Energy
Electricity and
Magnets
Gravity and
Weight
Friction
Work
Simple Machines

20. Thanks!!!