Author(s): Daniela Crizantema Nane, Scoala Gimnaziala Constantin Parfene, Romania
- RR7A 11 - 12
- RR7H 1 - 2
Introduction
Students are put in a position to read, understand, process and apply information from a scientific text. The teacher organizes the activity individually, in pairs and in tandems (groups of 3-4 students) and uses different teaching methods to develop students' reading (literacy) skills.
Learning Objectives
- Develop students` ability to read, extract and understand scientific information explicitly formulated in a text
- Encouraging in students the ability to formulate (orally and / or in writing) a personal point of view on the text read
- Stimulate students` ability to apply knowledge / information in everyday life
Process
1. Students read the scientific (non-literary) text that they can access using the link https://read.bookcreator.com/jhVB36wAdbbQpUoefBnPdpil1G43/eRxW4d7kStiUb_SDUgjydw 2. Students are asked to draw an atom selecting and using the information explicitly formulated in the text they read. Students use the new information in a different context. 3. In pairs, students explain what they represented, ask each other questions. If there are ambiguities they may reread the passage from the text / ask the teacher for clarifications. 4. Students are asked to make individually a concept map with the information they found and then build up a device to help highlight at least one method of electrification with the given resources, in groups. (Expected answer: Electroscope) 5. Students are asked to identify the 2 methods of electrification (by contact and by influence) that can be highlighted with this device. 6. Students perform experiments through which they rediscover the scientific information – they explain the phenomenon of electrization and communicate the conclusions to their classmates. 7. Students are asked to read a text by accessing the link below and then answer the question: What is the connection between the unit of measurement of electric charge and the French physicist Charles Auguste Coulomb? https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coulomb. 8. Students are then asked to present their own ideas using Pic Collage.