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Title of the Experience

Experiments has always been a very rewarding experience

Name of the teacher

Irina Rotaru

Country where it took place

Romania

School typology

Lower Secondary School

Thematic Area

Chemistry

Experience typology

Teaching in class

Type of contact

Direct

Description of the Experience

Science may be difficult to teach if the teacher does not start from the students’ experience and then builds on it. As a teacher I have always tried to introduce the new concepts according to the students’ age and their cognitive and emotional capacity. I have avoided using abstractions and I have started from very concrete things deeply rooted in my students’ experience. Teaching my students how to make the best use of their senses, creating opportunities to practice their senses and raising their awareness about the role that our senses play in our life are very important when teaching science. Engaging students in simple experiments has always been a very rewarding experience; experiments are very explicit: they are clear and accessible; they engage students body and soul in the activities and they stir students’ interest in what the teacher is saying. I have started with very simple experiments which highlight basic science concepts and appeal to students: experiments which demonstrate what are soluble and insoluble or solid and liquid substances. I have noticed that all students participate in such activities and they learn a lot: they learn while doing something, following instructions to achieve a task usually within their team.

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Date: 2015.02.26

Posted by Badea Ionela (Romania)

Motto: Ascult şi... uit, Văd... şi ţin minte, Fac şi... înţeleg!

Si daca ne gandim ca chimia este o stiinta experimentala prin definitie.....atunci cu siguranta ca doar prezentand asa temele, putem avea succes in fata elevilor nostri si sa le trezim interesul pentru stiinta:prin experimentare!In lipsa unui laborator profesorul trebuie sa improvizeze iar sarcina lui devine intradevar si mai dificila.

Intotdeauna incerc sa creez o buna motivatie in predare noilor continuturi ....pentru a ma asigura cel putin ca le-am captat atentia.
La solutii si solubilitate le prezint situatii din viata reala si incerc sa scot de la ei esentialul:isi pot explica astfel de ce mor pestii in zilele calduroase, de ce se zahariseste dulceata in exces de zahar, de ce NaCl este folosita pentru a topi gheata pe suprafete nedorite(iarna), de ce clorul din apa potabila se indeparteaza prin fierbere si nu prin inghetare

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