INTEREDU™ - Designing and Managing Science Fairs and Virtual Scientific Experiments

Curriculum

Designing and Managing Science Fairs and Virtual Scientific Experiments

Program Details

Title	Designing and Managing Science Fairs and Virtual Scientific Experiments
Duration:	10 hours
Prerequisites:	Completed “ Advanced Educational Qualification”
Material:	Training Guide, Program Kit, and online resources on Marifah
Level - Track:	Specialized Level – Science
Target Audience :	Science Teachers grade (1-3)

Short Description

This program focuses on introducing teachers of the primary international schools to the basic processes for preparing scientific experiments in school laboratory. It provides them with the skills of planning, execution and assessment to perform practical experimental lessons. It further introduces them to the dry lab or virtual lab and provides them with the skills to perform experimental activities through animated simulation.

Big Ideas

•	Use of virtual labs is an effective manner in understanding science concepts.
•	The Science Exhibition is organized under different themes.
•	A Science project has common properties.
•	Scientific Method is the way real scientists investigate in real science labs.

Essential Questions

•	How can teachers use virtual lab in classrooms as an effective tool?
•	How can teachers make Science fairs effective in teaching?

Outcomes

Unit	Outcomes
1	• Define the virtual lab and its importance. • Identify the meaning and properties of virtual lab. • Identify the ways of using virtual labs in the classroom environment.
2	• Identify how to use virtual lab in different science fields. • Identify how to setup virtual lab in computer. • Discern how to deal with tool bars and tools in the program.
3	• Provide a forum to nurture science and inventive interest from the surrounding environment, connecting new ideas to their existing ideas from materials and activities. • Explore scientific talent and creative thinking among students to inculcate them a sense of pride. • Develop acquainting the role of science and technology to meet society needs. • Analyze the effect of science and technology on individuals, cultures and societies. • Explain the effective ways of using science fairs and dry labs in science teaching.

Assessment

No	Assessment		Component	Weight
1	Attendance and Participation		Participation	5
			Attendance	5
2	Formative Assessment	Self-regulated -assessment	KWL-Q	5
			Vocabulary Tool	5
		Trainer Assessment	Task 1 use Crocodile Program in this subject.	15
			Task 2 build a complete Science Fair Display Board based on rubrics.	15
			Task 3 demonstrate a presentation of a cumulative project in addition to fill a judge form for evaluating colleagues’ presentations	15


3	Summative assessment		Exit Task	5


			Portfolio	10
			Final exam	20

Program Total				100

Time Distribution

No	Item	Time (min)
1	KWL-Q	15
2	Pre-Vocabulary Tool	15
3	Terminology	10
4	Activity 1.1: Ice breaker	10
5	Activity 1.2: what is virtual lab?	15
6	Activity 1.3: Virtual labs properties	30
7	Activity 1.4: Using virtual lab in classroom	50
8	Assessment task	10
9	Activity 2.1: Improving our Teaching	20
10	Activity 2.2: Crocodile Program	20
11	Activity 2.3: Using Crocodile Program in subjects (Physics)	65
12	Activity 2.4: Using Crocodile Program in subjects (Chemistry)	65
13	Assessment task	10
14	Activity 3.1: Choosing a category that interests you	35
15	Activity 3.2: Coming up with a Good Question	30
16	Activity 3.3: Doing the Research and forming a Hypothesis	45
17	Activity 3.4: Testing your Hypothesis by doing an experiment	60
18	Activity 3.5: The Presentation	55
19	Assessment task	10
20	Post -Vocabulary Tool	10
21	Exit Task	20
	Total	10 Hours