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Hi..here are some of the examples of science games in the PowerPoint file format. I found it from a website. I think it suits the primary science curriculum syllabus. The provides you with more than 50 ready to be used games as well as template for you to make your create your own game.

Click on the topic titles below to see the examples of science game:

Living Things

Insects

Classification of Animals

Water Cycle

For more games click here.

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To PONDER…

The use of games technology in education is not a new phenomenon. The use of a game to aid learning and improve achievement is suggested because traditional methods of engagement are currently failing on some levels. As teachers, we should consider to include games in your science lesson as it could cater lots of benefits to both teaching and learning situations and activities.

Some of the benefits include:

·        It may provide pupils with meaningful situations - for the application of science skills are created by games

·        It may boost up pupils’ motivation as they could freely choose to participate and enjoy playing

·        It also may help foster positive attitude as games provide opportunities for building self-concept and developing positive attitudes towards mathematics, through reducing the fear of failure and error

·        It also help increased learning  as in comparison to more formal activities, greater learning can occur through games due to the increased interaction between children, opportunities to test intuitive ideas and problem solving strategies

·        Games can be arranged according to different levels therefore games can allow children to operate at different levels of thinking and to learn from each other. In a group of children playing a game, one child might be encountering a concept for the first time, another may be developing his/her understanding of the concept, a third consolidating previously learned concepts

·        It can be used as assessment – children’s thinking often becomes apparent through the actions and decisions they make during a game, so the teacher has the opportunity to carry out diagnosis and assessment of learning in a non-threatening situation

·        It can be played both at home and school as games provide ‘hands-on’ interactive tasks for both school and home

·        It provide practice pupils to become self-independence – Children can work independently of the teacher. The rules of the game and the children’s motivation usually keep them on task.

·        Few language barriers – an additional benefit becomes evident when children from non-english-speaking backgrounds are involved. The basic structures of some games are common to many cultures, and the procedures of simple games can be quickly learned through observation. Children who are reluctant to participate in other science activities because of language barriers will often join in a game, and so gain access to the science learning as well as engage in structured social interaction.

I will try in my next post (InsyaAllah..), to post some examples of the science games that can be used to teach Brunei Primary Science topics.

~NuRuL~

Here is a good video demonstrating and explaining the concept of student entered learning. It contains a brief description about student centred learning and is benefit to children education. It also provides lists of types of teaching strategies that can be categorised as student centred learning such as: debate, peer review, jigsaw, simulation and problem based learning. It gives brief and clear explanation how each types of teaching strategies is considered as student centred and ways to use the strategies in the classroom.

Tips to Science Teachers:

It is a very good knowledge base science teachers need to be aware of as it can help makes science teaching more enjoyable and meaningful to students as they are discovering science knowledge on their own through student centred learning. To me, simulation and problem based learning are the most suitable teaching strategies to be used in Brunei Primary Science classes.

 CLICK here TO WATCH THE VIDEO

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Description:

This video explores the concepts behind photosynthesis, a process whereby plants make their own food. It explains that one of the by-products of photosynthesis is oxygen which is very vital to our survival.

Tips to Science Teachers:

This video can be used in your science lessons to teach the topic for Primary 5: Shoot system of plants. The video can be projected out in the classroom and the pupils are to be asked to make observation on the science knowledge they need to learn from it and to record them in their recording sheets provided by you.

CLICK here TO WATCH THE VIDEO ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS

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Description:

Videos below demonstrate the life cycle of animals. It provides sequence of life stages of animals

Tips to Science Teachers:

You can choose any of the videos below to be used in class to teach Primary 5 on the topic Life Cycle of Animals.

Butterfly Life Cycle

Mosquito Life Cycle Video

Life cycle of Butterfly, Chicken, Frog and Mosquito (Suitable for closure)

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Description:

This video contains student sample of still pictures, narration and background music.

Tips to Science Teachers:

This video can be used to sum up science lessons on Groups of Animals for Primary 5. It provides still pictures of animals categorised to its group and a brief narration of their characteristics.

CLICK here TO WATCH THE VIDEO

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You may wonder of what Learning Management System really is. Here, i have some information related to the Learning Management System taken from a website. 

The term “Learning Management System” or “LMS” defines an enterprise wide system that comprises the following five elements:

• The courseware launching component that sequences instructional activities for a student, and provides the interface for student access to the activities. (This element of an LMS is commonly referred to as “Computer Managed Instruction” or “CMI”).
• The course-development component enables a course administrator to specify the content of the course in terms of lessons and the sequence of these lessons.
• The roster operations component registers the student and enrolls him or her in courses.
• The assignment management component assigns the lessons to the student and records the student performance data.
• The data collection component provides the automated collection and management of data.

LMS can be used in the teaching and learning of Brunei Primary Science to help make teaching and learning more innovative, enjoyable, easy to manage and more meaningful.

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Alright here we go again…The following site provides primary science teachers with an easy way to assess pupils understanding or knowledge. Teacher can just simply go to the websites and project it out in the class. You can decide on how many questions you want to ask as well as the grade/level.

Click here to visit the site.

~NuRuL~

Hello everyone…just to share with you the site that i found very useful. This site offers various useful links to any site that contain interactive science lessons. You can just simply click to any link from this site and pick from it any interactive science lessons to suit your lesson. Enjoyyy

Click here to visit the site.

 ~NuRuL~