COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LABORATORY APPLICATIONS IN SCIENCE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SNF 2003 LABORATORY APPLICATIONS IN SCIENCE COMPULSORY 0 2 0 3

Offered By

Elementary Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Elementary Teacher Education

Course Objective

Enabling students to learn by living and doing and carrying all the activities in Science and Technology course in the first stage of the primary education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Enabling students to learn by living and doing and carrying all the activities in Science and Technology course in the first stage of the primary education
2   Being able to have of knowledge about laboratory in science education
3   Being able to use scientific process skills
4   Being able to have of knowledge of the types of experiments and being able to design experiments for different age groups
5   Being able to to know how to assess the experimental skills

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The aim and importance of the laboratory in science teaching
2 The aim and importance of the laboratory in science teaching
3 Safety in the laboratory
4 Scientific method
5 Scientific process skills and how they are gained
6 Laboratory experiments for primary school (planning, conducting and evaluating the results of the experiments)
7 Laboratory experiments for primary school (planning, conducting and evaluating the results of the experiments)
8 General review, course evaluation, midterm exam
9 Examples of experiments that can be done with simple and inexpensive materials; group works
10 Examples of experiments that can be done with simple and inexpensive materials; group works
11 Examples of experiments that can be done with simple and inexpensive materials; group works
12 Examples of experiments that can be done with simple and inexpensive materials; group works
13 Examples of experiments that can be done with simple and inexpensive materials; group works
14 Examples of experiments that can be done with simple and inexpensive materials; group works
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Fen Bilgisi Laboratuvar Deneyleri, Tohit Güneş, Dilek Çelikler, M. Handan Güneş, Sibel Demir Kaçan, Anı Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Inquiry based learning, experiment method.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment of Student's quiz and final exams are avaluated according to learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Its required to join to %80 of courses

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ilhan.silay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 7 1 7
Preparation for final exam 7 2 14
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.15443
LO.243543
LO.344334
LO.44354
LO.53544