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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TOLGA GÖK

Offered to

Elementary Teacher Education

Course Objective

The primary goal is to foster students' skills in creating and applying simple, affordable experiments to facilitate the learning of physics, chemistry, and biology subjects in accordance with the primary school curriculum.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defining science
2   Understanding the role and importance of laboratories in science education
3   Employing scientific process skills
4   Gaining knowledge of different types of experiments and designing age-appropriate experiments
5   Applying experimental process skills effectively

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course objectives and characteristics of a scientist
2 Laboratory rules and first aid procedures
3 Importance of laboratories and classification of laboratory equipment
4 Scientific process skills
5 Data collection, organization, and graphing
6 Conducting observations
7 Measurement and the use of numerical data
8 Midterm exam
9 Classification
10 Understanding space-time-position relationships
11 Making predictions
12 Formulating hypotheses
13 Estimation and forecasting
14 Manipulating and controlling variables
15 Group activities involving simple, low-cost experimental designs
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Şimşek, N.(2019). Fen Bilimleri Laboratuvar Uygulamaları, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık

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 students quiz and final exams are evaluated 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)

tolga.gok@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 12:00-12:45

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

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