Task 1 - Norina

Hi, all of you !

I think this lesson went well and it worked to my students. So, I will share with all of you.

I taught on the topic of ‘ Balance of Nature’ on that time. The aims were to identify the organisms in a food web and the role of food webs in maintaining the balance of nature.

First, I brought the students to the school gardens to look for various organisms such as insects, plants or other living things. They had to list down all the living things that can be found on the field. Then, in the class, they built food webs based on the data that was collected. After that, we had a discussion on how the food webs play the role in maintaining the balance of nature.

The lesson went quite well I guess because the students enjoyed the lesson, happy and loosen up because they were given chance to do outdoor study.

I had tried this method in 2006 when I was teaching Science Form 2 on the topic ‘Plants Classification’. That’s how I get the idea to teach Science Form 5. The students used to study in the classroom or doing experiment in the Science laboratory. That time, they learnt Science outside the classroom. They did Science exploration while they were walking around the school.

The aims were achieved. That means the lesson is a success. The cooperation from the students made the lesson meaningful.

I had learnt something. We should be creative and practice various methods to make teaching and learning ( T & L ) process more effective. Furthermore, T & L should involve hands on and cooperation from students. Students should be motivated too.

The lesson can be improved by :

1. Doing the exploration in the jungle.
2. Completing the task in groups and presenting using MS Powerpoint.

I had shared my experience with other Science panel members.

That’s all for now. Nice to get the feed back from all of you.