I have stumbled upon one interesting way to teach lesson. Hold a conference on the subject, where children are the delegates. This is how it came about.
While teaching brain to Class 5, I went on to explain how scientists share their discoveries and research. I told them about conferences, how each person presents a talk, there are posters sessions, question-answers and discussion. There is Name-tag so you know who's who. Everyone listens to everyone. Kids said, they also want to have a conference of their own. So we announced a 'One Day Conference on Human Nervous System'. I assigned somewhat challenging questions for each child to present. Here is the list of questions. Each question had some experiment or reading to be done.
Children made the posters and invitation cards for teachers. I made the badge for each child - that was my selling point. Finally, the day of the conference arrived. I had blocked four school periods for the conference. Each child had done some experiment and gathered some information. They explained their question, described their work and what they found. The audience was allowed to ask only two questions. There were many comments from others. Further discussion shifted to the lunch break. By evening, we wrapped the 'One Day Conference on Human Nervous System'.
Children naturally did everything that scientists do at a conference. They presented their work and exchanged ideas. Some questions remained unanswered. The event was such a success that we will be displaying their presentations on the board as a - poster session for parents.
This confirms my belief that children should be taught science, by teaching them how science actually works, rather than read about scientific work through books. This is one of the interesting ways in which a topic can be covered.
While teaching brain to Class 5, I went on to explain how scientists share their discoveries and research. I told them about conferences, how each person presents a talk, there are posters sessions, question-answers and discussion. There is Name-tag so you know who's who. Everyone listens to everyone. Kids said, they also want to have a conference of their own. So we announced a 'One Day Conference on Human Nervous System'. I assigned somewhat challenging questions for each child to present. Here is the list of questions. Each question had some experiment or reading to be done.
Children made the posters and invitation cards for teachers. I made the badge for each child - that was my selling point. Finally, the day of the conference arrived. I had blocked four school periods for the conference. Each child had done some experiment and gathered some information. They explained their question, described their work and what they found. The audience was allowed to ask only two questions. There were many comments from others. Further discussion shifted to the lunch break. By evening, we wrapped the 'One Day Conference on Human Nervous System'.
Children naturally did everything that scientists do at a conference. They presented their work and exchanged ideas. Some questions remained unanswered. The event was such a success that we will be displaying their presentations on the board as a - poster session for parents.
This confirms my belief that children should be taught science, by teaching them how science actually works, rather than read about scientific work through books. This is one of the interesting ways in which a topic can be covered.
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