Hands on Science Books
I have written some science activity books and I am posting links to the PDFs on this page (see below). They are written by a British scientist with a doctorate in chemistry and they are intended for schools working with the Spanish Curriculum in English. They contain activities for whole class experiments with the students working in groups of 4-5 children. They are free to download, use and photocopy. I am doing this because I want to encourage teachers to do more practical activities in classes and I don't think that the activities in normal text books really help teachers to actually do experiments. If you use my work, please credit it (Jenny Cumming) so that I know that it is worth continuing to write material.
Hands on Science - Primary 4
This book contains 20 detailed experiments and a project that follow the Spanish curriculum for cuarto. There are teaching notes, photo summaries and a printable/photocopiable worksheet for each experiment. Here is an example of how an experiment is presented:
Link to download the PDF of the book:
4o de Primario - Libro de fichas de las ciencias naturales
Link to download the PDF of a set of model answers:
4o de Primario - Ejemplos de fichas hechas
Hands on Science - Primary 5
This book contains 20 detailed experiments and a project that follow the Spanish curriculum for quinto. There are teaching notes, photo summaries and a printable/photocopiable worksheet for each experiment. Here is an example of how an experiment is presented:
Link to download the PDF of the book:
5o de Primario - Libro de fichas de las ciencias naturales
Link to download the PDF of a set of model answers:
5o de Primario - Ejemplos de fichas hechas
Hands on Science - Primary 6
This book contains 20 detailed experiments and a project that follow the Spanish curriculum for quinto. There are teaching notes, photo summaries and a printable/photocopiable worksheet for each experiment. Here is an example of how an experiment is presented:
Link to download the PDF of the book:
6o de Primario - Libro de fichas de las ciencias naturales
Link to download the PDF of a set of model answers:
(I'll post these in September when I have access to a photocopier-scanner)
Methodology
Activities in normal text books really only enable students to use the bottom two levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. The activities usually require a lot of organisation and, as they are presented, only last about 5 minutes. I wanted to write activities that enable an experiment to be done by the students in a group so they can discuss and explain. I also wanted the activity to last 15-20 minutes so it is worth organising and I have done this by getting the students to do measuring, completing tables and drawing graphs. These are all skills that are at higher levels on Bloom's Taxonomy.
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