Experimental design project about exploring diversity of matter
Do we ever realize how many types of matter contribute to our lives?
Those questions had been discussed when I taught grade 7 on this first semester of 2017/2018 academic year. Students learn about exploring the diversity of matter by learning about the concept and doing experiment project. The following are the evidence of how grade 7 students learn about the concept of scientific endeavour and diversity of matter.
Picture 1. Experiment About Filtration and Erosion Model |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xidLq-dnPkA
Picture 2. Experiment About pH Natural Indicator |
Picture 3. Experiment About pH Natural Indicator using different procedure
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importance of their experiment for the society. This is the link of the video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OglygoxFnnk
The fourth picture is about an experiment for testing the borax content on foods by using different types of matter by using turmeric. They used cotton bud, tooth pick and paper. The result goes to paper. Then they made a final report. After that, they made a video to inform people through social media. This is the link of the video that they made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8GBTiU7fn0
The fifth picture is an experiment about making a mosquito catcher by using different type of matter and colour. They compared on which kind of colour effectively trap the number of mosquito. The result goes to dark colour. Then they made a final laboratory report. Finally they made a video to inform the people through social media. This is the link of the video ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7olOyxQXYA
Picture 5. Experiment experiment about making a mosquito catcher by using different type of matter and colour |
This science project is also part of the service learning. It shows their knowledge and caring to the community and the environment arround them. Hopefully this project can bring benefits to everyone that see the result of their project.
A famous quote from Peter Senge that " sharing knowledge is not about giving people something from them. That is only valid for information sharing. Sharing knowledge occurs when people are genuinely interested in helping one another develop new capacities for action; it is about creating learning process."