In this recorded webinar, Andrea Soanes and Lyn Rogers look at the importance of observation as a fundamental aspect of the nature of science and explore relevant activities on the Science Learning Hub.
The webinar was designed to inspire teachers to actively look for opportunities to build students’ observation skills. The focus is on how to use observation to engage students in science and to build their understandings of the nature of science whilst developing science capabilities.
Watching the recorded webinar creates an opportunity for participants to engage with some simple observation activities and ideas, and it discusses how these can be used to foster students’ curiosity about their world.
Thank you so much! These webinars are a brilliant way of learning/sharing info!
Teacher
The slideshow and recorded webinar provide ideas and information that will support teachers of any year level to:
- actively look for opportunities to build students’ observation skills
- explicitly engage students in science
- build on students’ understandings of the nature of science
- help develop students’ science capabilities
- explore relevant activities on the Science Learning Hub.
PD – gets the brain churning and excited.
Teacher
Watch the video (above) of this professional development session (you may want to download it) and also see below the index and the slideshow presentation.
Index
| Topic | PowerPoint slide number(s) | Video timecode |
|---|---|---|
| Introducing the Science Learning Hub (SLH) and presenters | 3 | 00:00 |
| Webinar purpose | 4–5 | 00:31 |
| Observation activity | 6–7 | 02:17 |
| Finding observation resources on the SLH | 10–11 | 05:31 |
| Mystery box activity | 12 | 07:22 |
| What is observation? | 13–14 | 12:12 |
| Why is it important and where does it fit in the New Zealand Curriculum? | 15–18 | 14:40 |
| What opportunities do we offer our students to observe their world? | 19–20 | 17:50 |
| Rally table activity | 21 | 19:27 |
| Practical tools and adding value to existing activities | 22–24 | 26:12 |
| Social media links, thanks and comments | 25–26 | 31:05 |
Activity ideas
These activities are covered in the webinar:
- Observation: learning to see (this includes the video: Observation in science)
- Observation and the mystery box
- Making a simple microscope
- What do we see?
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