Journal week 2

Students names and ID number: Date:

Badreyya Abdulla from 26th February, 2017
H00303679 To 2nd March, 2017
Journal title:

Teaching Science in
Primary Schools
Picture
Figure1: I used to ask
students solve the
questions on the board
to make them feel
involved

Figure2: I created a
group activity for
them to build a
cooperative learning

Figure3: I required
from students to draw
a mind map about rocks
properties to as a
facilitation for low
students

Figure4: I borrowed
from chemistry lap
the rock to give
student chance to
feel the texture and
luster of each rock

 Journal body

In my second week of my teaching practice at GEMS Westminster The school,

I started to teach a full science lesson. From my experience as science student

teacher, I found that science subject is such a useful and enjoyable subject

for learners. In my perspective, the teacher has the control the convert

boring concepts to the appealing and fun lesson.

From my observation, I noticed that science subject involves the superior and

necessary knowledge that could we linked to others subjects such as

Geography, Mathematics, and English. I observed that the students enjoyed

exploring nature and whatever happens in our everyday life. Besides that,

science subject contributes to making students aware of own sense organs,

living and non-living things, energy, electricity and so on (Diana, 2008). For

instance, there is a lesson which teaches children and the stages of rocks

formation. Speaking for myself, its such an amazing feeling to see your

students faces when he discovers something new that he was wording about it.

Regarding the suitable teaching strategies for science topics, the

brainstorming or mind map is the most appropriate strategy for the lesson how

includes steps or stage for something life cycle such as rock can frog (Gil,

2013). The figure below that rock cycle that I used to give students. I
recognized that was much easier for them to summarize the lesson into

distinct sections as a mind map. Besides, I saw that they get the main idea of

the lesson quicker and they were so active with me.

Figure1: here is
the rock cycle
mind that I used
it to explain
rock formation

References used:

Diana. (2008) THE IMPORTANCE OF SCIENCE FOR CHILDREN

Retrieved on 26th February, 2017 from
https://www.monash.edu/education/news/linking-science-with-everyday-
lives

Gil, E. (2013) What is Your Teaching Style? 5 Effective Teaching

Methods for Your Classroom Retrieved on 26th February, 2017 from

http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/teaching-strategies/5-types-of-

classroom-teaching-styles/