Gifted Education School Network Experience Sharing Compendium - STEAM Education

透過探究式學習提升資優學生的科學素養

– 民生書院小學

[In Chinese only]

• 學生以「預測(predict)、觀察(observe)、解釋(explain)」科學探究模式進行有關蠟燭的科學探究。學生逐步剖釋「蠟燭愈長，愈快熄滅」的神奇現象。
• 教師透過課前評估和分層提問等適異性教學策略，讓學生思考和分析燃燒與空氣的關係，並延伸至不同燃燒的情況。
• 課堂設計能強化資優／高能力學生科學的論證能力，有助提升他們的高層次思維技巧。

• 小四科學探究
• 課前評估, 課堂工作紙, 挑戰題
• 證據卡

Promoting the Scientific Enquiry among Gifted/ More Able Students via Candle Investigations

- Homantin Government Secondary School

This lesson is designed to exemplify the use of a jigsaw cooperative learning strategy using a prediction-observation-explanation (POE) inquiry model. When candles of different lengths are ignited under a closed system, the longest candle will go out first. It is because the hot carbon dioxide rises and accumulates near the longest candle. The experimental result may contradict students’ predictions as they may think that the burning time depends solely on the amount of fuel. This lesson allows students to discuss what they think will happen in the closed system. They are arranged in expert groups to collect new evidence in 4 learning stations. Finally, students are arranged in jigsaw groups to share their empirical findings and write an explanation for what they have seen. The lesson design helps nurture creativity and higher-order thinking skills among gifted/ more able students.