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Why are science fairs organised in schools?

• To help the students to score higher in their examination
  
  

• To nurture creativity and experimentation in science among students
  
  

• To evaluate students on the basis of their performance
  
  

• To prepare students for higher education in science

As a teacher, which one of the following do you find most appropriate for scientific approach to teaching?

• Show the use of technology for teaching concepts
  
  

• Give projects to the students
  
  

• Ask the students to perform activities related to the concepts
  
  

• Clarify the students about the concepts in the class

According to NCF, 2005, 'good science education is true to life'. What does this mean?

• Science should be able to engage the child meaningfully.

• Science should enable the child in learning the processes of acquiring scientific knowledge.

• Science should help in living easy life.

• Science should prepare the child to the world of work

Which one of the following is not a quality of scientific attitude?

• Curiosity to learn more
  
  

• Objectivity in approach to problems
  
  

• Hard work
  
  

• Open-mindedness

Hari wants to teach the circular motion to class VI students. Which one of the following will be the best method?

• Activity-based teaching
  
  

• Giving examples
  
  

• Demonstration
  
  

• Discussion

Which one of the following is an important aim of learning science?

• To collect the information of science contents
  
  

• To imbibe the value of honesty, integrity and cooperation among learners
  
  

• To help the fellow colleagues in getting knowledge of science
  
  

• To get knowledge of science

Which one of the following is not a step of the problem-solving approach?

• Attempt to solve
  
  

• Drawing conclusion
  
  

• Observation
  
  

• Visualising the situation

Yoga is done by the people in the world because

• it keeps people healthy
  
  

• it increases hunger
  
  

• it brings happiness
  
  

• it is a simple exercise

Which one of the following is a step of analogy strategy in science?

• Presentation of abstraction
  
  

• Interlinking concepts
  
  

• Application
  
  

• Map similarities

While teaching the concept, 'force can change the shape of an object' to students, a teacher plans the following activities
A. Explain concepts using commonly observed examples.
B. Provide a dough on a plate and ask the students to press it down with the hand.
C. Show an audio-visual film explaining the concept with some examples.

The teacher is using different approaches to learning because

• she knows she must follow her lesson plan

• she wants to prepare students for a test

• there are different kinds of learners in the class and she wants to address multiple intelligences

• she wants to prove her knowledge