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
D.
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