Which one of the following should not be an aim of science education at the upper primary level?

• Inculcating values

• Presenting facts of science to the learners

• Relating science education to the everyday experiences of learners

• Nurturing the curiosity and cultivation of scientific temper

How could learning be made more meaningful for students of class VII by the teacher while teaching the topic 'Save Water'?

• Asking students to interview people in their colony about water consumption and carry out 'Water Audit'

• Conducting a quiz competition

• Asking students to design posters

• Asking students to write an essay

A teacher before beginning to teach 'digestion' to class VI students provides them with the outline diagram of a human body and asks them to draw all parts, through which they think the food would travel from the mouth when they eat.

What could be the teacher's purpose in asking this question?

• To investigate students' prior ideas related to human body and digestion so that future teaching-learning sessions can be accordingly planned

• To find out which students have read the topic in advance and come prepared for the class and grade them accordingly

• To evaluate students' drawing skills as drawing diagrams is an important skill in life sciences

• To judge students' understanding of the digestive system and grade them accordingly

For an effective discussion in class VII on the topic, "Why smoke rises up?" A science teacher should

1. discourage questions during the discussion.
2. provide a common platform to the learners.
3. acknowledge learners' responses to sustain their interest
4. summarize and assess the learner's ideas at the end of discussion

• Only IV

• III and IV

• I and II

• II, III and IV

Which one among the following questions would be an 'open-ended question'?

• Explain why we always see the same side of the Moon?

• Why does the Moon change its shape daily?

• Suppose the Moon emits light of its own, would it still have phases

• Meteors are not visible during the daytime. Explain the reason

96.

A class VIII student makes the statement

"We live inside the Earth and it is round. That's why Columbus' ship returned to the starting point."

How is the science teacher of class VIII best advised to react?

• Challenge the child's idea by presenting pictures taken from space and helping her in understanding how large the radius of the Earth is

• Reject the statement and tell the child that it is like a globe and we live on the surface of the round Earth

• Explain that although the Earth is round like a ball yet it appears circular like a plate

• Accept the statement as it indicates the child's idea and needs to be respected

Which one of the following is the most appropriate technique of assessment of attitude and values development among students by science education?

• Paper-pencil test

• Observation

• Check-list

• Rating scale

A teacher frames a learning objective as-"Making a device using simple electric circuit". This learning objective is matching with which cognitive process?

• Understanding

• Creating

• Analyzing

• Remembering

Good science education' should fulfill some basic validity. Which one of the following validities is most appropriately fulfilled by the concept of 'shadow formation' in the class VI syllabus at the upper primary level?

• Process

• Cognitive

• Environmental

• Content

Which one of the following statements about scientific knowledge would you not agree with?

• Scientific knowledge is absolute, certain, and eternal

• The development of scientific knowledge involves imagination and creativity

• Scientific knowledge is socially and culturally embedded

• Scientific knowledge is theory-laden