TEACHING RESOURCES INFORMATION
TITLE OF TEACHING RESOURCE
Ciencia en acción (Science in Action)
NAME OF AUTHOR(S)
Rosa María Ros Ferré (Director)
NAME OF PRODUCER
CNIO,CSIC,ICMAT,RSEF,SGE,UNED
DATE OF PRODUCTION
Firs edition in 1999.
TYPE OF PRODUCT
Web Site/Portal
LEVEL OF CHEMISTRY KNOWLEDGE
Basic, Medium
PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH
Experiential learning
SUBJECT AREA
Fundamental Chemistry, Life Chemistry, Materials Science, Food Science, Health Science
TARGET GROUP LEVEL
Primary School, Lower Secondary School, Upper Secondary School
LANGUAGE/S OF TEACHING RESOURCES
Portuguese, Spanish
DESCRIPTION
Prerequisites:
The educational material available at this site is available freely and does not require any special program for viewing.
Contents:
Science in action is the website of an international competition for Spanish-speaking countries and Portuguese. The competition is open to science teachers and science communicators. You can find in this website news about the contest editions, a collection of experiments (all levels and subjects) and videos about every year editions.
Aims:
- To make students interested in chemistry.
- To have the student appreciate, learn and understand chemistry's basic concepts through experimentation.
Use in classroom:
We can use the videos and practical experiences reports to participate and teach chemistry through experimentation and research activities.
COMMENTS
Points of strength:
- A high variety of experiences available in the web.
- Points of weakness:
Only useful like database of experiments.
Scientific reliability
Good.
Pedagogic value:
It has a high pedagogic value for teachers and students and it´s perfect to design your own practical experiences and science fairs.
NAME OF THE REVIEWING ORGANISATION
CECE - Spanish Confederation of Education and Training
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