Activity based Physical science Classroom

As a former contributor and current reader of 'Teacher Plus', I find a few very interesting articles. One such is published in this month's edition.

The author has brought out grassroots realities of online classroom interaction and how it is not as easy to develop as it is wrongly perceived to be.

In this context, I remember a UNESCO Report published in the 1980s; it contained evidence based research materials from several countries and proved that simple household appliances are adequate to teach many physical science concepts up to the middle school level. I have had experiences endorsing this view in my own career as science teacher and teacher trainer.

I have always thought that animations are in no way as effective as actual experiments and activities performed by children unless the experiments and activities are dangerous.

For instance, the simple middle school physical science concept that objects require oxygen in burning, can be demonstrated by simple activities such as this, done in my kitchen.