Hands-On Activities in Science For Grade 7
Hands-On Activities in Science For Grade 7
Hands-On Activities in Science For Grade 7
Science is unique among school subjects in that its Hands-on Activities were perceived as an enjoyable
curriculum aims to create future scientists rather than and effective form of learning of almost all the major
the future citizen. This produces a foundation U.S science curriculum reforms of the late 1960s and
curriculum whose coherence only becomes clear for early 1970s. In biology and chemistry, Biological
those who stay the distance, and with it the value and Science Curriculum Study (BSCS) and Chemical
meaning of the subject. Moreover, it is dominated by Education Materials Study (CHEMS) were developed,
an assessment system whose predominant demand is respectively. For the elementary school level,
low-level cognitive recall. Such a system promotes particularly three major curriculum programs such as
“performance learning,” which is extrinsically Science-A Process Approach (SAPA), Elementary
motivated, rather than “mastery learning,” which Science Study (ESS), and Science Curriculum
concentrates on the student, to the detriment of student Improvement Study (SCIS) began to be used in
engagement. Those who drop by the wayside are left classrooms during those times. Although these
with a few disjointed pieces of knowledge whose programs (ESS, SCIS, SAPA) differed in their
salience is difficult to comprehend. organization and style, they were synonymous with the
spirit of the elementary school curriculum innovations
Hands-on science is defined mainly as any by their hands-on and activity-based strategies
instructional approach involving activity and direct emphasizing problem solving, process skills, and
experience with natural phenomena or any educational creativity.
experience that actively involve students in
manipulating objects to gain knowledge or In the 2003 Third International Mathematics and
understanding. Some terms such as materials-centered Science Studies (TIMMS) for the fourth graders,
science and activity-centered science are used Philippines ranked 23rd among 25 countries in both
synonymous with hands-on science or terms such as Mathematics and Science. Test result for the 8th
materials-centered activities, manipulative activities graders equivalent to second year high school shows
and practical activities are used synonymous with that the Philippines at the 40th in mathematics and
hands-on activities. Unlike the laboratory works, 41st in Science among 45 countries (Soriano, 2013).
Hands-on Activities do not necessarily need some
special equipment and special medium. According to It is alarming that despites of the initiatives and
Jodi and Eckert Hands-on Activities are based on the dedication of different institution and parties to
upgrade the levels of knowledge and skills for Science evaluated by the experts with respect to:
and Mathematics the country is still left behind. 4.1 Objectives;
4.2 Content;
Since the aim of science education is to help every 4.3 Organization and Presentation;
Filipino learner to gain a functional understanding of 4.4 Relevance;
scientific concepts and principles linked with real-life 4.5 Usefulness; and
situations and acquire scientific skills, attitudes and 4.6 Availability of Materials?
values necessary to analyze and solve day to day
problems, development and validation of hands-on
activities on the teaching of the selected topics is Literature Review
proposed.
Pascual (2020) studied on the “Development and
In view of this, the researcher being a teacher of
Evaluation of Multi-Strategy Based Activity Module
Science who has observed the poor performance of the
in Teaching High School in Biology”. The developed
students in Science in the scheduled tests believed
multi strategy-based activity module as instructional
that the students’ proficiency can be improved as she
material was found to be functional, suited, and
further assumed that there are various techniques in
purposeful as attested by the evaluation made by the
teaching science by providing hands on activities on
t e a c h e r s in s el e c t ed p r iv a t e and p u b lic
selected topics in Science. Hands on activities as one
schools.Menciano (2017) pointed out the positive
of the instructional strategies can be used in teaching
effect of instructional materials on the pupils’
Science through computer, television, webcam, OHP
performance using the developed and validated small-
and other forms of technology that could provide the
group activities through cooperative learning.
students the actual moving and colorful pictures of the
lessons. The study of Pascual and Menciano revealed that
learning materials and multi-strategy in learning
Research Questions process helps to develop a competitive individual.
Thus, the researcher aims to develop Intervention
The study aimed to determine the level of acceptability
Materials that can also help to meet the goal in
of the developed Hands-on Activities in Science for
learning and to suffice the learner needs.Carigma
Grade 7 students as evaluated by the experts and (2019) also developed and validated module in
students in Division of Rizal, during the School Year handicraft technology. She concluded that the
2022 -2023. Specifically, this sought to answers the developed module is very acceptable as supplementary
following questions: materials in the teaching of the subject.
1. What are the indices of validity and reliability of the Armeth-Brothers (2007) conducted the design and
developed pretest and posttest that covered different development of modules for medical terminology
topics used in the Hands-on Activities in Science for electronic textbooks. The design of the e-text
Grade 7? c o n f o r m e d to e s t a b l i s h e d web d e s i g n
2. What is the level of performance of the two groups recommendations including those for navigations,
of respondents on the selected topics in Grade 7 screen design, clarity, and comprehension. It also
Science as revealed by the posttest results with respect followed instructional design principles, derived from
to: adult learning theories and multimedia evaluations to
2.1 Chemistry; organize content and to design learning activities. The
2.1.1 Acid and Base; and result of the study is a prototype electronic textbook on
2.1.2 Metal and Non Metal? compact disk consisting of medical terminology in
2.2 Biology; anatomy and physiology content, games and drills,
2.2.1 Animal Cell and Plant Cell; and video scenarios, audio clips, and illustrations to be
2.2.2 Interaction? used by allied professionals.
3. Is there a significant difference on the level of
performance of the control and experimental group as Doblada (2007) in the Effect of Enrichment Activities
revealed by the posttest results with respect to the cited on the performance of fourth year high school students
topics from the developed Hands-on Activities in in trigonometry found out that there is a significant
Science for Grade 7? difference in the performance of the experimental and
4. What is the level of acceptability of the Developed control groups with respect to different lessons in
Hands-on Activities in Science for Grade 7 as trigonometry as revealed in pretest and post test results
This study used the experimental method of research The study was undertaken during the school year 2022
utilizing pretest and posttest experimental and control - 2023 covering the first and second quarter of the
group design and the descriptive method of research grading system. Permission to conduct the study was
utilizing a questionnaire-checklist. According to secured from the office of the Schools Division
Calmorin (2004), experimental research is a highly Superintendent, Division of Rizal. The researcher
controlled procedure involving the control of conducted a standardized diagnostic test to know the
manipulation of conditions for the purpose of studying level of preparedness and knowledge of the learners
the relative effects of various treatments applied to regarding the topics included in the study. She then
members of a sample, or of the same treatment applied tabulated and interpreted the result of the test to know
to members of different samples. In the matched the specific topics that need to improve.
group design, two groups were matched, one group
called the experimental group and the other the control After that, the researcher developed a Hands-on
group. Activities in Science for Grade 7, a researcher-made
test was constructed and validated. Respondents of the
Descriptive method of research as defined in the book study were chosen according to their scores and
of Best and Kahn (2003), as what is describing, utilized the fishbowl method of sampling to group the
recording, analyzing and interpreting conditions that respondents. A questionnaire-checklist was prepared
Table 4. Significant Difference on the Level of Table 6. Significant Difference on the Level of
Performance of the Experimental Group as Revealed Performance of the Control Group as Revealed by the
by the Pretest and Posttest Results with Respect to Pretest and Posttest Results with Respect to Chemistry
Chemistry