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Action PlanAction Plan
Ms. Amtul KarimMs. Amtul Karim
The City The City SchoolSchool
Gulshan Junior EGulshan Junior EScience Jr.IVScience Jr.IV
Thinking about Thinking about making a change!!!making a change!!!
LONG TERM GOALLONG TERM GOAL
• To enhance students’ scientific skills To enhance students’ scientific skills by adopting 21by adopting 21stst century approaches century approaches
SMART TARGETSSMART TARGETS
To develop the students’To develop the students’
• Scientific skills i.e research, investigating etc.Scientific skills i.e research, investigating etc.
• Speaking and listening skillsSpeaking and listening skills
• Observing and monitoring skills Observing and monitoring skills
• Questioning skillsQuestioning skills
• Problem solving skillsProblem solving skills
• Critical thinking skillsCritical thinking skills
• Intervening skills Intervening skills
What strategies can I use What strategies can I use to achieve my targets? to achieve my targets?
Active Learning
Strategies
Scientific
SkillsQuestioning Skills
Problem Solving Skills
Critical Thinking
Skills
Intervening Skills
Communication Skills
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND TASKSAND TASKS
What?What? Why?Why? How? How? Materials Materials Higher order thinking skills Higher order thinking skills
and questioning skillsand questioning skillsClassification of different Classification of different materials, modal making, materials, modal making, experiments on changing experiments on changing materialsmaterials
Habitats Habitats Communication skill, Communication skill, intervening skillsintervening skills
Visit to a zoo / Garden, Visit to a zoo / Garden, making food chain, my pet making food chain, my pet show, show,
Circuits and conductors Circuits and conductors Collaborative skills, listing Collaborative skills, listing and speaking skillsand speaking skills
Demonstration of making Demonstration of making circuits, pair and group work circuits, pair and group work for classification of for classification of conductors and insulators conductors and insulators
Friction Friction Giving direction skills, Giving direction skills, observing and monitoring observing and monitoring skillsskills
Experiments using a force Experiments using a force meter, graph making on Ms. meter, graph making on Ms. WordWord
SoundSound Encouraging skills, Encouraging skills, observing and monitoring observing and monitoring skillsskills
Visit to music room, Visit to music room, analysis of musical analysis of musical instruments, interview of instruments, interview of music teachermusic teacher
Solution to Anticipated ChallengesSolution to Anticipated Challenges
ChallengesChallenges Solution Solution Head may Head may disagree with my disagree with my approach approach
I will share the Intel course outline and my I will share the Intel course outline and my action plan with heraction plan with her
Lack of interest Lack of interest from students sidefrom students side
I will use interactive CD/OHT slides and I will use interactive CD/OHT slides and active learning strategies active learning strategies
Lack of support Lack of support from parents from parents
I will send circular for acknowledgement I will send circular for acknowledgement before visit, projects and science before visit, projects and science exhibition exhibition
Lack of resources Lack of resources I will make sure to arrange all the required I will make sure to arrange all the required resources before handresources before hand
Time Time management management
I will distribute the task equally among the I will distribute the task equally among the group membersgroup members
Materials
I will provide more opportunities to enhance students communication
skills
January
I will focus on higher order thinking skills and questioning skills
February
Habitat
March
Circuits
I will focus on collaborative
skills through pair and group
work and discussions
April
Friction
I will focus on clear and Accurate direction and
Encouragements
May
Sound
I will focus on Observing and
monitoring Skills of the students
Time Line
Resources Resources
• Computer lab Computer lab
• InternetInternet
• Interactive CDs Interactive CDs
• Audio visual aids.Audio visual aids.
• Colleagues / HeadColleagues / Head
• Permission letter of parentsPermission letter of parents
• Conveyance arrangements Conveyance arrangements
Conclusion Conclusion
By integrating 21By integrating 21stst century century approaches in teaching science, the approaches in teaching science, the students will become independent students will become independent learners. learners.
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