A 5-day active learning based science camp curriculum organized around 15 nature-based activity titles

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description

The camp curriculum was organized under 15 titles: drama in nature, nature-art integration, museum visits, pet care, ecology games, ecological environments and human, mountaineering, herbarium, insect training, the world without human, eco-city, animal products in supermarkets, butterfly collection, field work in Aladaglar, and field work in Cappadocia-Goreme historical national park. Theoretical parts were realized at Niğde University and field works were done in two national parks. A pilot camp was conducted and evaluated before the real camp study.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• A pilot camp should be conducted and evaluated before implementing the full program

Constraints

• The program was implemented over 5 days with 8 trainers in the Cappadocia region

Target Learners

• Primary school students at sixth, seventh and eighth grades (11-14 ages)

Learning Goals

• Opinions towards scientific knowledge
• Scientific process skills
• Conceptual knowledge towards environmental problems

Claims

• Before the museum visit, students did not know that elephants lived in Anatolia, and the activities increased their awareness of their country's natural heritage [+W]

Related Designs

• Puppetry-facilitated ecology lessons within a STE(A)M curriculum
• Scripted matched science unit pairs with curriculum-based assessments for arts-integrated and conventional instruction

Examples

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Key Sources

• Aydede Yalçın, M. N. (2016). The effect of active learning based science camp activities on primary school students' opinions towards scientific knowledge and scientific process skills. International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 6(2), 108-125. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1116064

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title	A 5-day active learning based science camp curriculum organized around 15 nature-based activity titles
description	The camp curriculum was organized under 15 titles: drama in nature, nature-art integration, museum visits, pet care, ecology games, ecological environments and human, mountaineering, herbarium, insect training, the wo...
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