Teach the five steps of scientific investigation through personally motivating video analysis and modeling projects¶

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Description¶

The lesson exemplar has teachers introduce the pedagogy of video analysis and modeling, with students experiencing sample analysis and modeling on one simple and one more complex video. Students then pose questions, plan the investigation, conduct it, analyse and evaluate results, and communicate results, choosing a sport science they find personally motivating. The article argues this matters because being a science literate citizen requires first-person experiences to practice these skills and processes.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• close mentoring is required to guide student-groups; students video-record or otherwise obtain footage for the chosen sport science

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• upper secondary to JC 1 physics students

Target Learning Goals¶

• conducting a scientific investigation, video analysis and modeling, scientific reporting and peer evaluation

Related Strategies¶

• Differentiate by guiding higher-ability students to build models that validate their analysis, and support self-directed and collaborative learning goals
• Authentic Learning Tasks

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Wee Loo Kang. (2013). Open Source Physics. i in Practice 1(1), 58-63. http://ictconnection.opal.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?ptid=711&c=/ictconnection/ictlib&func=view&rid=82