TEACHING SCIENCE

in the ELEMENTARY GRADES

(Biology and Chemistry) MODULE

AGUILAR ERIKA M. BEED II-A

ACTIVATE

Is science easy or difficult to teach? What areas in Science Should I study in order to teach well? Will the
topics on living things be taught in Grades 4 & 5? What about Force and Motion? Write your answers on
the space provided.

Science has always been a difficult subject to teach in elementary school. If time is running out of the
school day, the very first subject teachers will usually skip is Science. It also seems to be one of the least
liked subjects for young students as well. Depending on the grades they teach, science teachers may be
expected to be knowledgeable about basic ideas and content from at least five academic disciplines:
biology, chemistry, earth science, mathematics, and physics. Living things are called organisms. All plants
and animals, including human beings, are organisms. Organisms have many needs to fill in order to stay
alive. As organisms, we get everything we need from our environment in order to survive. If an organism
cannot get what it needs from its environment, it will die. The study of organisms interacting with their
environment is the science of ecology. Force and motion are fundamental to all matter in the universe. A
force is anything that can push or pull on an object. Forces influence objects that are at rest or that are
already in motion. Isaac Newton's three laws of motion involve inertia, mass, velocity, and momentum.

APPLY

After having seen the coverage of the two science components, what have you observed in the content
outline for each topic: Matter and Living Things and their Environment? Let us understand the
framework by answering questions that refer to the two areas of discipline and how they move along in
the progression from lower to higher grade level.
Answer the simple survey below:

Statements about (1)

Matter and (2) Living
Things in their Agree Disagree Explanation
Environment

1. In both topics, the As said from our topic

concepts in grade 3 are
simpler than grade 4.
the lesson in grade 3
✔️ serves as a fundamental
for the lesson to be
taught in grade 4. The
concepts from grade is
just a stepping stone of
the concept from grade

2.There is a consistent
title of the major topic
from Grade 3 to Grade ✔️
6.
3. The area on Living
Things and their
Environment focused
on three kinds of living ✔️
things Human, Animals
and Plants
4. The Chemistry
components of
Elementary Science
revolve around Matter ✔️
that progressively
advance in complexity
from Grade 3 to Garde.
5. In the Elementary
Science framework,
Chemistry which is
considered by many as ✔️
difficult subject is
taught in Grade 3
6. Elementary Science
should lead learners to
scientific literacy.
✔️
4 thus what we call
progressio
I can say that the topic is
consistent but the
concepts are getting
complicated as the
grade level gets higher.
Because there are 3
kind of living on earth.
All of our subject from
grade 3 untill now is just
the same but it is
upgraded until it makes
your advantages.
If we teach children at
an early age then it will
be a lot easier for them
in the future because
they have been taught.
•Scientific literacy starts
in early childhood and
continues through
elementary school.
Scientific knowledge is
necessary to fully
participate in human
culture and democracy
—especially as it
becomes more
technological. The
future of our nation
depends on a
 scientifically literate
public.

EVALUATE

1. Which statement is TRUE about teaching science in the elementary grade level for K to 12?

✓ a. All elementary grade teachers should be equipped with contents and process of science.

b. Only those who will teach science should learn the different branches of science in college.

c. Learning what to teach and not how to teach science is a universal principle.

d. None of the above

2. Science in the elementary level in the K to 12 curriculum include:

a. Chemistry and Biology

b. Chemistry, Biology and Physics

c. Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Earth Science

✓ d. None of the Above

3. In order to teach science effectively in the elementary level, a teacher should do one of the following:
a. Must have a comprehensive knowledge of only one discipline of science in the curriculum.

b. Must have a comprehensive knowledge of at least two disciplines of science in the curriculum.

c. Must have a comprehensive knowledge of the four disciplines of science in the curriculum.

✔️d. Must have a comprehensive knowledge of all branches of science

4. As the contents of science progress in a spiral, the difficulty of topics

a. decreases c. maintains
✔️b. increases d. static

c. maintains
d. static

5. Spiral progression in science means that grade three pupils learn simpler
contents than grade four.
✓ a. This statement is true.

b. This statement is partly true.

c. This statement is false.

d. This statement is doubtful.