Yeongdeungpo-gu Operates 'Science Principles Experience Classroom' Visiting Schools

Operation of 'Science Principles Experience Classroom,' Visiting 102 Classes in 18 Schools... Leading Experiential Science Education... Stimulating Interest and Curiosity in Science through Hands-on Exhibits and Experiments at National Gwacheon Science Museum... Focusing on Establishing a Science Education Foundation to Nurture Future Science Talent Supporting the 4th Industrial Revolution Era

Yeongdeungpo-gu (District Mayor Choi Ho-kwon) announced that it is accelerating the cultivation of future talents to support the Fourth Industrial Revolution era by operating the “Science Principles Experience Classroom” that visits schools.

The “Science Principles Experience Classroom” is a hands-on science education program conducted by professional instructors visiting elementary and middle schools. The classes are conducted mainly through experiences and experiments to help students develop interest and curiosity about science, linked to the regular science curriculum.

So far, the district has made various efforts to prepare differentiated science education courses. Early last year, it held meetings with science teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools and conducted a project to develop experiential science education teaching guides. In the first half of this year, it signed a business agreement with the National Gwacheon Science Museum. As a result of these efforts, the district has been operating the “Science Principles Experience Classroom” since May.

In the first semester, the “Science Principles Experience Classroom” was conducted for 6 elementary schools (25 classes) and 3 middle schools (22 classes), receiving great response and interest from current teachers and students. In the second semester, it will visit students at 7 elementary schools (42 classes) and 2 middle schools (13 classes).

The classes are conducted using the “Experiential Science Education Teaching Guide” developed by Ewha Womans University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation and the “Experimental Teaching Tools” from the National Gwacheon Science Museum. Additionally, each student is provided with individual experimental teaching tools to lead and explore the experiment process independently. This helps students think integratively about scientific principles encountered in daily life through experimental tools such as “virus size,” “polarized sunglasses,” and “bicycle wheel gyro.”

In particular, the “Experiential Science Education Teaching Guide” was directly developed by the district to provide students with pioneering and creative science education. It is the first science education work in Seoul and is registered with the Korea Copyright Commission. The “Experimental Teaching Tools” are science principle experience exhibits independently developed by the National Gwacheon Science Museum and made portable for use in these classes.

Choi Ho-kwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, stated, “Science education should start from interest and fun through play, not difficult formulas and rigid lessons,” and added, “We hope that Yeongdeungpo-gu will leap forward as a representative premium education city leading science education through various educational programs for nurturing scientific talents such as the ‘Science Principles Experience Classroom.’”

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