%0 Journal Article
%T The Effects of Out-of School Scientific Activities on 9th Grade Students¡¯ Relating the Unit of Energy to Daily Life
%A H¨¹lya ERTA£¿
%A Ahmet £¿lhan £¿EN
%A Arife PARMAKSIZO£¿LU
%J Necatibey Faculty of Education, Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
%D 2011
%I Necatibey Faculty of Education
%X This study aims to determine the effects of out-of school activities on 9th grade students¡¯ relating ¡°energy¡± unit to daily life. The study was carried out with 58 students attending an Anatolian High School in Ankara. In the study, after teaching ¡°Energy¡± unit in physics course, a field trip was organized to Energy Park in Ankara, and before and after the trip, students were asked the same 12 open-ended questions. Before the applications were carried out in the Energy Park, the students watched an animation about the production of energy and they were asked to carry out discussions about what they had watched. During the application, the students were accompanied by a teacher and a researcher. The results obtained revealed that the out-of school activities enhanced the students¡¯ understanding of ¡°energy¡± unit and their relating it to their daily lives.
%K Out-of school scientific activity
%K energy
%K relation to daily life
%U http://www.nef.balikesir.edu.tr/~dergi/makaleler/yayinda/11/EFMED_FZE155.pdf