WATER SCIENTISTS AT MOGAN LAKE: EFFECTIVENESS OF CREATIVE DRAMA AND CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH BASED SCIENCE EDUCATION

The purpose of this study is to present the effectiveness of educations of Water Scientists at Mogan Lake Project, supported by TüB？TAK (The Scientific And Technological Research Council Of Turkey) and to examine the attitudes of students toward science. The study was conducted on 63 fourth grade students in 2016- 2017 school year, in different public schools in Ankara. The study used mixed method research design. Quantitative data were obtained using an achievement test consisting of 15 multiple choice questions and an Attitude Toward Science Scale while qualitative data were obtained through open-ended questions. All statistical analyses for quantitative data were performed through SPSS v.20.0. Qualitative data were analysed using content analysis procedure. According to the results of The Wilcoxon signed-rank test children got significantly higher scores on achivement test and attitudes toward science scale. Content analysis results supported the quantitative data in that after the Project activities children reported their desire to be a scientist, to make scientific research and believed the necessity of science more