1.

Hands on Learning / Perform Interesting Experiments

to Explain How Physics and Chemistry Works
If you want to make your physics lecture more exciting for students,
you should teach your students several examples related to the topic.
For example, you can use the flashlight to explain the principle of how
light travels. You can throw the pen upward, which can come back
due to gravity. It can help to explain the gravitational force. In
Chemistry, maybe it’s doing a simple chromatography experiment
with a coffee filter, markers, and some water! Doing experiments that
interest students in the topic is essential to holding their attention.
Students will remember these little activities or experiments
performed in the class. They can also understand the topic with the
help of these experiments.
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 2. Relate Physics and Chemistry to Everyday
Life
Several interesting events take place in our everyday life.
Physics plays an essential part in the occurrence of these
events around us. For instance, steam iron, ballpoint pen,
car seat belt, or headphones. With advanced technology,
physics is used in every important application that we use
in our everyday life. So, students may find the topic more
interesting to understand if teachers provide examples
related to the real world.
 2. Relate Physics and Chemistry to Everyday
Life
The phenomenon of “Selfie” has engulfed
people of every age group. You entertain
yourself by clicking photos. The Lens used in
a camera works on the principle of Optics.
The set of convex lenses provides the
camera with an image outside of the
camera.
 2. Relate Physics and Chemistry to Everyday
Life
Have you ever noticed on which principle your
car seat-belt works? Well, it’s again Physics.
When you tighten your car seat-belt, it works
on the concept of “Inertia.” Inertia is the
unwillingness or laziness of a body to change
its state of rest or motion. In case of a car
collision, your seat-belt helps prevent your
body from moving in a forward direction as
your body resists being stopped because of
inertia of motion.
 2. Relate Physics and Chemistry to Everyday
Life
When you get tired of work or studies, listening
to music comes in handy. Have you ever
thought about how your
headphones/earphones work? Well, it’s again
because of Physics. The concept of magnetism
and sound waves are involved in the science of
your headphones/earphones. When you plug
your headphones/earphones into an electrical
source, the magnet in your
headphones/earphones creates an
electromagnetic field, which ultimately results in
sound waves.
 2. Relate Physics and Chemistry to Everyday
Life
Chemistry relates to what we eat, what we wear, our transport, the technology we use,
how we treat illnesses, and how we get electricity, according to science.org.. There are
so many uses in our everyday life! Teach your students about some of these ways and
you might just spark their interest. Here are some chemistry facts that relate to
everyday life,
• Water expands when it freezes, unlike other substances
• If you pour a handful of salt into a glass of water, the water level will go down
• Diamond and graphite are both entirely made of carbon and nothing else
• One inch of rain is equal to 10 inches of snow
3. Computational thinking /Encourage your Students to
Practice Simple Formulas
Teachers should discuss the basic formulas with their
students. For instance, the average speed formula is S
= d/t. This formula is used to calculate the average
speed of a moving object for the distance covered and
time duration. When you teach the average speed
formula, you can explain to them basic information
about the formula. The speed (S) and distance (d) are
the scalar quantities that give magnitude but do not
tell the direction.
 4. Guided Discovery Problems
Understanding science is more than just knowing some facts
and the guided discovery problems method makes it
possible. This technique can be integrated into the lecture, lab
and field courses.
It refers to understanding science step-by-step through the
discovery process and involves the collection and processing
of data, debugging and explaining it through intriguing
puzzles, structured hands-on activities and right presentation
of information.
The conceptually difficult or counter-intuitive topics are
better handled with this approach.
 5. Projects

This can be an individual activity or group activity which

helps students to showcase the application side of what
they learnt through theory.
This method involves choosing the idea, building a plan,
executing the plan and finally evaluating it. When students
pass through these stages, they can improve their skills to
express ideas, problem solving, overcoming the
challenges, team work and self-assessment.
6. Multimedia approach (Using Interactive Visuals, Video
clips, Power point presentations)
This method is a blend of text, audio, animation, video, still images or
interactivity content forms to teach diverse difficult to understand concepts in
science.
The educator can convey vast information using advanced media, devices and
techniques, and involve a wide range of activities to provide a meaningful
learning experience.
One way to use these visuals is through bite-size 3D animation videos. Some
sites offers many of these, including this free physics animation on YouTube.
 7. Virtual field trips

Virtual field trips are effective in enhancing learning and can also
keep students more engaged. On a field trip, teachers can take the
students to the museum or park, which helps them to understand
the topic better. Teachers can’t take their students on field trips
regularly. So, a virtual field trip can help to explain the physics and
Chemistry topics to the students appropriately.
Virtual field trips allow students to go to environments they might
not otherwise have access to right from their computers or phones!
Students may not be able to visit a coal power plant to learn that
this source of energy has environmental impacts, but in virtual lab
Environmental Impact of Coal Power Plants, students can take a
virtual field trip to a plant!
 8. Flip the classroom/lab

Have your students watch a video, do a simulation, or in

some way prepare for the lesson ahead while at home.
Then, when they come into the classroom, your job is to
solidify understanding because they’ve already got the
foundation! According to a study by ICSMRE, “In class
environments, the flipped classroom model has been
found to increase students' attitudes, achievement, and
motivation.”
 9. The 7E approach

The 7Es are: elicit, engage, explore, explain, elaborate,

evaluate and extend. This model encourages teachers to
introduce and conclude their instruction creatively, then
have students explore between opening and closing! The
model was discovered for biology, but it can be applied to
any science discipline or teaching!
References:
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344640006_Teaching_Methods_Preferred_by_School_Science_Teachers_and
_Students_in_their_Classroom
• https://www.labster.com/blog/9-creative-ways-teach-chemistry-without-lecturing
• http://pubs.sciepub.com/wjce/6/4/5/index.html