Using Open-Ended

Tools in Facilitating
Science Learning
MARJORIE P. LACAP, PhD
  plan for science lessons that can be best
presented using open-ended tools or
At the end of productivity software applications;

the Module,  explore for available open-ended tools

for mathematics and science teaching
the students and learning:
 search for mathematics and science
should be tools for open ended tools and
 demonstrate how these open-ended tools
able to: or productivity software applications
can be maximized for mathematics and
science teaching and learning.
Introduction
•open-ended tools and/ or productivity tools for
teaching and learning
• aid teachers in today's 21st Century
classrooms.
• aid the teacher in facilitating the attainment
of the learning outcomes that are meant for
the students to demonstrate
• helps create rewarding environment
• conventional/new
• Innovative, web based

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 Lesson Outcomes
Productivity  Identify uses of productivity software
applications in the teaching- learning of
Software science

Applications  Share experiences in using productivity

software applications as a science learner

For Science  Explore samples of documents,

presentations and spreadsheets that were
Teaching And used in delivering learning plans for
sciences
Learning  Report new open-ended tools or
productivity software applications that are
beneficial science learning
Open Ended Tools and their Uses in
Teaching and Learning Science
Skills
•Create a learner centered classroom and
make instruction personalized because
learners have different personalities, goals
and needs;

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Open Ended Tools and their Uses
in Teaching and Learning Science
Skills
•Facilitate learners' productivity skills
by helping students produce creative
blogs, digital stories and movies that
are helpful to enhance their science
proficiency.
Open Ended Tools and their Uses in
Teaching and Learning Science
Skills
•Learn new technologies since
technology keeps on developing.
Learning a tool once is not an option
for teachers.
Open Ended Tools and
their Uses in Teaching
and Learning Science
Skills
Go global to allow students to
learn scientific skills virtually.
Open Ended Tools and
their Uses in Teaching
and Learning Science
Skills
Be smart and allow the use of devices
as aids to science concept and skill
acquisition.
Open Ended Tools and their Uses in
Teaching and Learning Science
Skills
•Do blogging to give students real
experience to see the value of writing for
real audience and establishing their digital
presence.
Open Ended Tools and their Uses in
Teaching and Learning Science
Skills
•Go digital to promote the advocacy and
to help level up science learning
experience students of the through digital
discussions.
Open Ended Tools and their Uses in
Teaching and Learning Science
Skills
• Collaborate with other educators and
students. This will allow the sharing of
great ideas beyond a conversation and
paper copy
Open Ended Tools and
their Uses in Teaching
and Learning Science
Skills
Use web chats to share research
and ideas and stay updated in the
field.

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Open Ended Tools and
their Uses in Teaching
and Learning Science
Skills
Connect with like-minded
individuals by using media tools
like the social media.
Open Ended Tools and their Uses in
Teaching and Learning Science
Skills
Introduce Project Based Learning to allow
students to develop their own driving
questions, conduct research, contact
experts, and create their projects for
sharing with the use of devices present.

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Open Ended Tools and their Uses in
Teaching and Learning Science
Skills
Build positive digital footprint that aims
to model appropriate use of social media,
produce and publish valuable content and
create shareable resources
Open Ended Tools and their Uses in
Teaching and Learning Science
Skills
Code as it is today's literacy. This will
boost students' writing skills as the feeling
of writing a page with HTML is amazing.

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Open Ended Tools and their Uses in
Teaching and Learning Science
Skills
•Innovate to expand your teaching toolbox
for the sake of your students, engage
social media for discussions and
announcements and use new formats like
TED talks in presenting your lessons.
Open Ended Tools and their Uses in Keep learning!

Teaching and Learning Science Skills

 Using Word in
Scaffolding Student
Learning in a
Science Classroom
Activity 1:
Creating Learning Plans Using Word Application
Step 1:Testing Your Knowledge
Begin this activity by citing the existing word
processing Applications Software applications
familiar to the students.
• Types of Word Processing Applications By
Louise Balle (2017) https:/
itstilworks.com/purpose-word-processor-11
55.html

• 10 Free MS Word Alternatives You Can Use

Today Investintech (2020)
https:/www.investintech.com/resources/artic
les/tenwordalternatives/
Step 2: Viewing the Essential Parts of
Learning Plans
• Although there are varied formats and contents of learning plans
across schools in the world, learning plans have essential parts
that are non-negotiable which must be considered by any teacher.
• Learning plan can be good for a semester like the syllabus in the
tertiary education. It can be a unit plan, a daily lesson plan or an
individualized plan.
• To better appreciate the way word processing software features are
used to prepare learning plans, some examples of these will be
viewed, analyzed at explored.
Intel
Teach
Unit Plan

Presentation Title
Dep ED Lesson Plan
• Title
• Time Frame
• Teacher
• Objectives
• Contents
• Topic, References, Materials
• Procedure
• Motivation
• Presentation
• Discussion
• Generalization
• Application
• Evaluation
• Assignment
Syllabus
 Alignment of Course learning Outcomes with the
Syllabus Graduate Attributes
 Course learning Outcomes vs Program learning
Syllabus Outcomes Mapping Table
Syllabus Course Learning Plan
Syllabus
 COURSE REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS
 COURSE REQUIREMENTS
 ASSESSMENT AND GRADING
 COURSE POLICIES AND EXPECTATIONS
 FACULTY CONTACT INFORMATION
Step 3: Sharing the Features of Word Applications for Scaffolding

By analyzing the special features of Word Applications used in the samples of learning plans, answer
the following discussion questions:
1. What are the advantages of developing learning plans using a word processing software
application?
2. Based on the example, what are the special features of word application software that are
beneficial in organizing the information required in any learning documents?
3. What additional features of word applications do you think are beneficial in preparing the
following in your science class:
a) pamphlets for learning equations;
b) brochures for the different scientific skill
c) charts and graphs for data interpretation and analysis:
d) worksheets for science drills and
e) science assessment tools?
Activity 2: Preparing Process Guides and Graphic Organizers Using
Word Processing Software Application

• As a result of the exploration of word processing application

features in Activity l of this Module, in this activity you will be
tasked to explore some process guides that you may implement to
help your future students do their assignments and perform
various tasks supported by productivity software application tools
Step 1: The Relevance of Providing
Process Guides and Graphic Organizers
in Science Teaching

• Discuss the relevance of using

process guides and graphic organizers
to allow students to become more
efficient and productive in performing
their learning tasks. Provide examples
on how to guide them through the
process of problem-solving activities
or laboratory work.
Step 2:
Examples of Process Guides as Scaffold in Science Teaching and Learning
Brainstorm and analyze some examples of process guides in science teaching and learning. Follow
the procedures below for the brainstorming activity.
1. In a small or large group, select a leader and a recorder (They may be the same person)
2. Present the question or idea to be brainstormed: What are some specific examples of process
guides that you need to prepare as a reception scaffold in teaching solving word problems?
3. Present the following sample steps of teaching how to solve word problems and let the students
research and develop a guide for each step. Let them use word application creatively in introducing
the guides. In the development of the process guides, they may use charts and graphs or graphic
organizer. Package the process guide using pamphlets. or brochure. The steps are:
• Teach how to identify the given.
• Teach how to identify the unknown or required.
• Teach how to be consistent with the units.
• Teach how to choose the equations or formulas to use.
• Teach how to derive equations or formulas
• Teach how to check or recheck the answers.
4. To enhance your process guide, you may consider completing the following graphic organizers
identified according to different purpose
Plant cell Animal cell

Venn Diagram
to compare two
or more concepts
TYPES OF
CELL
Frayer Model
to describe a
concepts
Tropical
rainforest
Bubble Diagram
to describe a
concepts
Concept Map
to describe a
concepts
ELEMENT COMPOUND

T Chart
to make
decisions
FISHBONE MAP
to show causes
and effects
 Inductive Tower
letting students
see how they think
 Flow Chart
show sequence
in pattern
 Event:
AMAZON RAINFOREST FIRE IN DESCRIPTIONS AND
2020
NARRATIONS
WHAT HAPPENED?

WHO WAS THERE? 5Ws Chart

WHY DID IT HAPPEN?
to identify basic
WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?

WHERE DID IT HAPPEN?

components
 TITLE OF THE HOW ALBERT EINSTEIN
STORY DEVELOPED HIS THEORY
OF RELATIVITY
AUTHOR

SETTING

CHARACTERS

PLOT

EXPOSITION
Story Map
RISING ACTION to identify basic
CLIMAX components
FALLING ACTION

RESOLUTION
Step 4: Presentation of the Process Guides
and or Graphic Organizer
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 X2
Graphics go well with the Graphics go well with the Graphics go well with the text Graphics do not go with the
text and there is a good mix text but there are so many but there are too few and accompanying text or appear to
Graphics of text and graphics that they distract from the brochure seems “text heavy” be randomly chosen
text

The brochure has The brochure has attractive The brochure has well- The brochure’s formatting and
Attractiveness and exceptionally attractive formatting and well- organized information organization of material are
formatting and well- organized information confusing to the reader.
organization organized information

All facts in the brochure are 99-90% of the facts in the 89-90% of the facts in the Fewer than 80% of the facts in
accurate brochure are accurate brochure are accurate the brochure are accurate
Content and accuracy

Careful and accurate records Careful and accurate records Careful and accurate records are Sources are not documented
are kept to document the are kept to document the kept to document the source of accurately or are not kept on
Sources source of 95-100% of the source of 94-85% of the facts 84-75% of the facts and many facts ang graphics.
facts and graphics in the and graphics in the brochure graphics in the brochure
brochure
No spelling errors remain No more than 1 spelling No more than 3 spelling errors Several spelling errors in the
after one person other than error remain after one person remain after one person other brochure
Spelling and proofreading typist reads and corrects the other than typist reads and than typist reads and corrects
brochure. corrects the brochure. the brochure.
Using Presentations in Teaching Scientific
Skills
• In science teaching and learning presentation software have a lot of uses,
This, in essence, are used when topics have abstract (too small to be seen
trough the naked eves, biogeochemical cycles; or because of its nature -
earthquakes).
• Akpinar (2014) endorses the use of presentation software applications like
interactive animation as they improve students understanding of static
electricity concepts.
• Mudzakir (2017) presented that using presentation software like
multimedia is student-centered and teachers can teach science
(nanotechnology on solar cell) by concept approach and a context-oriented
approach.
Presentation software applications
allow science learners to:

• present their mathematics or science

reports with audio, visual images and
animations;
• develop and present their group
projects using real-world visual
presentations;
• present charts, tables, graphics,
charts, and others that are useful to
facilitate their understanding of
mathematics or science concepts;

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Presentation software
applications allow science
learners to:
• show data stored in graphic organizers that
cannot be fully presented by a printed
material;
• develop digital mathematics investigation
reports or digital science investigatory
reports;
• show results of any survey, questionnaire
and other forms of mathematics and
science assessment activities;
• articulate and crystalize their ideas using
the special features of presentation
software apps;
Presentation software applications
allow science learners to:

• articulate and crystalize their ideas

using the special features of
presentation software apps;
• experience science learning processes
through integration of contents in the
presentations;
• Enjoy developing their projects; thus,
are highly involved;

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Presentation software applications
allow science learners to:

• commit to the quality of their work, both

content and form, because they don't only
present what their classmates hear but what
they also see:
• present information in condensed form and
focusing on salient points because of the
limited area in slide presentations; hence,
avoiding digression and drifting and
• communicate their ideas in an innovative
manner and express themselves in ways
they feel comfortable with

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15 Best Presentation Software for 2022
1. Visme When choosing the right presentation software for your projects, there are some things to consider:
2. Prezi Does the price point fit your budget?
3. Google Slides Is it easy to use?

4. Keynote Who is the program geared at: businesses, educators, bloggers or social media managers?
Does it have lots of templates to choose from? Are they good quality and helpful?
5. Microsoft PowerPoint
Is the built-in graphic asset library extensive and varied?
6. Ludus
Can you embed content, add videos or GIFs?
7. Slides
Can you add audio to your presentations?
8. Slide bean Can elements be animated?
9. Zoho Show Is it desktop or cloud-based?
10. Beautiful.ai Can you use it to create presentations on any of your devices?
11. Genially Can finished presentations be viewed offline?

12. Canva Can you have team accounts or business accounts for easy collaboration inside your company?
Does it include a Brand Kit? Is it easy to use?
13. Flow Vella
Can the finished presentation be shared online straight from the presentation software?
14. Haiku Deck
Can your presentations be uploaded to the cloud privately with password protection?
15. Microsoft Sway
Does the presentation software include analytics to see how your projects perform on social media?
Can you use the finished presentation as a lead generator straight from the software?
 Setting Up the Presentation Class
Basic
Instructional Organization of the Presentation
Design in Presentation Skills
Preparing
Presentation The Use of Visual Aids
s Performing Self-Reflections
Using Spreadsheets in Science Learning

Tables Charts Graph Compute students' grade

Essential ideas that teachers may consider
doing when employing spreadsheets in the
science classrooms.

• Reinforce learning scientific and mathematical

languages in other fields.

• Add well-designed charts and tables to reports to

enhance students' non-verbal reading skills.

• Allow students to create their own charts, graphs,

tables, and the like, their computational skills and
spatial skills are developed and enhanced

• Give students completed chart and see if they can

reconstruction underlying worksheet. This goes a long
way toward helping to understand the relationships
between the data and the chart.
Essential ideas that teachers may
consider doing when employing
spreadsheets in the science classrooms.

• Require that science laboratory reports

and research papers some type of chart
to help support their findings.
• Let students explore websites that
have table presentations science
teaching and let them discuss how
these were used to facilitate the
acquisition science competencies.
• Let the students look for charts in
science learning materials like
textbooks. workbooks and others and
discuss why these were used.
Essential ideas that teachers may consider
doing when employing spreadsheets in the
science classrooms.

• Teach the principles of financial literacy and

management as it is also important to learn
these concepts in the context of life skills.
• Explain numerical concepts by showing the
relationships between numbers and their
concrete representation in charts and graphs.
As science teachers, this is needed to
understand mathematics and science researches
with quantitative designs.
• Demonstrate how spreadsheets are useful in
preparing assessment and evaluation tools for
students' performance.
 Drop box paper
 Office online
• With the advent of web-based
 Google docs word processing software and with
 Ether pad the exposure of a lot of students to
 Zoho
new innovative media tools,
 Open office
 AbiWord
explore the following online
 Jarte Microsoft Word Alternatives
 WPS Office 2016 Free (Investintech, 2020).
 Soft Maker Free Office
 Drop Box Paper

• free online word processor offered by the online cloud storage

provider.
• you will need a Dropbox account to get full access to the online
suite.
• minimalist interface is very intuitive, and its simplicity allows
you to focus on your content.
• go beyond creating a textual document
• add rich media, such as audio, video and images.
• access apps that let you embed Trello cards, YouTube videos or
SlideShare decks.
• collaborative features include document link-sharing, creating
and assigning checklist items to members or embedding one of
your Dropbox documents.
• does an excellent job at creating dynamic documents you can
share and access online.

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Office Online
• the best possible free line alternative for their document editing
needs is Word online, which comes as part of the Office Online
suite.
• free MS Word web app is not a full-fledged version of its paid
counterpart, it allows you to open, create and edit Word
documents online.
• offers some additional benefits of online software tools, For
example, you can see and access updates from co-authors to your
docs literally from anywhere in real time with only an Internet
connection and the latest 2016 version.
• share and collaborate on documents with its cross-platform
compatibility. So, if you're a Chromebook or Linux OS user, MS
Word web app is the most elegant way to get access to
Microsoft's document editing features for free!
Google Docs

• create, collaborate and share documents, spreadsheets,

presentations. drawings and even forms
• packed with features, which can be further extended with various
add-ons.
• will automatically save the file online and store it there, you can
also have the documents published as a web page, downloaded,
or emailed as an attachment in Word, ODT. PDE, plain text or
RTF formats.
• You can invite collaborators to work on the document with you or
only allow others to view it without the ability to edit.
• enable Google Docs offline access and keep editing your
documents even when you are disconnected from Internet. AIl it
takes is a free Google account.
Ether pad
• online document editor primarily intended for
collaborative editing in, as the site claims, "really real
time“
• an open source, highly customizable tool for online
document collaboration with friends, fellow students and
classmates, or colleagues at work.
• One of its advantages, is that there is no sign up with
Ether pad.
• All you need to do is start a new pad and share the link to
it with your collaborators.
• can also invite them by email if you prefer. After that,
you can start working on the planned writing project
together in real-time, even if you are miles apart.
 Zoho
 offers around 20 free online applications including Writer for
word processing.
 can link your Zoho account to your Google and Yahoo accounts,
as well.
 Writer's interface shouldn't cause anyone problems as it is
comfortably familiar.
 automatically saves your documents for you, as you finish
typing
 Zoho Writer is equipped with features that will allow you to
work easily online- two-way desktop sync, large file transfer,
encryption, file recovery , two step authentication, in app chat
and more. You can import and work with MS Word documents,
allowing you to insert images, and edit content as needed.
 Zoho Writer offers all the standard text formatting and doc can
export to DOCX, ODE, PDE, Latex, RTE, TXT and even
HTML document creation features an It can plug into EchoSign
for digital signatures, publish the document to a blog or make it
public for all to see.
 Zoho Docs is completely free to use.
OpenOffice
• package includes six programs that all use the same engine
making them inherently the same and extremely easy to learn
and use.
1. Writer (word processor),
2. Calc (spreadsheets),
3. Impress (presentations),
4. Draw (graphics) and
5. Base (database manipulation) and
6. Math (mathematical equations).
• Writer can even natively do some things that Word cannot,
like open PDF files without the addition of a plug-in or
commercial add-on.
• the software is an open-source help and bug fixes are freely
available and quickly created.
• leading free desktop alternative to Microsoft Word/Office.
• can install this suite on Windows XP to Windows 10, macOS
(OS X) and Linux.
AbiWord
• free word processing application very similar to
Microsoft Word.
• available for Linux distributions only.
• software is fully compatible with not only Microsoft
Word, but also OpenOffice.org, Word Perfect, Rich Text
Format and more.
• advanced document layout capabilities and can-do mail
merge as well, which allows you to automatically fill in
specific form fields in documents with information from
databases and comma separated or tabbed text files.
• highly useful feature if you need to work with many
formats at the office. Additionally, the software can be
enhanced and expanded with freely available plug-ins
that will give you even more features and functions.
 • Jarte is based on Microsoft. WordPad Engine but is still free.
• paid version of the software that adds on some extra functionality, but the free version is
more than adequate ang fully compatible with Word and WordPad documents.

Jarte
• Features include ergonomic tabbed interface, small resource requirements, portability
support for touchscreens and quick loading time.
• It also has a spell checking and can export to HTML and PDF files. Jarte allows you to
insert images, tables, hyperlinks and everything else that you have come to expect from
Word.
WPS Office 2016 Free
• free document processing suite whose WPS Writer app will serve
you well as a Microsoft Word alterative
• can open and save to a long list of popular file formats native to
those applications like docx, doc, and more.
• application in languages other than English: French German,
Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Russian.
• same familiar look and feel of MS Office with one exception-it
has a tabbed viewing window, so you can open more than one
document at a time.
• worth mentioning is WPS Cloud, the company' cloud document
storage service that offers up to 1GB of free storage that you can
use.
• perfect if you're trying to find a free Word alternative that's not
only scalable for teams but can also be as collaborative and
seamless as its Microsoft counterpart.
SoftMaker Free Office
• great free suite that offers a full featured Microsoft Word
alternative.
• Text Maker application allows you to focus on creating
documents just as you would in MS Word.
• essential editing features and even a handful of basic
templates for creating and editing documents.
• Tables, charts, shapes, and graphics are available along
with standard text formatting options.
• provides you with everything you need.
• entire suite is available for Windows, Linux and
Android, so you can keep your document processing
tasks going eve while away from your desktop.
The way to get started is
to quit talking and begin
doing.
Walt Disney
 MARJORIE PEREZ LACAP
Thank you [email protected]

Marjorie Perez