SCIENCE PHENOMENA DATA BANK : LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to develop and evaluate the quality of instructional scenarios linked to science in lower secondary level. This research is Basic research. The sample of this research consisted of 1) 5science lecturers or science teaching lecturers at the higher education 2) 5 science teachers in secondary school and 3) 5 science teaching supervisors who have at least 5 years’ experience related in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Astronomy total 15 people selected by a purposive sampling. The research instruments consisted of 1) A questionnaire an opinion analysis of natural phenomena linked to the scientific knowledge and 2) A questionnaire an opinion about natural phenomena scenarios linked to scientific knowledge in lower secondary level. Data were analyzed by percentage, mean and standard deviation. The results were 1) has 16 phenomena suitable for lower secondary level and 12 scenarios. 2) All phenomena and scenarios using scientific knowledge to explain appropriately, consistent the concept of Phenomenon-based learning and suitable for lower secondary level at the most level.