Combining drama with physical models to support understanding in science

Edmonds, Juliet

Abstract

Many science concepts can be easily experienced in primary school science, such as cars travelling down ramps and plants growing. For other, more abstract, concepts, such as digestion, circulation and how sound travels through the air, it is challenging to provide a concrete experience for children. Exploratory surgery is not encouraged on pupils! Hence, science curricula for the earlier years tend to avoid abstract concepts and introduce them later in primary school.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 11, 2022
• Publication Date: May 6, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jun 23, 2022
• Journal: Primary Science
• Electronic ISSN: 0269-2465
• Publisher: Association for Science Education
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: May/June 2022
• Issue: 173
• Pages: 14-15
• Keywords: Modelling; Analogies; Abstract concepts; drama
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9005609
• Publisher URL: https://www.ase.org.uk/resources/primary-science/issue-173/combining-drama-physical-models-support-understanding-in-science