RESOURCE MATERIALS IN

TAECHING NATURAL
SCIENCE

SUBMITED TO
JAYA MISS
DEPT. OF NATURAL SCIENCE
MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE
COLLEGE
KOTTAYAM

SUBMITED BY
ANANYA K BABY
NATURAL SCIENCE
MOUNT CARMEL
KOTTAYAM

RESOURCE MATERIALS IN
TAECHING NATURAL SCIENCE

RESOURCE UNIT
A huge collection of science material and
activities related to a particular topic.
More comprehensive than a teaching unit
Prepared by a group of experts in the
respective subject
it is the reservoir of information for teachers

STEPS IN THE PREPARATION OF

RESORCE UNIT
Title
Introduction
Briefly indicate the social scientific and
theoretical basis of the unit.
General Objectives
Concisely indicate the learning out come
arising from the curriculum material.
Content analysis
The problem of choosing content with
reference to objectives and of structuring the
subject and its sequential development are the

 Activities
Importance is given to demonstration,
projects, experiments and field trips
Teaching material and sources
Material which supplement teaching namely charts,
models, books, periodicals, supplementary readers are to be
measured .

Evaluation procedure
It should be based on several guiding principles. It
can be formative, summative, continues and comprehensive
etc.

Reference Book
Book referred to for preparing a resource unit should
be mentioned

WORK BOOK
It vary greatly in content and organization.
A wok book that reprint pages of associated
text books, replacing key words with blanks that
are to be filled by pupils after reading their text.
The work book that makes the provision for
many different type of activities , forms for
reporting data, diagrams to be labeled, blank
space for sketches and clippings, suggestion for
supplementary woks, study guide for reading
assignment and self testing device.

Advantages
Useful in saving time and energy
Helps pupils who are working under
self

direction

to

study

effectively
It foster scientific thinking

more

Disadvantages
Inflexible
Content is highly organized and cannot be
altered.
Little provision for inclusion of new material
It deny pupils any participation in the planning
process, any incentive to do independent work,
any practice in formulating their own problem
and any encouragement to do their own thinking

TEACHERS HAND BOOK (GUIDE

BOOK)

It

helps

the teachers to monitor the

program
It is a valuable teaching device
It contain list of teaching aids, summarization
of learning, an exercise in organization.
A bibliography of relevant books and journals
should be included.

Advantages
A device for review work
It suggest the teachers to adopt
appropriate strategies to every topic
Tangible evidence for the progress of
students
Work of the teacher is fostered.

Disadvantages
Teachers should form the habit of
looking and referring the guide book
before going to class

REFERENCE BOOK
Effective aid to teaching
Students must be given training in the
use of reference book.
The teacher should bear in mind that the
reference

material

should

be

easily

comprehensible and readily available for

the pupil

Advantages
It supplements class room instruction
It instils in the pupil self study habits
and a spirit of self effort
It helps the pupils to work out
assignments
It stimulate scientific thinking and

THANK YOU