TÜBİTAK 4004 - Let's Get to Know Our Body: The First Step to Becoming a Scientist - Activities

Activity No: 1

 

Activity Title: Let's Get to Know Our Body

Objective: To provide accurate and up-to-date information about the human body

Subject: Presenting information on human formation and development and on the human body, supported by various visuals

Materials: Interactive whiteboard, projector, slides, plastic anatomical models

Method: Observation, workshops, group work

Target Group: Preschool children (ages 4-6)

Implementation Plan:Instructors present the topics to students, supplementing them with various visuals and slide shows. Students are divided into groups and given various anatomical models. They are asked to relate the visuals they have seen to the models and place them correctly.

 

Activity No: 2

 

Activity Title: Organs Through Games

Objective: To help students identify organs correctly.

Subject: Working on the organs learned in theory through various games and artistic activities

Materials: Colored play dough, colored pencils, drawing books

Method: Observation, workshops, activities that convey content through art, group work

Target Group: Preschool children (ages 4-6)

Implementation Plan: Students are divided into groups. They recreate the organs and organ parts given to them using colored play dough and colored drawings.

 

Activity No: 3

 

Activity Title: Getting to Know the Human Body Through Film

Objective: To reinforce knowledge through various presentations

Subject: Students support what they have learned with age-appropriate Turkish or international films based on anatomy

Materials: Interactive whiteboard, projector

Method: Online interactions and applications

Target Group: Primary, secondary and high school students

Implementation Plan: Accompanied by their guides and instructors, students will this time learn about the topics presented to them through films.

 

Activity No: 4

 

Activity Title: Body Structure from Macro to Micro

Objective: To provide a microscopy-based overview of human structure

Subject: Introducing some harmful and harmless microorganisms and tissues

Materials: Light microscope, stereomicroscope, illuminated magnifier, slides, cover slips, some specimens (such as ear ossicles)

Method: Observation, workshops, group work, experimental work, etc.

Target Group: Primary, secondary and high school students

Implementation Method: Students are divided into groups according to the number of microscopes. Information is delivered under the guidance of instructors and specialist staff.