Modules as examples for typical PARSEL teaching
Each Partner searched for six modules which were placed on the homepage. They are presented in a template which was developed by the Lisbon crew and modified by the PARSEL group.
| Name of the module | Subj. | Grds. | Description | Languages | |||||
| 1 | A big problem for Magalhães (Magellan): Food preservation | CHE | 8-9 | A module for use in Chemistry and Natural Sciences curricular areas. (3 lessons) | EN | EST | PO | ||
| 2 | Am I being Cheated in the Market Place? | PHY | 7-9 | Balances are commonplace in markets. Is their accuracy acceptable? Are they being used accurately? (4 lessons) | EN | EST | |||
| 3 | Analysis of newspaper news about socio-scientific issues | SCI | 6-12 | Analysis of journal/magazine news about controversial issues related to Science, Techn., Society and Environment. (3 lessons) | EN | EST | GER | ||
| 4 | Are We Overusing Plastics? | CHE | 10-11 | A module on Thermoplastics and Thermoset plastics and their Recycling. (4 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 5 | Bathing and bubbling with chemistry | CHE | 9-11 | Getting to know bath bubblers, their composition, ingredients and their function. Studying acid-base chemistry. (3-4 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 6 | Boiling point as a matter of geography | CHE | 10-12 | A inquiry laboratory about boiling by cooling. (4 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 7 | Brushing up on chemistry | CHE | 9-11 | Getting to know toothpastes, their composition, ingredients and functions. (3-4 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 8 | Can courts trust the polygraph? | BIO | 9-10 | A module on voluntary and involuntary phenomena of the human body. (4 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 9 | Can I trust my Eyes? - How scientists observe | PHY | 7-9 | Why is observing so important in science? Introduction into basic methods of scientific work, observation & description (2 lessons) | EN | PO | |||
| 10 | Can Lake Water Be Made Safe? | SCI BIO |
8-9 | A module on Micro-organisms and Purification of Water. (4 lessons) | EN | DK | EST | ||
| 11 | Can you plan an ideal Ad cam-paign for Rihanna’s new single? | MAT | 10-12 | A module on Mathematical modeling. (4-6 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 12 | Do you need chemistry in order to be a good bone surgeon? | CHE | 10-12 | A module on Oxidation and Reduction. (4 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 13 | Growing plants – Does the soil matter? | CHE | 6-9 | Various kinds of soil; Role of pH for growing of different plants; Origin of the soil pH; Controlling the pH of soils. (4 lessons) | EN | EST | PO | ||
| 14 | How Best to Maintain a Metal Bridge? | CHE | 8-9 | A module on rusting and corrosion of metals. (6 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 15 | How Can Expert Reports Lead Astray? | CHE | 11-13 | A module dealing with the opinions, ideals and judgments of other people on the topic of renewable energy (bioenergy).(4 lessons) | EN | GER | |||
| 16 | How can I design a cellular phone that is safer to use? | SCI | 10-11 | A science (science in context in society, design-based science) module on Electromagnetic radiation. (2 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 17 | How can we avoid energy losses in our school? | SCI PHY |
7-9 | A module to improve the process of decision making by solving a problem related to energy losses at school. (5-6 lessons) | EN | PO | |||
| 18 | How can we avoid global climate change? | CHE | 7-8 | Composition of the air, Cause and effect of an air pollutant, combustion as a chemical reaction. (10 lessons) | EN | DK | GER | ||
| 19 | How do scientists work? | SCI | 10-12 | The goal is to facilitate the construction of knowledge related to the nature of scientific knowledge. (1h at home, 3 lessons) | EN | EST | GER | PO | |
| 20 | How Happy are You and Your Family with the Electricity Bill? | PHY | 7-8 | Decision making activity, designed to consolidate learning about consuming energy and energy saving (4 lessons) | EN | EST | PO | ||
| 21 | How much can you drink and be able to legally drive? | MAT | 10-12 | A module on modelling alcohol degradation. (4-6 lessons) | EN | DK | EST | GER | |
| 22 | How much Champagne could you afford? | MAT | 8-9 | Caluclation of volumes, part per Million as an use of volume-calculation. A module on getting scientific information. (2 lessons) | EN | GER | |||
| 23 | How to heat my house? | SCI PHY |
9-12 | Characteristics of different building and isolating materials, fuels and methods to produce electric power. (6 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 24 | I love candy! And they keep telling me not to eat it! | BIO | 7-8 | Characteristics of different foodstuffs, human metabolism, diet and human health. (6 lessons) | EN | DK | EST | GER | PO |
| 25 | It wouldn’t do any harm to drive 60 km/h in a city instead of 50 km/h would it? | MAT | 10-12 | This module engages groups of students to apply modelling tools in relation to braking distances of cars. (4-6 lessons) | EN | DK | PO | ||
| 26 | Lara (16) is pregnant! | BIO | 9-10 | Life sciences, sexual education, decision making and moral judgement in a semi-real dilemma situation. (6 lessons) | EN | EST | |||
| 27 | Milk - Keep refrigerated | CHE | 9-11 | Various kinds of milk. Milk processing. Acidity and pH of milk. Milk sowering and the role of temperature. Yoghurt. (2 lessons) | EN | EST | PO | ||
| 28 | My iPod works with energy from bull shit | CHE | 11-13 | This module focuses on how biogas is produced and how far it can be used as an alternative to convent. energy. (5 lessons) | EN | GER | |||
| 29 | No smoke without a fire - (Un)desirable Combustion | CHE | 6-8 | A module on burning and oxidation.(5-6 lessons) | EN | GER | |||
| 30 | Planning a Space Trip to Mars | CHE | 7-12 | Planning a space trip to Mars as a way to discuss ecosystem dynamics and environmental problems. (1h at home + 3 lessons) | EN | PO | |||
| 31 | Popcorn – a fat free snack | CHE | 9-12 | This activity combines a well known cooking activity (preparing popcorn) with an inquiry process. (4 lessons) | EN | DK | EST | ||
| 32 | Preventing
Holes in Teeth Are Beliefs Justified? |
BIO | 8-9 | A module on tooth decay and its prevention. (5 lessons) | EN | DK | |||
| 33 | Salt – the good, the bad, and the tasty | CHE | 10-11 | A module on salt, its properties, uses and effects on human health. (3 lessons) | EN | GER | |||
| 34 | Shall we create new organisms? | BIO | 9-12 | Integrated Sciences and Science for Public Understanding curricular areas. (4 lessons) | EN | EST | PO | ||
| 35 | Shampoo – is there truth behind the advertisement? | CHE | 10-11 | A module on Shampoo, its ingredients and the environmental impact. (4 lessons) | EN | DK | |||
| 36 | Should Vegetable Oils be used as a Fuel? | CHE | 10-12 | Material on making and testing Biodiesel as a Fuel. (5 lessons) | EN | DK | |||
| 37 | Should we do more to save cult. monuments from corrosion? | CHE | 8-9 | A module on corrosion of bronze and reactivity series of metals. (4 Lessons) | EN | EST | |||
| 38 | Should Zero Emission Cars be Made Compulsory? | CHE | 8-9 | A module on hydrogen and fuel cells. (5 lessons) | EN | PO | |||
| 39 | Stop having sex – the world is overpopulated! | MAT | 10-12 | A module on modelling population growth. (4-6 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 40 | The Building Fair | SCI | ? | The motive (issue) which sets off this is the insight of the need of sustainability. | EN | ||||
| 41 | The gas we drink - Carbon dioxide in carbonated beverages | CHE | 10-11 | A module on Carbon dioxide, its properties, and use in beverages.(5-6 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 42 | The high-voltage bird | PHY | 7-9 | This task is embedded in the curriculum of electric current. (1 lesson) | EN | ||||
| 43 | To become fit and strong eat eggs all day long | CHE | 11-13 | Proteins: Building blocks, structure, and properties; detection reaction; peptide bond; denaturation of proteins. (4 lessons) | EN | GER | |||
| 44 | Traffic accident - who is to blame? | PHY | 6-9 | A boy was injured by a van on a crossing with traffic-lights. A reconstruction was undertaken in an attempt to determine blame. | EN | ||||
| 45 | Waist Deep in Waste – Necessity or Irresponsibility? | SCI BIO |
10-11 | Meaning of plastics, meaning of thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics, products from burning plastics. (4 Lessons) | EN | ||||
| 46 | What happens to the ice cubes in my soft drink? | CHE | 5-6 | Properties of substances (density), states of aggregation. (2 lessons) | EN | DK | GER | ||
| 47 | What is a fair insurance premium? | MAT | 10-12 | A module on Mathematical modeling. (4-12 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 48 | What is worse, cigarettes or narghile? | SCI CHE |
9-12 | Laboratory activity that examines the chemical process of smoking of both cigarettes and water-pipes (4 lessons) | EN | GER | PO | ||
| 49 | Where do the fizzy bubbles ‘in’ the fizzy tablets come from? | CHE | 5-6 | Properties of substances, comparing substances, relation between the usage and the properties of substances. (2 lessons) | EN | DK | GER | ||
| 50 | Which cleaning agent do we choose? | SCI | 8-9 | Characteristics of cleaning agents. (4 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 51 | Which is the best fuel? | CHE | 10-11 | A module on Heat of Combustion. (5 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 52 | Which Soap is Best? | CHE | 10-11 | Saponification (consolidation of concept); Soaps (consolidation of its preparation) and their cleaning action. (4 lessons) | EN | EST | GER | ||
| 53 | Which Soil Do We Choose? | SCI | 8-9 | Characteristics of soil. (4 lessons) | EN | ||||
| 54 | Would you have dropped the nuclear bomb? | PHY | 10-12 | Students will play a role play about the Manhattan project. Each of them plays a particular historical person. (4-12 Lessons) | EN | GER | |||
SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME SCIENCE AND SOCIETY PRIORITY Science education and careers 2005 COORDINATION ACTION Contract no 042922