츄잉 캔디 탐구를 통한 과학지식 생성 학습 프로그램의 고안

Design of the Learning Program for Generating Science Knowledge through Chewing Candy Inquiry

The purpose of this study is to design a teaching and learning program for generating science knowledge through chewing candy inquiry. The inquiry was performed by crispy coated chewing candies easily obtained in daily life as materials for this experiment. Students observed the phenomenon that water-soluble dye was dissolved and spread when chewing candies were put into the water. Effective process of generating scientific knowledge gets through to students about observation, generating questions, hypothesis generation, experimental design, hypothesis evaluation in sequence. In this process, teachers must allow students to perform experiment with enough time in comfortable atmosphere with a positive attitude. Scientific knowledge is actively generated through active discussion and self-devised extra experiments by students at each step. This program improve student s Inquiry ability and scientific thinking in general science class in primary and secondary education. Also, It can be used for gifted or underachiever class in various ways.