THE CHALLENGE OF LABORATORY WORK CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY COVID 19
HRISTO VASILEV*, NEVENKA KOSTOVA*
SPGE “John Atanasov”, 48 Rayko Alexiev Street, Sofia, Bulgaria.
*Corresponding author: bateico1995@abv.bg, nevy@abv.bg
Keywords: е-learning, science experiments at home, laboratory work, interdisciplinary learning, COVID 19
Abstract: In the conditions of restrictions imposed by COVID-19 in the 2019-2020 school year, an alternative to the laboratory classes at school could be the home science experiments. The home experiment is a simple self-conducted experiment that students perform at home without the immediate guidance of the teacher in the course of the experiment.
This article presents a model for performing home experiments of interdisciplinary nature in the conditions of distance e-learning. The experiments were in the school subject Biology and health education in regular classes with students from 9th grade in SPGE “John Atanasoff”, Sofia.
Students perform experimental tasks at home independently, using the available equipment. One of the advantages of this type of experiment is that when setting tasks, the teacher does not need to take into account the different speed at which students perform them. This allows all students to be given the same task. A special value of this type of activity is that it motivates students and increases their interest in the studied subjects.