Open AccessLocal-based lesson on hydrologic cycle with environmental education integration: Designing learners ideas through STEM
Author(s) -
Maria Theresa G. Tadena,
Monera A. Salic-Hairulla
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1835/1/012035
Subject(s) - environmental education , process (computing) , local community , mathematics education , pedagogy , engineering , psychology , political science , computer science , law , operating system
Seeing STEM education in a new light that seeks in helping learners use the local environment as a vehicle for developing understanding on various environmental issues. Providing adequate STEM and environmental education will make everyone appreciate their relationship with the environment which lead to environmental awareness and in developing a sustainable future. This study aimed to develop a local-based lesson on environmental education. Local-Based Lesson on Environmental Education was developed for integration to science lessons among grade 8 learners and was designed in a meaningful way that the integration process would just blend smoothly. STEM education strategies are utilized and applied by the learners in performing the activity embedded in the developed local-based environmental lesson. Through this, it developed the learners’ capacity in bringing their role as solution makers towards the pressing environmental issues in their local community. Using STEM strategies the learners have shown positive response to the developed lessons and were able to provide and design possible solutions in addressing local environmental isues. This implies that the application of STEM strategy in learners’ activity have developed the learners creative ideas in addressing environmental issues in their own community and improved their STEM knowledge and skills.