Name of teaching material
Virtual experiment app on tablets for learning the History of DNA Research self-made product
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| Target |
・ For students with hearing impairment, it is easy to develop language concepts via experience-based activities as well as to acquire information via vision. Virtual experiment program that is easy to operate on a tablet was developed. ・ The app was designed so that it is possible to develop the lesson from the viewpoint of independent, interactive and deep learning. ・ For contents that are difficult to understand only with diagrams and texts, supplementary animation videos were prepared to help students deepen their understanding on the virtual experiments. |
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| Disability category | deaf and hard of hearing other |
| Teaching units / Applicable scenes | science |
| Specific purposes |
For high school biology’s unit, History of DNA Research, an app was developed for students to virtually experience the following difficult experiments mentioned in the textbook and watch supplementary animation videos: 1) Griffith’s experiment (using pneumococcus and mice), 2) Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment (using extracts of pneumococcus and breakdown enzymes), 3) Hershey-Chase experiment (using bacteriophages and radioactive isotopes), 4) Pneumococcus and leukocytes (animation explaining the pathogenicity of Pneumococcus strains), and 5) Propagation of phages in bacteria. The virtual experience of the experiments makes students more interested in the learning contents. Making discussions based on the results of the experiments, although virtual ones, improves the abilities to think, judge and express. The experiments can be repetitively experienced on a tablet, such as for preparation and review, which helps anchoring the learning contents. |
| Considerations for disability characteristics |
・ For students with hearing impairment, it is easy to develop language concepts via experience-based activities as well as to acquire information via vision. Virtual experiment program that is easy to operate on a tablet was developed. ・ The app was designed so that it is possible to develop the lesson from the viewpoint of independent, interactive and deep learning. ・ For contents that are difficult to understand only with diagrams and texts, supplementary animation videos were prepared to help students deepen their understanding on the virtual experiments. |
| Expected effects and results |
・ For students who require long time to understand, the app can be repetitively used as many times as they need. Individual students can use the app depending on their own learning speed and understanding. ・ The app can also be used at home and is effective for reviewing before an exam. |
| How to use |
・ For individual students to use the app Share the PowerPoint file with students, or ask them to download the file from the URL below. ・ For teacher to use in front of the class Project the images from a projector on a screen. The teacher manages the app while giving the lesson. |
| Related teaching materials and information |
・ URL of the virtual experiment app (in Japanese) https://www.deaf-s.tsukuba.ac.jp/~kugawa-j/02/index.html ・ URL of the virtual experiment app (in English) https://www.deaf-s.tsukuba.ac.jp/~kugawa-j/03/ ・ Development and utilization of virtual experiment app for high school biology “History of DNA Research” (in Japanese) Bulletin of Special Needs Education School for the Deaf, University of Tsukuba, Vol. 39 (93-100), March 2017 https://www.deaf-s.tsukuba.ac.jp/repository/Bulletin2017/kiyou2017-20.pdf |
| Useful for other students |
- Informant Author: KUGAWA Kotaro School: Special Needs Education School for the Deaf, University of Tsukuba
- Keywords science DNA
- Created 2023-12-06 15:41:52
- Updated 2023-12-06 15:56:45