Information Package / Course Catalogue
Laboratory Applications in Science
Course Code: SÖ253
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 0
Prt.: 2
Credit: 1
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

Achieving theoretical knowledge and practical knowledge about inquiry based learning, developing the ability to design and adapt inquiry-based activities in various instructional settings, to be aware of the nature of science and the nature of scientific argumentation, and to integrate this awareness with the practical activities.

Course Content

The importance and purpose of the laboratory in science education: teaching the history of lab, place of lab in Science and Technology curriculum. Scientific method and scientific process skills: experimental varieties, experimental design and development, the scientific process and how they acquired skills. Measurement and error: reliability, validity, sources of error, the error calculations. Experiment worksheets and writing experiment reports, argumentation and types of inquiry work sheets.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Arzu TANIŞ ÖZÇELİK
Learning Outcomes
1.Learn how to plan and how to implement the scientific investigation to build science concepts and learn the principles of scientist through hands on learning
2.Identifies and uses laboratory equipment.
3.Knows the safety precautions in the laboratory.
4.Compiles the data collected from experiments into a scientific report by analyzing and interpreting it.
5.Improve their cooperative and communication skills through participating in group work
6.Conduct experiments in regard to elementary classrooms
7.Acquire and Improve science process skills like observation and classification skills.
8.Develop the ability to construct arguments based on data collected in experiments and observations.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ayas, A., Çepni, S. ve Akdeniz, A. R. (1994). Fen Bilimleri Eğitiminde Laboratuvarın Yeri ve Önemi-II. Çağdaş Eğitim, 205, 7-11.
2.Naciye Şimşek, Yasemin Çınar (2017) Fen Bilimleri Laboratuvar Uygulamaları Nobel Yayıncılık.
3.Bahar, M., Aydın, F., Polat, M. ve Bertiz, H. (2013). Fen ve Teknoloji Laboratuvar Uygulamaları 1-2. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
4.Çepni, S., Ayvacı, Ş. H.; Bacanak, A.; Özsevgeç, T., Aydın, M. (2008). Fen ve Teknoloji Laboratuvar Uygulamaları I. Trabzon: Celepler Matbaacılık.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The place and Importance of Laboratory in Science
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Week 2 - Theoretical
Formulating hypotheses,Quantitative and qualitative measurement, the accuracy and precision of a measurement
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Week 3 - Theoretical
Observing and classifying,Organizing data in tables and graphs
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Week 4 - Laboratory
Designing scientific investigations: basic circuit systems
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Week 5 - Laboratory
A dynamometer for the measurement of force, the direction of the force exerted on a body
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Week 6 - Laboratory
Natural and artificial sounds, the movement of the sound through solid, liquid and air, sound insulation
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Week 7 - Laboratory
Magnetic Forces: magnets
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Week 8 - Laboratory
Doing experiments related to Properties of Matter (Midterm Exam)
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Nature Observation: plants, animals
Week 10 - Theoretical
Definition of heat and temperature, designing an experiment to explain the differences between them
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Week 11 - Laboratory
Seed Investigation
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Week 12 - Laboratory
Seed Investigation
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Week 13 - Laboratory
The definition of pure substances and mixtures, and using methods to differentiate mixtures,
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Week 14 - Laboratory
Food and Nutrition Experiment
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Week 15 - Preparation Work
Week 16 - Preparation Work
Week 17 - Preparation Work
Week 18 - Preparation Work
Week 19 - Preparation Work
Week 20 - Preparation Work
Week 21 - Preparation Work
Week 22 - Preparation Work
Week 23 - Preparation Work
Week 24 - Preparation Work
Week 25 - Preparation Work
Week 26 - Preparation Work
Week 27 - Preparation Work
Week 28 - Preparation Work
Week 29 - Preparation Work
Week 30 - Preparation Work
Week 31 - Preparation Work
Week 32 - Preparation Work
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Practice140228
Reading51110
Individual Work122024
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)78
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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4
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5
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4
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3
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4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026