Strategy

How do you think you will solve the problem by your idea?

The experiments in my collection are really interesting, arousing and motivational to children that when they participate in an acitivity they will not forget them forever. I hope that since I will not use expensive materials and laboratory equipments they can try my experiments in their homes and they can get a positive habit to try other experiments . And since I am very creative by using very basic materilas children will be effected as sample model by my approach to create and explore in their life. I can give an example , a few paragraphs from a paper on pages 36-39 from Science Scope September 2003 magazine published by NSTA which has 53 thousand members written by Assistant Professor Teresa Crawford from California State University , Fullerton to support my method academically :

As science teachers, we understand the importance of gaining student interest to promote learning. We know how challenging it is to spark the curiosity to truly engage students in the processes of “doing science.” One often-used method of motivation is the demonstration of science in action. An example of such a demonstration might be placing an index card over a full glass of water, keeping your hand on the card, quickly inverting it, and then removing your hand. The water does not spill out. Demonstrations such as this are called discrepant events. They are “discrepant” because something occurs that is unexpected. A discrepancy causes students to wonder “How did that happen?” and to want those questions answered (cf., Piaget 1964). The National Science Education Standards state that “Inquiry into authentic questions generated from student experiences is the central strategy for teaching science” (NRC 1996). Although discrepant events are one way of bringing students to this place of wanting to know, the drawback of using them occurs when they are not taken beyond the “magic show” to meaningful inquiry and the scientific principles behind the event.

Although the lesson illustrates this method using a specific discrepant event—The Mysterious Multiplying Water Bottle—these steps can be used to investigate any discrepant event. Many books, articles, and Internet sites (see Resources) offer lists of various discrepant events that can be used as springboards to almost any science topic. Any number of them will work to excite and motivate students. As responsible science educators, however, it is important that we do more with these resources than simply use them to generate student interest. Through the use of guided inquiry we engage students in the processes and practices of doing science and effectively transform a “magic show” into meaningful science learning.

Another example is coming from a real connection with a scholar in USA http://www.rfsuny.org/rf_news/rf_news_archives_2003.htm and http://www.agiweb.org/gap/legis108/science_edu.html Prof. Dr Osman Yasar of the State University of New York, Brockport who is working as chairman in National Science Foundation's Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program to reform K-12 science and math education. We had a communication with Osman Yasar that on a demand of useful science project offer for Turkey coming from Turkey DPT State Planning Organization of Turkey he contacted me in January 2004 to get support from my project idea to propose to DPT. This sitiuation is really interesting since Osman Yasar can propose projects from USA but he probabaly thougth that my project is more suitable for Turkey considering its economic and development conditions

As well as the attractivenes of the concept tools used to turn this powerful tecnique into a social campaign is more important . I have designed different activity models to reach my goal. You can finf these activity plan at http://www.yalcineli.com/new_page_83.htm and http://www.yalcineli.com/new_page_50.htm .

We can summarize these activities as headings :

	1-VCD containing videos, supplementary books and web portal project named Inventors of the Future.
	2-Mass performances , mobile hands-on activities and road-shows named Alaaddin Magic School
	3-Training the trainers and volunteers and organising competitions by mediatic tools to reach masses and public in the country named The Secrets of Science
	4-TV show series to reach millions by telecommunication named Invention Time
	5-Hotel animations, entertaining summer school activities for entertaining and tourism sector.
	6-Kids clubs chain in the country that serves children in after-school extra curricular activities

These activities are budgeted as an estimate on the link above but the real applications will be finalized after negotiations with potential sponsors in the following months and we we will observe which activities are prefered according to real demands from the supporters.I hope a social trend will be initiated day by day after activities come into life.And these acitivities are just a begining point for developing new acivities for young inventors in their developmental journey to patent or invention owners in Turkey’s future.