Program Overview

Module Description

The module "Kemiske og biologiske undervisningsforsĝg" (Chemical and Biological Experiments for Teaching) aims to provide students with knowledge of a wide range of demonstration experiments at the high school level. This enables students to select, develop, justify, and reflect on the choice of teaching experiments for a given high school teaching sequence in biology, biotechnology, and chemistry.

Module Content, Progression, and Pedagogy

The course has the following objectives:

• To give students knowledge of a broad range of demonstration experiments at the high school level.
• To strengthen students' laboratory and communication skills.

In connection with topics from the curricula in Biology, Biotechnology, and Chemistry in high school, students select a series of experiments that are planned, carried out, and reported. Selected teaching experiments are carried out for the instructor and fellow students. Through discussion and reflection on the individual demonstration experiments, a progression of the students' subject-didactic level is ensured.

Learning Objectives

Knowledge

Students who complete the module should be able to:

• Provide an overview of suitable demonstration experiments at the high school level.
• Justify the choice of (demonstration) experiments based on the subject's curriculum.
• Plan and carry out teaching experiments.
• Account for safety rules for experimental chemical and biological work in high school.

Skills

• Plan and carry out demonstration experiments and instruct and guide high school students in their experimental work in chemistry, biology, and biotechnology.
• Account for practical and subject-didactic considerations regarding the choice and execution of teaching experiments.

Competences

• Reflect on the choice of didactic method.
• Develop experiments to support and develop their own teaching.

Teaching Methods

• Lectures
• Workshops
• Feedback

Scope and Expected Work Effort

150 working hours

Examination

Exams

Exam name | Chemical and Biological Experiments for Teaching ---|--- Exam form | Active participation/ongoing evaluation. In connection with the re-examination, the exam form will be written or oral. ECTS | 5 Permitted aids | With certain aids: Reference is made to the examination plan. Assessment form | Passed/Not passed Censorship | Internal exam Evaluation criteria | The evaluation criteria are stated in the University's Examination Order.

Facts about the Module

English title | Chemical and Biological Experiments for Teaching ---|--- Module code | K-KEM-K1-22 Module type | Course Duration | 1 semester Semester | Autumn ECTS | 5 Language of instruction | Danish Space | Yes Place of instruction | Campus Aalborg Module responsible | Thorbjĝrn Terndrup Nielsen, Jeppe Lund Nielsen Included in | Study program for the candidate program in biology, 2022; Study program for the candidate program in biotechnology, 2022; Study program for the candidate program (cand.scient.) in chemistry, 2022; Study program for the candidate program in biology, 2025

Organization

Education owner | Cand.scient. in Chemistry ---|--- Study board | Study board for Chemistry and Bioscience Institute | Institute for Chemistry and Bioscience Faculty | The Faculty of Engineering and Science