The lesson discusses the history of "radium girls" who received radiation damage when painting watch dials with radioluminescent paint. Students will be able to analyze a real historical fact through group work on case studies on a problem in order to understand the importance of objective, accessible and comprehensive knowledge.Students will be able to assess the impact of radioactivity on human health and activities, gain legal knowledge in the feld of worker safety at the enterprise, gain the skills of information analysis to develop an information model.Working in a group contributes to the development of communicative qualities, and tasks form analytical and creative thinking.An objective consideration of the problem of "radium girls" requires knowledge of physics, social science, and skills in working with information. And the knowledge of information technologies will make it possible to make the fnal product, which can be used for educational purposes and in the organization of educational work with schoolchildren
A web quest, as one of the forms of distance learning, is a tool that allows pupils to study educational material with interest. This form can be especially effective for studying the material of those school subjects, for the study of which is given less than two hours a week. The article offers a description of the web quest “First in Space”, developed and conducted as part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the space age.
Geocaching is a game that consists in creating your own caches and searching for the caches of other participants of the game using navigation devices. The game is known all over the world and exists in various forms: for example, corporate or educational geocaching. The article considers an example of a master class "Secrets of geocaching", where teachers get acquainted with the concept of educational geocaching, forms and examples of its organization; make up the scenario of virtual educational geocaching and geocaching with access to the area. Master classes conducted by teachers for teachers are an effective form of mutual learning and the search for like-minded people. When conducting a master class, both its presenter and participants gain new experience. This stimulates creativity and maintains an atmosphere of cooperation and equality. Of particular value is the final product, which is created independently under the guidance of an experienced mentor and can be implemented in finished form in practice.
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