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In this study, it is aimed to investigate the effect of smart board usage and activity based instruction on students' academic achievement, and their attitudes towards science and environment. The study was carried out with the participation of 77 students who were attending to 5th class in a public school in 2017-2018 academic year. A quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test control group was employed, and one control and two experimental groups were used in the study. A 36-item Science Attitude Test, 32-item Attitude Towards Environment Scale, and 25 multiple-choice item Human and Environment Relationship Achivement Test were applied as pre and post-tests to all groups. According to the results obtained from the study, it has been found that smart board usage and activity based instruction significantly increased students 'academic achievement and attitude towards science. Students' attitudes towards environment were not changed according to the applied teaching method.