{"id":531,"date":"2016-10-31T12:29:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T10:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/?page_id=531"},"modified":"2021-07-21T10:04:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T07:04:57","slug":"531-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/?page_id=531","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Investigation Program for secondary school students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Scientific Investigation Program for secondary school students<\/h1>\n<h2>Leading team<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weizmann.ac.il\/pages\/search\/people?person_id=2382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Zahava Scherz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weizmann.ac.il\/pages\/search\/people?person_id=2211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Bat Sheva Eylon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Project members<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Miri Oren<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>The Investigation into Science and Technology (IST) program was designed to enhance the inquiry skills of secondary school students, and to introduce them to aspects of science and technology \u201cin action\u201d, as well as allowing them to observe scientists and technologists in their workplaces. During the program, teams of students visited \u00a0laboratories and factories to observe, interview, and partially participate in scientific research of their interest The information they gathered was \u00a0then processed, analyzed, and finally presented to other students.<br \/>\nThe IST activities have been implemented by many secondary school classes in the Weizmann Institute laboratories and elsewhere, under the guidance of young researchers.<br \/>\nResearch on students\u2019 perception of science, scientists and the scientific workplace, indicates that students\u2019 preconceptions about science were significantly altered: from superficial, stereotypic and vague images to more accurate, rational and open-minded ones.<\/p>\n<h2>Links for further reading<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Scherz Z.* and Oren M. &#8220;How to Change Students&#8217; images of science and Technolog &#8220;. Science Education, Vol. 90, No.6, 965-985, 2006.<\/li>\n<li>Scherz Z. and Oren M., &#8220;Investigation into Science and Technology&#8221;, The Weizmann Institute of Science (Student book &amp; Teacher guide), 121 pgs, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 2003 (in Hebrew).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific Investigation Program for secondary school students<br \/>\nLeading team<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Zahava Scherz<br \/>\nProf. Bat Sheva Eylon<\/p>\n<p>Project members<\/p>\n<p>Miri Oren<\/p>\n<p>Summary<br \/>\nThe Investigation into Science and Technology (IST) program was designed to enhance the inquiry skills of secondary school students, and to introduce them to aspects of science and technology \u201cin action\u201d, as well as allowing them to observe scientists and technologists in their workplaces. During the program, teams of students visited \u00a0laboratories and factories to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":195,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-531","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=531"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2914,"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/531\/revisions\/2914"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}