Remote experiments in primary school science education

Abstract

The development of new information technologies enables remote experimentation suitable for primary school science education. On the basis of the pilot research conducted in 2010 - 2011 we designed the research carried out on six Slovak primary schools in 2011 - 2012. Our main goal was to examine the influence of the project-based learning with the support of remote experiments on the pupils' scientific literacy development and the sustainability of the acquired knowledge and skills. The gained result confirmed the positive influence of the proposed methodology on the development of scientific literacy (encouraged by the State Educational Programme), the knowledge sustainability and the associated skills. Furthermore, the rise of the pupils' interest in the subject matter was affirmed.