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BANYUMAS: Grade 1 Students Express Their Feelings in Writing
It is quite difficult to write about your feelings, but that is what the grade 1 students did at SDN Pandansari in Ajibarang subdistrict, Banyumas.
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Leni Lisnawati, a grade 1 student at SDN Pandansari, has written her feelings about her mother in a simple and clear manner.
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BANYUMAS: Simple and Useful Equipment
Science lessons using PAKEM methods at SDN 1 Kebasen, one of the MBE schools in Kebasen subdistrict, Banyumas encourage the students to make creative and useful end products. One of them was made by Andik, a grade 4 student, who made a technological innovation in the form of a simple, cheap and safe insect trap, using waste materials. The idea arose during three days camping activities with the scouts, in which students from SDN 1 Kebasen took part. Every night they were bitten by lots of mosquitoes.
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Yusuf and Dias, grade 1 students at SDN 1 Kebasen, with the insect trap they made
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Pak Waluyo S.Pd, a science teacher helped Andik to design the apparatus. The materials used included an old biscuit tin, an oil funnel, a wooden support, a plastic plate, a battery and case, cables, switch, a light bulb and screws to fasten the pieces together.
How it worked: the apparatus made use of the light from the bulb to attract the insects, so that they fell into the funnel, which was lubricated with cooking oil, and died.
The advantages of this apparatus included: could be used as a night light, while they were sleeping (two new batteries and one old battery lasted two nights), there was no fire danger, it didn't interfere with breathing and was easy to carry around.
By Suyanto, S.Pd, School Principal of SDN 1 Kebasen, Banyumas and Primary Science Facilitator
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MAGELANG: PAKEM at the Science Teachers Working Group
Dissemination of PAKEM teaching in science in Magelang is taking place through the teachers working groups (MGMP) at town and school levels. Activities include:
Teaching PAKEM science lessons, which are not only orientated towards active and enjoyable learning, but which also challenge the teacher to be innovative in developing teaching ideas.
Exchanging experiences about methods and teaching models being applied in different schools.
Designing simple cheap and interesting learning activities, using objects from the local environment.
Giving mentoring to help teachers overcome difficulties.
Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of PAKEM. From classroom research activities, it appears that PAKEM teaching increases students understanding of the concepts that are being taught and improves their scores.
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Top: Implementing PAKEM at the Science Teachers Working Group in Magelang
Above: Ibu Sri Puji Lestari helping the students during the practical lesson on the dangers of smoking
Below:Syringe used to discover the negative effects of smoking.
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One activity implemented in the science MGMP was real teaching using innovative PAKEM methods. This took place at MTsN Magelang with Ibu Sri Puji Lestari. She made use of an old syringe to explain the dangers of smoking.
Cotton wool was placed inside the syringe and the cigarette was attached to the end. The cigarette was lighted and the syringe was pumped a few times. What happened to the cotton wool? You can imagine what happened!
By Imam Baihaqi, S.Pd, Teacher at SMPN 11 Magelang and Science Facilitator
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