EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTEXTUALIZED AND LOCALIZED ACTIVITY SHEETS IN
SCIENCE 5 INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: SUSTAINABILITY
AND ADVOCACY FOR CLIMATE ACTION
KIM ALVIN C. DE LARA
INTRODUCTION
Schools play a major role in the education of tomorrow's generation and future of
the earth. As stewards of the earth, helping students understand climate change, its
impacts and its solutions prepares them to take an active role in making good choices for
both society and the environment. This research aimed to assess the effectiveness of
contextualized and localized activity sheets in Science 5 integrating climate change
adaptation to grade five pupils of Niogan Elementary School SY 2017-2018. Funded by
the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute, the activity
sheets gave grade 5 pupils the necessary knowledge, skills and awareness on climate
change, lessen and reduce the effects of risks through educational and environmental
stewardship and resilience and manage and use it in productive ways as they apply it to
their day to day live.
METHODS
An experimental research method was utilized. The main instrument used was the pre
and post-test questionnaires. Content validation and item analysis were conducted prior
to the conduct of experimentation. The activity sheets adhered to the Grade Level
Standards of the K to 12 Science Curriculum prescribed by the Department of Education.
Anchored on grade 5 Science learning competencies, a 15-day lessons were used using
the activity sheets during the 4th Quarter of the school year. Participants were the one
hundred sixteen (116) Grade 5 pupils selected purposively by the researcher.
RESULTS
Based from the findings, results showed that there is a significant improvement in the
performance of Grade 5 pupils after using the activity sheets, an improvement in the mean
percentage score was also reflected in 4th Quarter test result. Also after the conduct of
interview and focus group discussion among participants, the activities in the activity
sheets was said to be an effective learning tool and material to pupils. After the conduct
of the research, projects and advocacy programs for sustainability were created, shared
and advocated through social media, community linkages and forums in different schools
and communities.
DISCUSSION
The researcher strongly supports environmental education and believes this to serve as
a way to instill environmental literacy to students. Climate change awareness should be
a part of the science curriculum because student knowledge of environmental concepts
establishes a foundation for their future understandings and actions as citizens of the
country.
Keywords:
Climate Action, Activity Sheets, Sustainability, Contextualized, Localized