Preparing an instructional design based on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) approach on the topic of “chemistry everywhere” for 10th grade students

This paper is a report of the study whose purpose is to prepare an instructional design for “Chemistry at Home” subjects in the “Chemistry Everywhere” unit of 10th grade students, based on STEM approach and compare the effects of the implementation of the prepared material on students’ academic success and creativity with students who are educated with the traditional education approach. A test developed by the researcher which consists of 32 questions whose validity and reliability tests have been carried out will be given as pre and post test. The study was carried out with 32 students, 15 in the study group, 17 in the control group. The students in the study group were steered towards STEM education in their classes and it was made possible for the students to use the existing knowledge in a manner to develop their creativity and problem solving skills rather than acquiring it passively. They were given help in terms of team work in the laboratory, participating in extracurricular activities and developing their self-esteem. The classes of the students in the control group were continued to be made in accordance with the traditional education approach, the experiments in their textbooks were carried out with the instructions of the teacher. In the tests in which measured the academic success and creativity of the students in the study group, it was determined that these students were more successful and the obtained data was statistically more significant.