Flying Anda Freimane from Mazzalve Primary school performed a natural science lesson about flying for the 5th grade students. Their task was to make paper airplanes at home. They were later tested in school to find the best model to fly. Students could use any information or help. The resulting planes were...

Lake Investigation Aija Staskevica from Vecumnieki Primary School carried out a research with 1st grade students. The objective was to learn the procedure of a research and its steps. They started planning together to find out what was necessary to perform a research. Students suggested that the name of the researcher...

Outdoors Many teachers in a research pointed out that students usually like lessons outdoors. That is why they go outdoors very often. In this good practice, the experience of biology and natural science teacher Lienite Iesalniece from Dundaga secondary school is described. Beaver dam. Students went outdoor...

Student/ teacher Teacher's experience: Aija Bruna from Dzerve Primary School sometimes uses the “student/teacher” method. She splits up students in pairs in which one is a teacher and the other is a student. For example, she teaches co-ordinates this way. While “the teacher” names the coordinates of a place, “the s...

Selected for piloting The White Ruta Puida, a teacher from Daugavpils Centra Secondary School, developed a lesson on substance recognition. Every day at home, we see a member of our family use various ingredients for cooking: salt, sugar, flour, etc. Especially, the three mentioned are similar to each other (they are white powders...

Water Droplet Ingrīda Brizga, a teacher from Cesis Primary School Nr. 2, developed an integrated lesson “Water Droplet”, including mathematics, chemistry, science, physics, and social studies. Students detected water droplet mass and volume using electronic scales and calculator. They computed the amount of water...