Discipline: Education
Science education always involves investigation, experimentation, and conceptualization of new ideas and applying it to contribute to the improvement of the society. The quality of science education must not be compromised amidst the pandemic and in the adoption of distance learning due to the health protocols. This action research aimed to help every STEM 11 student in crafting Science Investigatory Projects (SIPs) as an interdisciplinary assessment with the use of Google Applications. In the study, the Most Essential Learning Competencies that can be assessed through the SIPs were identified. The students with the teachers’ guidance were able to formulate and proposed relevant SIPs, mostly in Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction. The identified MELCs were assessed through the SIPs crafted by the students. The interdisciplinary approach to SIPs enabled the students to come up with just one output/ performance task which is evaluated and graded in different subjects thus, eliminating the burden of creating different research projects in different subject areas. The researcher was able to assess the effectiveness of utilizing Google Apps in collaborating and crafting SIPs. The results of the study showed that the teachers and students perceived that Google Apps such as Google Classroom, Google Meet, Google Docs, Google Forms, Google Sheets and Google Sites are effective tools in studying, preparing, communicating, collaborating and presenting their final SIPs. Following the utilization of the different Google Apps, the STEM 11 Students were able to craft and present twenty – five relevant Science Investigatory Projects that were assessed as an interdisciplinary learning output in different subject areas.
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