During my studies, I had the opportunity to teach at various schools in Slovenia. My attention was attracted by differences occurring between children from rural and urban areas. I have noticed that children from rural areas often, in explanation and discussion on a certain topic, make parallels to work and tools in everyday life. I was interested to what extent children in rural areas easier understand the topics compared to children in urban environment. I came up with the idea that certain topics should be presented on actual accessories used in everyday life. I focused on tools, more specifically on a lever. For the chosen topic, I firstly examined and analysed how it is integrated into the curriculum and how it is presented in textbooks. I also examined how the topic for introduction of the concept of mass is used in one American textbook. I developed a simple experiment for teaching and self-learning, which was also a subject of pilot-testing.
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