Scientific Toy Design (HUM202) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Scientific Toy Design HUM202 General Elective 3 0 0 3 4
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Staff
Course Assistants
Course Objectives Using scientific concepts in toy design, providing students to reach scientific awareness, developing the skill of using tools for scientific toy design, introduction of scientific toy types.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • The students who succeeded in this course; • Experience the transformation process of scientific concepts that will contribute to toy design, • Gains the skill of using tools for scientific toy design, • Recognizes scientific toy types, • Recognize the places where scientific toys are exhibited, • Designs exhibit mechanisms of scientific toys.
Course Content Developing students' using tools and skills in workshops; visiting science museums and science centers, observing large-scale scientific toys, and displaying all designed and produced scientific toys.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Meeting, introduction of the course. Preparing a presentation
2 What is a scientific toy? Where to use? Why should it be done and played? What is its place in the education system? Are scientific toys just for kids? Does it contribute to the development of science and to the future of societies? Presentations will be made in an interactive discussion environment. Preparing a presentation
3 Optical Workshop. Introduction of Electromagnetic Wave Spectrum. Display of the visible light region. Description of light-proof, semi-transparent and fully transparent materials. History of glass and mirror. Mirror types. Uses of mirrors. Preparing a presentation
4 Making a kaleidoscope. Making a periscope. Supply of materials
5 Acoustic Workshop. What is sound? What are the features? What frequency sounds do we use when speaking? Harmful sounds to the human ear. How does sound spread in different materials? How is sound insulation done? What are the features of the microphone and speaker? Preparing a presentation
6 Making a rain stick. Supply of materials
7 Introducing Forces. Making the moving paper toys. Preparing a presentation Supply of materials
8 Moving toys with clothes pegs will be made. Supply of materials
9 Science Center technical trip.
10 Electricity and magnetism. Dancing copper wire toys. Preparing a presentation Supply of materials
11 LED toy making Supply of materials
12 Information will be given about eco systems and ecological balance. Plant Terrarium. Preparing a presentation Supply of materials
13 Completing the missing projects.
14 Completing the missing projects.
15 End of the Year Exhibition
16 End of the Year Exhibition

Sources

Course Book 1. 1. Alan Bartholomew, Electric Gadgets and Gizmos, Kids Can Press.
2. 2. Neil Ardley, 101 Great Science Experiments, DK Publishing, İnc.
3. 3. Ed Sobey, Inventing Toys Kids Having Fun Learning Science, Zephyr Press.
4. Ed Sobey, The Way Toys Work, Chicago Review Press.
5. 5. Georgina Andrews ve Kate Knighton, 100 Bilimsel Deney, TÜBİTAK Popüler Bilim Kitapları.
6. 6. Domenico Laurenza, Leonardo’nun Makineleri, Pegasus Yayınları.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 10
Laboratory - -
Application 1 25
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 1 10
Presentation 1 5
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 50
Toplam 5 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Gains basic theoretical knowledge about the field within the scope of health, education and support services, organizational structure and systematics.
2 Acquires basic concepts, approaches and theories related to the field of child development and relates them to current experiences and national and international developments.
3 It effectively uses sciences such as health, education and psychology by adding them to the basic knowledge and skills of the child development discipline.
4 Gains the ability to identify problems and develop solutions based on the knowledge and skills required by the discipline of child development.
5 Gain the ability to independently carry out the necessary work and take responsibility as an individual and as a team member in practices related to child development education in preschool education institutions, private education institutions and health institutions. Can independently carry out and take responsibility for the necessary work as an individual or as a team member in practices related to child development education in preschool education institutions, private education institutions and health institutions.
6 Have the basic knowledge required for applications in preschool education institutions, private education institutions and health institutions regarding child development education.
7 Identify learning needs related to lifelong learning regarding child development and education and provide necessary guidance.
8 Acts in accordance with professional ethics and social responsibility in all professional field practices and social relations.
9 It carries out studies to raise awareness of society and other professional groups on child development.
10 She/He can track information in her field and communicate with colleagues using a universal foreign language.
11 Gains the ability to conduct resource research to access information and to use databases, numerical values ​​and other information sources.
12 To be able to communicate effectively with the family and the child in accordance with the cultural structure, and to work in cooperation in child development studies.
13 To be able to act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in all studies in the field of child development.
14 In the field of child development, it is sensitive to the universality of social rights, the protection of quality cultural values, and occupational health and safety.
15 Evaluates, prepares and uses materials required by the field of child development (educational toys, educational books and brochures, game materials) in line with educational purposes.
16 To be able to determine the developmental differences of 0-18 year old children at an early stage, to prepare and implement appropriate education programs.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application 14 3 42
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 3 3
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 1 3 3
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 4 4
Total Workload 100