Abstract
Comparative education studies within the perspective of globalization are seen as important studies, as they reveal the problems in education and show defective aspects of the systems applied in other countries. This way they improve the available system. The purpose of this research is to study the current curriculum of Life Science lesson within the context of four main elements comparatively. The Life Science lesson, which is assessed in the Social Studies course in many countries, is taught in Germany in a similar way as the content in Turkey. Therefore, Germany was chosen as the country for compararison. The study is a qualitative study and the data was analyzed by document review method. Document review is the examination of a text by the researcher according to various criteria. In other words, it collects records and documents related to a study and encodes and analyzes them according to a certain norm and system. The research is limited to the analysis of the current curriculum of the Life Science lessons in Turkey and Germany. The results obtained in the research will support the understanding of the Life Science Education Program in Turkey and contribute to the new studies to be carried out. Key words: Life Science course, comparative education, basic elements of the program, Turkey, Germany.  
Highlights
Lessons within the area of Social Sciences, which are closely related to the social reality where students live have taken on the task of improving social participation skills of students, giving them citizenship competence and preparing them for citizenship by making them interact with other people and their environment in and out-of-school learning environments during primary and secondary school periods (Deveci, 2005)
The Life Science lesson, which is assessed in the Social Studies course in many countries, is taught in Germany in a similar way as the content in Turkey
The research is limited to the analysis of the current curriculum of the Life Science lessons in Turkey and Germany
Summary
Lessons within the area of Social Sciences, which are closely related to the social reality where students live have taken on the task of improving social participation skills of students, giving them citizenship competence and preparing them for citizenship by making them interact with other people and their environment in and out-of-school learning environments during primary and secondary school periods (Deveci, 2005). Life Science lesson is taught to enable to students observe and examine daily events related to nature, family and social life, and to provide them with the necessary basic knowledge, skills and values. The Life Science lesson puts individuals who will become actors in shaping the future society with citizenship education for the first time and prepares them for life, by bringing democratic attitudes and values through events on the world of experience. In this regard, it is a strategic lesson in elementary school education.
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