Exploring Hands-on Science Activities among Junior High School Students Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Abstract

The aim of this study is to explore the different hands-on activities with its common tool, and scientific skills acquired by the students amidst pandemic. The study have used narrative – inquiry research design where short-answer type essay was used as the main instrument in gathering the required data. There are twenty junior high school students who was exposed to modular approach during that have participated in the study and purposive sampling was implemented. Findings revealed the following; (a) hands-on activities accomplished, (b) scientific skills learned, (c) scientific skills enhanced, and (d) common tools used. Based from the findings, therefore it concludes that observing and classifying were the most hands-on activities students accomplished in science during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inferring was the Science skill that students greatly enhanced in doing hands-on during the pandemic. And writing tools were the most common tools used to do hands-on activities at home.