Virtual laboratory of science on symbiotic material for primary school students

Abstract

Practical activities in learning science often experience constraint in terms of tools, materials, places and time. These constraints hinder the acquisition of facts, concepts and theories of science. The purpose of this study was to develop a learning media in the form of virtual laboratory to teach Science (symbiotic). In developing virtual laboratory media, the steps that should be followed include defining problem, designing system, programming, testing, operational and maintenance and evaluation. This media is valid and easy to be used in learning science at primary school. The instruments used in this study were observation and questionnaires. Four grader students were involved as the subject of the study. The results of expert validation and practitioners indicated that this media is feasible and can be used in learning science. Virtual laboratory learning media enable to visualize abstract concepts of substance or events into more concrete concepts for primary school students. Interesting and concrete learning media can develop students’ interests in learning science.