Synopsis of science history as an instrument of motivation in high school science classes

Abstract

Scope of Study: Science appreciation, interest and concepts beyond the prescribed course in classroom teaching is an important phase of a high school students science education. One logical means of motivating the student toward these objectives is to approach the field of study from a historical background. This report involved the study of the history of science from the dawn of history until the present day. The object was to select from the history of science, the data in regard to a basic idea from the time it was first conceived until it became scientific fact, and compile this data as a synopsis of the history of science. This historical data to be introduced into classroom teaching as the instrument of motivation to create within the student these more desirable objective. The materials used in this report were acquired from a series of reference books concerning the history of science.