January 2018
This research article summarizes the collaboration between the faculty of education at Chiang Mai University in Thailand and an educational service area to develop the Science Camp Model. The activities designed for the camp were based on the Tinkering and Maker Movement and draw from 5 inquiry-based science units designed to enhance students' conceptualization of electricity, including the Smithsonian Science Education Center's STC curriculum for middle school students. The goal of the study was to determine if science camp could improve students' understanding of electricity, in order to meet the standard evaluation of Thailand's Ordinary National Educational Test (O-NET).
Read more at http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.5019499