Role of the Teacher

The role of the teacher is that of a mentor. Eskom Expo for Young Scientists depends on teachers to distribute information about Expo to students and to display notices about Regional Expo. Simply through their encouragement and support, enthusiastic teachers can inspire their students to great achievements.

A teacher can guide students through the stages of a scientific project and ensure their scientific approach.

Summary of the scientific method:

• STEP 1 Students must submit their project idea to their teacher, before starting a project, for approval. Ethics needs to be considered at this point.
• STEP 2 Choose a topic or question.
• STEP 3 Gather information about the topic. What do you need to know to answer the question?
• STEP 4 What do you think the answer will be? Form your hypothesis.
• STEP 5 Do experimentation on your topic.
• STEP 6 Draw conclusions based on the results of the testing.

Teachers can use the project as part of class work. When assessing the projects at school level, teachers can assist students in upgrading their projects so that they can participate in a Regional Expo.

Individual projects are encouraged, but no more than 2 students are allowed to work together on a project.

Teachers need to enter their students' projects for the Regional Expo.