STEM at Home: Provide Scientific Activities for Students during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The various barriers to learning science using online system during the Covid-19 pandemic, do not make us as a science educators, silent. One way to keep students able to carry out scientific activities is to provide scientific projects that students can work on in their own homes. The assignment can be delivered online and teachers' feedback can also be given online using the learning management system. This study is the phase analysis of developing Module and Kits of STEM Project at Home that can be used in online science learning bay teachers and students. The results of this needs analysis phase serve as recommendations for the next stage of research. The final result of this development research is the availability of STEM at Home Project Modules and Kits that are valid and practical for students to use in learning science during the Covid-19 pandemic or New Normal era. A total of 340 respondents consisting of grade 1, 2, and 3 junior high school students in several schools in Riau Province, Indonesia, have participated in filling out the online questionnaires. This needs analysis shows that there is a great chance that STEM project-based science learning can be carried out online by students.