Keyword: «natural science literacy»

The paper presents the main objectives of the study and some results on the formation of natural science literacy of students in physics classes. The concept of natural science literacy and its characteristics are defined. The article deals with educational and methodological tools for the formation of natural science literacy of students in the study of the topic «Thermal phenomena».

In the field of "Natural science subjects", one can consider natural science literacy as a particular manifestation of functional literacy in the study of chemistry, biology and other subjects. Science literacy is an integrative result of learning in the field of natural science disciplines.

The article "The development of functional literacy in the framework of the event dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad" presents options for functional literacy tasks for the development of reading, mathematical, natural science literacy and creative, global competencies. The material is offered for students of grades 5-6 of secondary schools. Articles, illustrations, schematic drawings, memoirs of participants of events, etc. were used in the work. The presented tasks were used in extracurricular classes at the Bolsheizhor School of the Lomonosov district of the Leningrad Region.

This article includes tasks in various areas of functional literacy (reading literacy, mathematical literacy, natural science literacy, global competencies and creative thinking). All materials are united by a common theme: "Granite". The tasks are designed for students of grades 5–7, taking into account the age characteristics of children. The work is aimed at developing the individual's abilities to formulate, apply and interpret knowledge in a variety of contexts. The illustrations used in the work are taken from open sources on the Internet.

This article deals with the issue of functional literacy formation of schoolchildren at different stages (primary school – secondary school). The article describes in detail its components: reading, mathematical, natural science literacy. The authors of the article present a set of tasks used during mathematics lessons, the world around us lesson, the Russian language, technology, while implementing project activities in elementary school and in the middle level.