DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIMEDIA CD FOR HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS BASED ON SF MOVIES

Science fiction(SF) movies have a variety of advantages that are usually lacking in school science. Previous studies have already shown that both students and teachers have a positive attitude toward the use of SF movies in school science lessons. However, despite the advantages, using SF movies is an extra burden on science teachers, because it is hard for individual teachers to analyse and edit SF movies and then develop the necessary teaching materials. Therefore, to reduce this burden, the current authors developed a multimedia CD, named ‘SF & Physics’, which can easily be used by ordinary teachers in their science lessons. The CD focuses on the mechanics part of high school physics and contains lots of interesting movie clips taken from a variety of SF movies. In the process of developing the CD, comments and advice were collected from physics teachers and science educators. The CD was then shown in two high school classes and the results closely observed. It was found that both teachers and students were satisfied with the use of the CD and insightful recommendations were collected for future classroom implementation.