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The proposed workbook is intended for students of secondary schools, lyceums and gymnasiums. It is compiled in accordance with the curriculum approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on 08.06.2015 (the Physics Curriculum for grades 7-9 was prepared by a working group led by O. I. Lyashenko, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine).
It is proposed to use factory-made equipment for laboratory work. Each work gives methodological advice and draws attention to the safety, health and life of students when performing experiments.
The 8th grade programme provides for only 5 laboratory works. This is too little for the development of practical skills and proper assessment of students' experimental skills. This is especially true for the section "Electrical Phenomena. Electric Current».
The laboratory works listed in the programme, as stated in the explanatory note to the programme, are «minimally necessary and sufficient in relation to the requirements of the State Standard. However, depending on the conditions and availability of the material base of the physics classroom, the teacher may supplement this list. Taking into account the experience of previous years, we offer additional works No. 3, No. 4, No. 8 and No. 9, which are not mandatory, but make it possible to improve students' skills in drawing up and studying electrical circuits.
Since in laboratory work No. 3 students are convinced that when conductors are connected in series, the current strength in different parts of the circuit is the same, and in work No. 4 the voltage on a section of the circuit is equal to the sum of the voltages on the conductors connected in series in this section of the circuit, then work No. 6 can be omitted or carried out as a kind of control work.
At the end of almost every laboratory work, additional and control tasks are offered. Their implementation allows the student to deepen and expand their skills, and the teacher to more accurately assess the level of competence (academic achievement) of the student on a 12-point system. However, the teacher should remember that completing additional and control tasks is voluntary and depends on the type of educational institution, its material capabilities and, most importantly, the student's desire to complete them.
