In response to the questions about how they felt about the Arts Media learning experience, which encouraged
student’s active participation in a creative project-based environment, a few students expressed the following
opinions:
“…I feel excited to tell the story of my science concept and hear the story and learn from friends during the
presentation of the storyboard.”
“.. The story and drawing the story in the storyboard which was presented by friends is fun and exciting.”
“Learning outside the classroom is fun because we can touch, feel and taste the plants (subject matter), inside the
classroom we can only sit and listen to the teacher, sometimes I do daydreaming because of the class is boring.”
“I learn and understand more with the activities in Arts Media.... doing experiment is more enjoyable.”
The students stated that prior to taking part in the Arts Media activity, they viewed their science classes as
being lacklustre which indicates they felt that their science class has improved during the Arts Media activity. They
were excited to be given the opportunity to communicate and express their ideas and knowledge. They liked to
collaborate with classmates and doing some discussions. The statements below showed that the majority of students
felt positive about the creative project-based learning activity, which incorporates play elements.
“It is fun to learn and do activities with friends. Inside the classroom we don’t have much opportunity to talk and
discuss with friends.”
“ …I like to learn with friends.”
“I am not shy to present and communicate to my friend because the teacher and facilitator always encouraged us to
study together.”
Students also pointed out that their communication skills have also improved. The students had demonstrated
that they were able to reflect on their experiences and understanding. This trait is evident from their ability to
visualize the science concept in an animation rich with colours, movements and interesting storylines. The students
also felt proud to be able to make an animation movie on their own when they received some positive feedback from
peers and teachers. This has increased their confidence and interest in learning science.
“…. The animation is easy to do, I want to try at home.”
“I will try this for my other subject”
“…Before this, I don’t know how to make an animation, I feel so happy that I learned something new and I want to
show to my friend”
The animation produced in this project is in the movie *.avi format and Figure 2 below is an example of the
sequence of pictures taken from an original movie produced by a group of students.