. classroom biology course current environmental problems and the effect of teaching human unit with trip-observation method on academic success

The aim of this study is to compare the effect of Presentation (traditional) and Trip -Observation on learning in teaching unit "Contemporary Environmental Problems and Human" which is taught in high school ninth grade Biology course. The research was carried out in accordance with the pretest - posttest and control group design with quasi-experimental model. The study was conducted according to the four – week program in the 2013 – 2014 acamedic year. The study was conducted with ninth grade students of Ahmed –i Hani Anatolian High School in Van. There were 26 students in the experimental group and 32 students in the control group. While the lessons with the students in the experimental group were conducted with the observation-observation method in nature, the lessons with the students in the control group were taught with the presentation (traditional) method in the classroom environment. As a data acquisition tool; Biology Academic Achievement Test was used. Quantitative data were analyzed by t-test and ANOVA in SPSS package program. At the end of the study a statistically significant difference has been seen between the two groups (p<0,05). It was concluded that the observation-observation method was more effective than the presentation (traditional) method in teaching the unit called 'Current Environmental Problems and Human' in the ninth grade biology course .