DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS' ECOLOGICAL LITERACY THROUGH PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTS IN NATURAL SCIENCE

The article highlights the effectiveness of teaching natural sciences based on practical experience in the development of ecological literacy of primary school students. During the study, a comparison was carried out between the experimental and control groups. The results showed that lessons organized on the basis of practical experience significantly increase students' ecological knowledge, skills, and values. The article also provides recommendations on the advantages of the experimental approach in the formation of ecological behavior, the importance of teacher-family cooperation, and the enrichment of the educational process.