Story telling can be used as a constructive teaching device for teaching science. Constructivism means constructing knowledge by the learner on his/her own. Story telling involves construction of characters, their physical and behavioural attributes, a plot, setting etc. in short constructing a story. These stories can be made on difficult science topics. The seemingly difficult and uninteresting science topics can be made interesting through building up of stories. It develops the creative thinking abilities of the learners and makes the learning a joyous experience. This paper talks about how story-telling can be used as an innovative and effective constructivist device of teaching of science.

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