The aim of this study is to examine the attitude of secondary school students towards science and science course. In the research, quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test control group model were used. The research was carried out with 197 secondary school students (105 experimental group, 92 control group) at the public school in Sarıyer, İstanbul. The Attitude Scale of Science Lesson was applied as a data collection tool. Frequency ratios of the data obtained were calculated. The pre-test and post-test scores of the Science Attitude Scale were compared with the paired groups t-test analysis. When the findings were examined, it was seen that the final test scores of the science course attitude scale experimental group were higher than the pre-test scores of the experimental group and the difference was close to the high impact power.

Keywords: history of science, science, scientific attitude