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One of the most effective ways of integrating the nature of science in science classes is using the historical developments of scientific discoveries. While studying on science concepts with story based on its history, learners realize why they should learn these concepts and understand the social relevance of science. Storytelling is accepted as a teaching strategy to encourage meaningful learning by allowing learners to increase their motivation, improve their imagination, and allow them to look at situations from different viewpoints. The aim of this study is to carry out two teaching implementations on electricity through stories based on the history of science with the prospective science teachers, and to determine their opinions on the stories based on history of science and the teaching processes. This study has been designed according to a holistic single case descriptive study approach and carried out with 11 volunteering second grade prospective science teachers. The intervention including the stories of the construction of the Tesla coil and the Voltaic pile is planned and conducted in line with the LES model. An interview protocol for determining prospective teachers' opinions on the stories and implementation process was used as data collection tool. As a result of the study, it was seen that story-based teaching process and LES model have positive effect on the prospective teachers' conceptual understandings. Besides, it was determined prospective teachers' have positive attitude and opinions on teaching intervention. It is thought that teaching including stories based on the history of science will support understanding science concepts in any subject.

This research examined articles about models and modelling in the context of science education in Turkey by using content analysis method. Two specific academic databases; one of which was Dergipark, a platform including the academic journals published in Turkey, and Scholar Google were examined in detail so that totally 71 articles on models and modelling in science education were identified. The “article analysis form” developed by the researchers considering into the relevant literature was used to examine these articles. The findings were presented in tables and charts to show the frequency and percentile values regarding the articles examined. As a result, it was found that the purpose of most of the articles is to examine the effect of model / modelling-based teaching method. Concerning the discipline related in the articles, physics was seen to be on the top of the list, more specifically astronomy subject. As another result, qualitative research method appeared to be the most commonly used research method in the articles at hand. Lastly, it was found out that the most frequently examined variable was the mental model of the participants, and the most preferred data collection instrument was conceptual understanding test. Keywords: content analysis, literature review, modelling in science, models in science, science education