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One of the efforts to reduce the spread of Covid-19 is by promoting science literacy related to Covid-19 Here we conduct a study on science literacy measured through 3 indicators, first identifying scientific issues, second explaining phenomenon scientifically, and third utilizing scientific evidence The topic raised was Covid-19 which was declared as a pandemic in March 2020 The research instrument was 20 multiple choice questions about Covid-19, which were given to 98 students of science education study programs The results obtained show that the student's science literacy in the first indicator gets a percentage of 77 20% with a good category, the second indicator is 84 80% with a very good category, and the third indicator is 90 60% with a very good category too The conclusion is the topics about Covid-19 have been understood by science education students for themselves, others, and their surroundings The implication of this research is that science education students can literate issues related to Covid-19, both as individuals, communities, and good Indonesian citizens © 2021 Author(s)

The Covid-19 pandemic made massive changes in the world of education. Here we conducted a study on the trend of LMS platforms before and after the Covid-19 pandemic. Data on occasion before the Covid-19 pandemic was obtained from research article publications related to the type of LMS platform in the last ten year period. Meanwhile, data on occasion after the Covid-19 pandemic was obtained through questionnaires to junior high school science teachers in various regions in Indonesia, with bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees and also different teaching experiences. The result on the first occasion data shows that before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Moodle type was mostly used by educators than other types such as Edmodo, Classdojo, Schoology, Brightspace, Google Classroom, and the Microsoft Team, both at school and in the higher education. The result on the second occasion data shows the opposite, where after the Covid-19 pandemic, the Google Classroom type was superior to the other types. It is due to the practical, speed, and satisfaction of using both platforms.

Corona virus disease (COVID-19) has an impact on systems and processes, including the education system by implementing online learning. Although the learning system has changed, it doesn’t mean that educational goals have changed. During the current pandemic situation, many problems occured in the community, such as the circulation of hoax information, conspiracy theories and the behavior of disobeying health protocols. In dealing with this, education can help in health promotion. Science is a subject matter that affects all aspects of life, so science learning in school must also provide education about health. To achieve effective health communication during a pandemic, there are communication standard, namely six CERC principles; be first, be right, be credible, express empathy, promote action and show respect. Therefore, this study aims to reveal the role of science learning in providing health education in the current COVID-19 pandemic. With survey techniques and interviews with 110 science teachers, 94.4% of science teachers stated the need to provide health education during the science learning process, 5.6% of science teachers said it might be necessary to provide health education during the learning process and 0% of science teachers said there was no need to provide health education during the learning process. The methods used by science teachers to provide health education in the learning process are giving articles, news, videos and task of finding information and provide direct explanations. Analysis of the application of the CERC principles shows that in providing health education, the six principles of CERC are still not fully applied. The most widely applied principle was “promote action” while the least applied principle is “show respect”. Based on these results, it can be concluded that science learning played a role in providing health education during the COVID-19 pandemic.