We love hands on, and an effective way to engage students is by giving them something tangible to touch and observe. We got them to sow seeds and they were of course, excited. We did some lessons on the topic of Plant Parts before getting their hands dirty – pouring the soil, watering the soil… Continue reading P3-4 Science / Sept Holiday 2019 / Sowing Seeds
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P5 Science / 30 July Tuesday / 2019 / Seed Dispersal Part 2
Part 2, following our previous lesson on observing real seeds, it was their turn to complete a hands on activity on mimicking how a seed is dispersed by wind via a seed template. While they had fun exploring the different heights released, they also understood how and why plants need to reproduce – to ensure… Continue reading P5 Science / 30 July Tuesday / 2019 / Seed Dispersal Part 2
P5 Science / 23 July 2019 / Tuesday / Seed Dispersal
Before touching on Plant Transport System for our P5 classes, we always like to teach them on the importance of seed dispersal, how seeds germinate and how they grow. These are the basic fundamentals to understand how plants transport food, water and minerals. Learning should not and never must be rushed, just like sowing seeds.… Continue reading P5 Science / 23 July 2019 / Tuesday / Seed Dispersal
P3-4 Science / 18 July 2019 / Thursday / Heat & Energy
Every Science topic has a story to tell, and we love telling stories, especially in the form of visuals and hands on. For our P3-4 class today, we covered Heat & Temperature. We actually taught that before over the first half of the year, but we will always recap and revise the concepts to our… Continue reading P3-4 Science / 18 July 2019 / Thursday / Heat & Energy
P5 Science / 17 July 2019 / Wednesday / Electricity
Our second P5 class also had the chance to tinker around with the electricity materials that we had laid out for them. We expanded into learning conductors and insulators, which our boys were excited to search for materials to test out the conductivity level. They predicted, tested, observed and recorded. Slightly different learning outcome from… Continue reading P5 Science / 17 July 2019 / Wednesday / Electricity
P5 Science / 16 July 2019 / Wednesday / Electricity
Although our students were quite tired from their school activities, they would not say no to experiments. We find that plugging the gap which most schools are unable to provide, ie more hands on experiments for their students, strikes a decent balance in our students’ lives. Our P5s explored electricity once again, with some levels… Continue reading P5 Science / 16 July 2019 / Wednesday / Electricity
P3-4 Science / 11 July 2019 / Thursday / Periscope
Light and reflection. We explored how light reflects off shiny surfaces, especially on mirrors. We did an experiment on making a simple DIY periscope. By getting our students engaged using manipulatives, they are learning to apply what they have learnt from pen and paper to working with their hands. LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/sowingseedz/
P6 Science / 10 July 2019 / Wednesday / Oily Feathers
Man & The Environment. What Man has done to improve lives, has also caused destruction inadvertently. For the last lesson topic for our P6, we explored how oil spills affect the lives of living things, in particular, birds. Our P6s took turns to touch a clean feather, poured oil into the basin to demonstrate an… Continue reading P6 Science / 10 July 2019 / Wednesday / Oily Feathers
P5 Science / 10 July 2019 / Wednesday / Simple Circuit
Our second P5 class also saw themselves learning Electricity. We love to see that our students’ reactions with the same learning tools. They always give us surprises and react differently too. This class is more inquisitive, and really took the opportunity to ask, ask, ask! LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/sowingseedz/