pioneer primary school primary 3 science sharing
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Pioneer Primary School
Primary 3 Science Sharing
22 February 2019
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Learning Science in Primary School
• Learning Science as
inquiry – ask questions
• Skills and processes
• Attitudes and ethics
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Development of Syllabus
Lower Block (P3/P4) Upper Block (P5/P6)
Diversity
• Diversity of Living and Non-living
Things
• Diversity of Materials
Systems
• Plant Systems (Plant parts and
functions)
• Human Systems (Digestive
System)
Systems
• Plant System
• Human Systems
• Cell System
• Electrical System
Interactions
• Magnets
Interactions
• Interaction of forces
• Interaction with the environment
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Development of Syllabus
Lower Block (P3/P4) Upper Block (P5/P6)
Cycles
• Cycles in plants and animals
• Cycles in matter
Cycles
• Cycles in plants and animals
• Cycles in matter and water
Energy
• Light Energy
• Heat Energy
Energy
• Energy forms and uses
• Energy conversion
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Teaching Periods
• 4 periods (2 hours of Science) per week
• Help your child to be prepared for Science lessons by:
Reminding your child to bring Science Notebook
and relevant Textbook for lesson.
Encouraging your child to read the Science
Textbook regularly.
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Teaching & Learning Resources
• My Pals Are Here! Textbooks
• School-based Activity Worksheets
• Science Notebook
• Science File
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How Science is taught?
Hands-on experiments
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How Science is taught?
Concepts teaching
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How Science is taught?
Application of concepts
(School-based activity worksheets)
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How Science is taught?
Learning journey to Singapore Science Centre
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Hands-On
• The joy of discovery
• Discovery through experiment
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Think Scientifically
Thinking Routine when doing hands-on experiment
Predict • Give the students a situation.
• Predict logically what will happen when
something is done to the situation.
Observe • Observe what happens.
Explain • Describe and explain scientifically what
happened.
• Explain any discrepancy between prediction
and observation.
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Think Scientifically
Thinking Routine
Concept
Mapping
Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate
• Help students uncover their mental models of
a topic in a non-linear way.
• Activate knowledge of a topic and then
connect those ideas in a meaningful way.
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How do we describe materials?
Properties of Materials (based on the objects they are made into)
Q: Which is stronger, paper kitchen towel or aluminium foil?
Predict
Observe and touch a piece of aluminium foil and a piece of paper
kitchen towel. Both are thin.
However, aluminium is a metal while paper is made from wood.
So the aluminium foil is stronger than the paper kitchen towel.
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Observe
Observe the outcomes when doing the experiment.
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Observe
Aluminium foil can hold 4 pieces of slotted weights
before it tears but the paper kitchen towel can only
hold 2 pieces of slotted weights before it tears.
Record your results in the table below.
Material (Object) Number of slotted weights needed
to tear the material (object)
Wood (Paper kitchen towel) 2
Metal (Aluminium foil) 4
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Explain
Aluminium foil can hold more pieces of slotted weights
than paper kitchen towel before it breaks therefore,
aluminium foil is stronger.
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Think Scientifically
Predict
Aluminium is a metal while paper is made from wood.
So the aluminium foil is stronger than the paper kitchen towel.
Observe
Paper kitchen towel can hold 2 pieces of slotted weights before it
tears while aluminium foil can hold 4 pieces of slotted weights
before it breaks.
Explain
Aluminium foil can hold more slotted weights than paper kitchen
towel before it tears so aluminium foil is stronger.
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Assessments
Term Type of
Assessment
Booklet A
(MCQ)
Booklet B
(Open-ended) Total
2 Weighted
Assessment 1 20 marks 10 marks 30 marks
3 Weighted
Assessment 2 20 marks 10 marks 30 marks
4 End-of-Year 48 marks 32 marks 80 marks
Note:
• No assessment for Term 1
• 2 progress review exercises to monitor students’ learning
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Partnership with Parents
• Follow-up with your child if he/she has difficulties
with submitting homework on time.
• Ensure that your child revises his/her work regularly.
• Check your child’s work:
Activity Worksheets
Science Notebook
Practice papers / Assessment papers
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Keeping up with Science
• Use Science Textbooks and Activity Worksheets as
reference when revising.
• Get a Science study guide.
• Plan a revision schedule for all the topics tested in
an assessment. Refer to the termly communication
letters for topics tested.
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Other Resources
• Science Magazines (National Geographic Young
Explorer, Singapore Scientist, Wildlife Wonder)
• Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Internet
• Science toys and kits (learning through play)
• World around us (teachable moments from daily life)
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Learning Science
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