SA 2 Examinations are over!

Dear pupils,

Congratulations to all for those who really worked hard in semester. All my 120 pupils have shown tremendous effort in the various subjects that they are studying. I think you deserve a short break during the December holidays. Just ensure that you can remember whatever you have learnt in 2008!

China Total Eclipse 1st August 2008

Dear P5A,

There is a total eclipse 2008 that can be viewed live through web on 1st August 2008, 6.09pm, during our Science lesson. I'm so excited and I hope that I will be able to watch it with you.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2008/index.html

Science Electricity

Dear pupils,

Enjoy!


http://schools.moe.edu.sg/jwps/ezlearn/electricity.html (Highly recommended!)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes.shtml

Angles

Dear pupils,

Angles games:

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/activities/year6/angles/game.asp

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th_original.htm

http://www.hittingthetarget.com/hittingthetarget.php

Enjoy!

Percentage interactive games!

Dear pupils,

Have fun playing some of the percentage games.

http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

http://www.funbrain.com/penguin/index.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/fractiondecimalpercentage/comparing/comparingall3/game.shtml

http://www.maths.com/games.htm

http://www.mathsisfun.com/percentage.html (Teaching you the concept of percentages)

Learn@1N at the Science Centre

To Land, Air and Water participants,

Congratulations! We have passed the second round and proceeding to the final round, which is the blogging round. Do make sure that you log in to the website with your userID and password.
Deadline: 27 June 2008.
Do drop me an email once you have posted your blog.

Good luck!

Below is the email that I have received from the organisers:

Qualifying Teams> > You can now access the post-event blog at:> http://www.icellwireless.net/learn/blog.php.
You may log in with the same> team i/d and password that you used for the pre-event MCQ. Each qualifying team will complete its blog posts and proposal by Friday,> 27 June 2008 (2359hrs).
Please note that all images or video recording taken > during the event must> not be used or uploaded onto > any other websites except the specified> competition blog platform provided by the > organisers.
Pupils must ensure> that all content and media used in > their blogs are original and do not> infringe the copyright of others.

Fractions and Decimal Games

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/deathdecimals.htm (This is really fun!)

http://www.grainvalley.k12.mo.us/gvsd/eagle_resources/decimals.html

http://www.gamequarium.com/decimals.html

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/fractions/index.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/fractiondecimalpercentage/comparing/fractionsdecimals/game.shtml

Have fun playing the games.

Yeah! Examinations are over!

Yeah! SA1 is over. It is time to rest and recharge for more interesting topics and knowledge going to be learnt starting from week 10.

To those who have done well, keep it up and do not be complacent! You deserve to rest for 3 days! :)

To those who have not done well, keep trying to strive for better results. Ask questions if necessary.

To those who have not done their best, do your best from now on. You can do it!

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Someone came to ask me if seahorses lay eggs. I told him that seahorses give birth but he was not convinced. To be exact, the female lay many eggs into the male's pouch. The male seahorse then gives birth. The male seahorse is indeed a wonderful father.

Here is a video showing how seahorses give birth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaoLxR9FTwk

PS: Do not scream. This is the beauty of Science.

More information about seahorses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seahorse

Starch or no starch?

I had fun observing the class doing the experiment using iodine.
The following are some pictures of different kinds of food and their iodine test results.

http://www.geocities.com/centennial3d/starchresults.html

Interesting events..

Examinations are coming in 1 months' time!

Let's start changing our gears to move faster!

Let's get prepared together!

Social Studies Project (Deadline: 14 April 2008)

Dear boys and girls from 5A,

Let's recap on some of the issues that we have discussed. In your groups, you have to :

1. Select a war hero.

2. Source for information

• Historical background or data
• The sacrifices of the war hero
• The qualities of the war hero
• Life as POW
• puppet-making

3. Present the war hero by using puppet.

4. Present within the allocated time of 5 minutes.

You may present your war hero (puppet) with the use of a song, skit or power point slides.

Let's put on our creative hats. Enjoy!:)

PS: Your puppet can be a finger puppet or hand puppet. You may bring your materials to discuss on Wednesday during our SS lesson.

Attitude Rocks!

We always emphasize that good behaviour is the key to success. In order to behave well, you have to make sure that your attitude is positive. Good positive attitude enables us to succeed in many areas, be it in studies, sports or ambition.

To all my pupils, keep up the good positive attitude! You can achieve anything if you have a positive attitude.

The Pollination Game

Try out the pollination game!

http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/ecotree/flowers/pollingamwin.htm

Satellites phones vs normal phones (Science, Primary 5)

We have learnt the use of satellites in Unit 1. However, we were confused about using public phones to contact our friend located at another part of the same country. Actually, if we are calling our friends within the country, our phones are linked to telephones lines and cables. Satellites are not used here.
When we travel to Malaysia, our mobile phones will have the 'auto-roaming' service. Yes, our mobile phones act as satellites phones.
Find out more about how telephone works and how satellite phones works.PS: Look out for the interesting animation.
http://communication.howstuffworks.com/telephone2.htm
http://www.highspeedsat.com/satellite-phone-how.htm

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I was impressed with the GPS, the device that makes use of the satellite to locate the position of our family vehicle. It helps me to get from one location to another location last weekend. I learn to love Science more as it is Science and technology that allow us to enjoy such convenience.

Difference between an underground stem and underground root

Pupils, please ensure that you understand the difference between underground stem and underground roots. Are you able to state examples of underground stems?

http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/encyclopaedia!openframeset&frame=Right&Src=/edible.nsf/pages/rootvegetables!opendocument

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_stems

http://www.answers.com/topic/sweet-potato

http://www.tuhsd.k12.az.us/Desert_Vista_HS/academics/Science/Biology/standard/botveg.htm

PS: There is a difference between sweet potato and potato. One of them is an underground root while the other is an underground stem.

Multiplication tutorials and games

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

http://www.classbrain.com/artgames/publish/multiplication_station_game.shtml

http://www.dositey.com/muldiv/multip.html

http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm

http://naturalmath.com/mult/mult2.html

http://www.aplusmath.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/

http://www.allmath.com/multtable.php


(Teaching you to multiply 3 digit by 2 digit number)Have fun exploring!PS: Congratulations for coming in first the point system! Stay modest and continue to keep it up. Show me good attitude and teamwork!)

Who says that Maths makes one mad?

Be madly in love with Mathematics.

Restarting a blog

I wanted pupils to leave comments but the comments function in the previous blog is not working. I have no choice but to start a new blog.