Science Guide Books

[QuiteKSMum]

buds:

QuiteKSMum:

Hi phtthp,


I have this bk \"Visual Maps for P3 Science\" by Thum Cheng Cheong.
Bought it fm a stall set up during a sch event - so far don 't think I have seen it in Popular b4.

The author is not yr typical writer - think he wrote this having gone thru the P3 syllabus with his kid(s). He stated he is a qualified lawyer, self-taught artist, trainer etc.

Visual maps is supposed to be a visual combination of mind-maps, drawings, flowcharts, symbols, vivid colours & anything creative.

Topics covered include Diversity, Animals, Materials, Life cycles (Plants & Animals), Systems (Plants & Animals), Body Systems & Magnets.

It was written in Mar05 & he listed his email add as [email protected]
Think I got it for $5.

This sounds interesting.. :love:

Can upload some of the pages for us to see see look look? :please:

Hi buds,

Will try to upload some pixs - give me some time...I'm a complete idiot in such things... :oops:

[buds]

Thanks much... in advance.

I am very patient, i can wait.

[purple05]

Champion:

purple05:

I bought the one by Just Education, notes are in point form, easy to understand...

Hello purple05,
Can share with us which Science Guide Book you using from Just Education? I upload a few here; maybe can share with us? Thanks
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Hi,
it's the green book Power Guide (last image),

[phtthp]

does anyone happen to come across any book containing simple, basic misconceptions on Science ? useful because if pupils know misconceptions, then pupils will understand the right concepts correctly.


attended a seminar in March 2011 by MOE Science lecturer, Ho Peck Leng. She gave us some sample qns on misconceptions, distributed in handouts to participants at the seminar. But that day in a rush,…forgot to ask her if got such book available in market on misconceptions. Went MOE website, try to find her contact email… can’t find. Went Popular inquire, … no such type of book found.

here are examples, from the handout distributed to participants.
- are the following statements True or False ?

1)\twhales are fish.

answer: false.

whales are not fish. They are mammals. Whales have mammary glands.


2) a starfish is a fish. how about jellyfish, shellfish ?

answer: false.

a starfish is not a fish. By definition, fish have gills.
starfish doesn’t have gill, so starfish is not a fish.


3) a seahorse is not a fish.

answer: false.

seahorse is a fish. Seahorse has the exact, same anatomy structure as a fish. Only that seahorse swims vertically, whereas fishes swim horizontally. So, students tend to get confused.


4)\tMushrooms are plants.

answer: false.

Mushrooms are fungi, not plants. Fungi reproduce by spores.


5)\tplants get food from the soil.

answer: false.

Plants do not get food from the soil. Plants take in water, nutrients and minerals from the soil. But plants make or manufacture food on their own - from water, carbon dioxide and sunlight, through a process called Photosynthesis. Plants absorb energy from sunlight, carbon dioxide in the air. Green leaves make food in the form of sugar and starch. During photosynthesis, oxygen is released.


6)\ta glass of cold milk becomes warm, because it loses coldness.

ans: false.

the glass of milk gains heat from surrounding, thus become warm. This is to testing students on the concept of heat transfer.


7)\tall heavy objects sink in water.

answer: false.

a ship is very heavy. But do you see the ship sink at the harbour (i mean … apart from movie Titantic) ? No. Because it has to do with density.


8)\ta 10 kg bag of rice has a weight of 10 kg.

answer: false.

a 10 kg bag of rice has a mass of 10 kg, not weight.

In English, if you say ‘a 10 kg bag of rice has a weight of 10 kg.’ , there is nothing wrong with this statement. This sentence is grammatically correct. English teacher won’t mark pupils wrong.

but when come to Science, terminology used must be accurate, precise.

If pupils say ‘a 10 kg bag of rice has a weight of 10 kg.’, rightaway, the Science teacher will mark pupils wrong. Students get zero marks.

because if a person weighs 50 kg on earth – when he go to the moon in outerspace, his weight becomes 0. He become weightless, hence he will be floating on the moon. But his mass still remains 50 kg constant, on the moon. That’s the difference between mass and weight.

[phtthp]

hi QuiteKSMum,


Thanks for letting me know this wonderful tip! Have been sourcing for such books for a long time. These mind mapping pictures are high level stuff. Provide an instantaneous high level bird’s eye helicopter’s view. Gives overall picture very fast. A picture speaks a thousand words! More useful than those concept maps.

to me, mind mapping pictures are ranked no. 1. Concept maps then ranked as no. 2. If you dont have these high level picture to help and guide you - once you enter the nitty gritty Science details, one can be lost, swarmed and overwhelmed, to digest so much Science info. Thank God for this very useful ksp forum. Your response is so quick! wow ! fantastic, baby! I love your quick response

i wrote in to Thum, based on email contact you gave us. Thum reply very fast within same day - that he got only limited copies left, he doesnt sell to bookshops, at $5 per book. So i order 1 copy, while stocks last.

[buds]

Phtthp, this is good stuff.. thanks for sharing.

You can still recall quite a few stuff. :salute:

Know watcha mean.. pictorial information are usually more kid-friendly
and absorbed much faster than wordy content / lay-out. While we have
the in-depth information for Science guide books there has not been 1
with the misconceptions part of it where ambiguous concerns are being
answered clearly, without the need to dig from other guides for more
information to check for accuracy.

This is like a guide book of science misconceptions if there is one around.
I only know a fellow forummer, Niedino is the one who shares such misconceptions
for free right here in KiasuParents. Mebbe Niedino is the lecturer who organized
the seminar. *gasp* :shock:

Btw, i also ordered one liao but haven't gotten response yet.

[QuiteKSMum]

buds:

Thanks much... in advance.

I am very patient, i can wait.

Hi buds & phtthp,

Hope you mummies can see this :

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=12fbcfef9b63ee19&mt=application/pdf&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui%3D2%26ik%3Da3b83ad0f3%26view%3Datt%26th%3D12fbcfef9b63ee19%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dattd%26zw&sig=AHIEtbQLofIVM7SPQIQnh1vam2Ci8pZV9A&pli=1

You're welcome, buds & phtthp...glad to share with like-minded parents.

Hope the bk will be useful to yr kids (& you). :celebrate:

P.S. I've linked one of the \"easier\" maps, in order not to overwhelm those not used to such maps...

[bebe]

4) Mushrooms are plants.


answer: false.

Mushrooms are fungi, not plants. Fungi reproduce by spores.

Mushrooms are fungi, not plants. Plant makes it own food, but Mushrooms do not. Fern, which is plant, also reproduces by spores.

[janet88]

Year after year, booklist shows the same stupid and ridiculous :mad: old titles...more appropriate for kindy teachers to show nursery-K2 kids.

For Science, it's hardly possible to stop at 4 assessment bcos of the new ones which keep appearing at Popular with questions which are 'challenging' and of course school exam questions are not the norm.

[Champion]

purple05:

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Hi,
it's the green book Power Guide (last image),[/quote]

Hi, Purple05,
Thanks for the reply; appreciates much! :celebrate:

By any chance, is your kid attending Just Education Tuition?