Science Guide Books

[Champion]

janet_lee88:

I find that authors of Science assessment books should provide answers with keywords underlined, so that students and parents will know what to remember. Ultimately, that is the prob many students are facing. For section B, kids lose marks there bcos they don't know what keywords are.

Any author who can provide an answer key will help students/parents a great lot.

I feedback to DD1's Science T twice regarding the \"keywords\" that students need to be aware in learning Science and know how to answer to the questions esp in Sect B. Apparently, I don't see any action in this areas and I have to constantly remind DD1 to look out for the \"keywords\" in the questions and then look at the provided answers. From there she does her own underlining and Mummy to assist to check

So, back to the square - Mummy still has to coach!

[janet88]

Champion:

janet_lee88:

Ultimately, that is the prob many students are facing. For section B, kids lose marks there bcos they don't know what keywords are.

Any author who can provide an answer key will help students/parents a great lot.

I feedback to DD1's Science T twice regarding the \"keywords\" that students need to be aware in learning Science and know how to answer to the questions esp in Sect B. Apparently, I don't see any action in this areas and I have to constantly remind DD1 to look out for the \"keywords\" in the questions and then look at the provided answers. So, back to the square - Mummy still has to coach!

Want to depend on teachers ? Forget it. Which is why I'm wondering why kids have to attend school.

[Hifive]

janet_lee88:

I find that authors of Science assessment books should provide answers with keywords underlined, so that students and parents will know what to remember. Ultimately, that is the prob many students are facing. For section B, kids lose marks there bcos they don't know what keywords are.

Any author who can provide an answer key will help students/parents a great lot.

yes, agree with janet_lee88. This will help students a lot.

[janet88]

Son told me his teacher has finished 'Human Circulatory System' within 2 days :faint: ...that means nothing much has been taught. There are many questions on that topic in exam papers.


I'm going through CA2 papers to check out questions for him to read and understand better.

[Brenda10]

hquek:

actually if one is looking for natural sciences, I think the comics may be of value. i recall one psle year question on how to make water if given a set of things. Thought I saw some steps being outlined in one of those survival books. Not sure if I'm hallucinating.


anyways, think those books are fairly popular becos each time there is a sale, those things disappear fast.

http://www.mphonline.com/books/nsearch.aspx?do=detail&pcode=9789833421237

and now that I see the price in ringgit, I'll go jb to check out (after the finger printing mess is sorted out that is). meanwhile, I'm off to bang my head against a wall (paid $7.60, and the price in ringgit is RM10.50).

Hi hquek

Thank you for sharing.

Agree that this series of comis are really interesting.

One of the survival comics that dd read have a picture illustrated of the different size of ears between Dessert Fox and Arctic Fox due to their adaptation. Bigger ears to reduce body heat and smaller ears to reduce the loss of body heat.

The above is similar to one of the open & end question (elephant) came out during PSLE 2010!

[Brenda10]

janet_lee88:

Son told me his teacher has finished 'Human Circulatory System' within 2 days :faint: ...that means nothing much has been taught. There are many questions on that topic in exam papers.


I'm going through CA2 papers to check out questions for him to read and understand better.

True. Two days with may be less than few hours!

[janet88]

Brenda10:

hquek:

i recall one psle year question on how to make water if given a set of things. Thought I saw some steps being outlined in one of those survival books. Not sure if I'm hallucinating.

Bigger ears to reduce body heat and smaller ears to reduce the loss of body heat.

The above is similar to one of the open & end question (elephant) came out during PSLE 2010!

Hi Brenda,
Copying the answers for SCGS P5 2009 SA2 now. MCQ questions do require quite a fair bit of thinking compared to other schools. If son's school sets this kind of questions, more time needs to be spent on each question.

Human Circulatory System comprises of 3 impt parts...I need time to digest section on blood vessels alone. Her idea of 'completing' within 2 days means nothing is taught.

BTW, still figuring out why bigger ears can lose more body heat. Will check out the guide.

[Brenda10]

janet_lee88:

Brenda10:

[quote=\"hquek\"]i recall one psle year question on how to make water if given a set of things. Thought I saw some steps being outlined in one of those survival books. Not sure if I'm hallucinating.

Bigger ears to reduce body heat and smaller ears to reduce the loss of body heat.

The above is similar to one of the open & end question (elephant) came out during PSLE 2010!

Hi Brenda,
Copying the answers for SCGS P5 2009 SA2 now. MCQ questions do require quite a fair bit of thinking compared to other schools. If son's school sets this kind of questions, more time needs to be spent on each question.

Human Circulatory System comprises of 3 impt parts...I need time to digest section on blood vessels alone. Her idea of 'completing' within 2 days means nothing is taught.

BTW, still figuring out why bigger ears can lose more body heat. Will check out the guide.[/quote]Hi Janet

Ture. All these need time to digest and also must remember direction of blood flow and also rich in oxygen or carbon dioxode etc

BTW, if you happen to go nearby popular, you may look out for the answer key from Sciecne PSLE Booklet on question 26 lah.

[janet88]

Brenda10:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"Brenda10\"]i recall one psle year question on how to make water if given a set of things. Thought I saw some steps being outlined in one of those survival books. Not sure if I'm hallucinating.

Bigger ears to reduce body heat and smaller ears to reduce the loss of body heat.

Human Circulatory System comprises of 3 impt parts...I need time to digest section on blood vessels alone. Her idea of 'completing' within 2 days means nothing is taught.

BTW, still figuring out why bigger ears can lose more body heat. Will check out the guide.[/quote]Hi Janet

Ture. All these need time to digest and also must remember direction of blood flow and also rich in oxygen or carbon dioxode etc

BTW, if you happen to go nearby popular, you may look out for the answer key from Sciecne PSLE Booklet on question 26 lah.[/quote]

I have problems remembering direction of blood flood and which vessel carries oxygenated/deoxygenated blood etc etc etc. This weekend have to get him to read up Science topics which his teacher claims to have completed.
Have the PSLE booklet...will check out answer later

[hquek]

janet_lee88:

BTW, still figuring out why bigger ears can lose more body heat. Will check out the guide.

My guess, becos there are blood vessels there and the ears are further away from main body (so will be cooler already). Bigger it is, the more exposure there will be to cooling elements in the environment.

After Brenda10's mention of the ears and PSLE2010, I think this series of books will spike in popularity. hee hee.