Science Guide Books

[janet88]

iLoveChubby:

Can I just check with all of u if doing all these science assessment books at home suffice? Do they also read other kinds of encyclopedia to brush up their knowledge?


Sorry alittle :offtopic: - do your kids also go for enrichmt/tuition?

Hi Ilovechubby,
My hubby & I coach son for Science...lots of practice to be done when he started P3. When son is in school, I read up the guide books and the past year exam papers to find out how questions are asked and answered. Not all schools have good papers...some schools exam papers have certain questions which are worth reading...so I copy the answers for exposure. But some schools papers are must-do.

[Champion]

janet_lee88:

Hi Ilovechubby,
My hubby & I coach son for Science...lots of practice to be done when he started P3. When son is in school, I read up the guide books and the past year exam papers to find out how questions are asked and answered. Not all schools have good papers...some schools exam papers have certain questions which are worth reading...so I copy the answers for exposure. But some schools papers are must-do.

Janet :snuggles: :hugs:
Kudos and big applause to you and DH! :celebrate: :hi5: You both certainly done a lot for your DS! :udawoman: :udaman:

[HAPPYH]

janet_lee88:

HAPPYH:

Dear G Tan or Janet,


Do you have any idea reg the following?

Ultimate science guide lower block + upper block = PSLE ultimate guide

Is it correct? Or PSLE ultimate guide has more info than lower and upper block?

Thank you in advance.

No point wasting money to buy separate books...just get the PSLE Ultimate Guide.

Thank you Janet. But I already bought lower block (DD in P3 this year). That is why I am asking if I buy upper block (may be at the end of 2012), is it enough? Or just buy PSLE ultimate science? Thank you.

[pixiedust]

HappyH,


Don't mind I barge in......
EPH Lower/Upper Block Vs EPH Ultimate guide books, was discussed earlier...buried in the earlier pages.

EPH only published the Ultimate guide about 2 years ago. They published the Lower/Upper block format earlier. The contents are similar but the layout, concept map, network diagram presentation are slightly different.

Hence, go and have a look at the bookshop. If you like Ultimate, just buy the Ultimate and put away your lower block. If you don't like Ultimate, just buy the upper block and you are covered with lower+upper block.

I am using EPH Lower/Upper block because I prefer the layout and font.

[HAPPYH]

pixiedust:

HappyH,


Don't mind I barge in......
EPH Lower/Upper Block Vs EPH Ultimate guide books, was discussed earlier...buried in the earlier pages.

EPH only published the Ultimate guide about 2 years ago. They published the Lower/Upper block format earlier. The contents are similar but the layout, concept map, network diagram presentation are slightly different.

Hence, go and have a look at the bookshop. If you like Ultimate, just buy the Ultimate and put away your lower block. If you don't like Ultimate, just buy the upper block and you are covered with lower+upper block.

I am using EPH Lower/Upper block because I prefer the layout and font.

Thank you so much.

[G Tan]

HAPPYH:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"HAPPYH\"]Dear G Tan or Janet,


Do you have any idea reg the following?

Ultimate science guide lower block + upper block = PSLE ultimate guide

Is it correct? Or PSLE ultimate guide has more info than lower and upper block?

Thank you in advance.

No point wasting money to buy separate books...just get the PSLE Ultimate Guide.

Thank you Janet. But I already bought lower block (DD in P3 this year). That is why I am asking if I buy upper block (may be at the end of 2012), is it enough? Or just buy PSLE ultimate science? Thank you.[/quote]Hi,
Pertsonally i like the \"orange colour\" psle revision Guide , i tink by Marshall cavendish. It covers 4 years stuff

[Champion]

G Tan:

Hi,
Pertsonally i like the \"orange colour\" psle revision Guide , i tink by Marshall cavendish. It covers 4 years stuff

Champion:

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http://resource.marshallcavendish.com/mcdoc/console/DocumentDetail.aspx?viewType=&id=48904

[HAPPYH]

HAPPYH:

Dear G Tan or Janet,


Do you have any idea reg the following?

Ultimate science guide lower block + upper block = PSLE ultimate guide

Is it correct? Or PSLE ultimate guide has more info than lower and upper block?

Thank you in advance.

No point wasting money to buy separate books...just get the PSLE Ultimate Guide.[/quote]

Thank you Janet. But I already bought lower block (DD in P3 this year). That is why I am asking if I buy upper block (may be at the end of 2012), is it enough? Or just buy PSLE ultimate science? Thank you.[/quote]

Hi,
Pertsonally i like the \"orange colour\" psle revision Guide , i tink by Marshall cavendish. It covers 4 years stuff[/quote]

Thank you. I have that book.

[plum-cake]

Hi Mummies (upper Pri) Just curious to know,


in this "orange colour" psle revision Guide, are chapters diversity and system more informative than eph ultimate science lower block or other guides.

My girl is in P3 and she needs diversity and systems, cycles for this year. I thot I can buy the PSLE guides 2yrs later so I will begetting more revised edition. but now its temptating so those who have the book can you please let me know Is that book more elaborative, detailed or informative?
Thank you!

[Chenonceau]

If your kid is in lower primary, you may wanna teach Science in a more unstructured way (because you have time… and also the unstructured way naturally stimulates the development of scientific deduction skills which will be very important in upper primary). PSLE Science is tough not because of factual knowledge. It is the Science thinking skills that are hard to master.


In lower primary, you can work directly off the guidebooks by identifying topics. Then, go to the library and borrow related videos and watch with your kids. Encourage your children to highlight interesting concepts inside these guidebooks. Then google them together for Kids’ Science websites and youtube videos. Quantity of exposure matters. If you can do this every week in lower primary, then when you get to P4, a lot of the cognitive infrastructure for scientific thinking would have scaffolded itself very naturally and it would not seem like work. Seems like play.

Also, books exist on experiments with kitchen materials. Do these experiments and use them as bonding occasions.