Science Guide Books

[HAPPYH]

Champion:

HAPPYH:

Not worth buying????

In my own opinion (just my own view ) it is very tedious for the child to do 10 worksheets just for one topic alone :siam: take a look at the content page:-
http://sapgrp.com/shop/images/pdf/9789812746269_Preface.pdf

Frankly speaking, for this book - for my DD1 - the most she can is 2 worksheets per topic and she will tell me,\" Very tiring lei, Mummy!\"
So, end up mummy is the one \"doing the work\" - I copy the answer from the answer sheet and pass it over to her to read for revision. Sometimes, the answer is too long and she will protest,\" Mummy! The answer is too long and in the exam I won't have so much time to write! Can I rephrase using my own answer and you mark my answer?\" oh, I :faint: :faint: - double work for me lor! :siao:

Yes, so many worksheets. I asked my DD to do this book this afternoon. Let me go home and check. May be we can choose the worksheets for them to do. I am not sure.

Any of you used nail those MCQs or FAQ by Janet Sim? Please share your views. I have those two books untouched also. Thanks in advance.

[janet88]

I got my son to do worksheets, just 1 practice each time bcos it can be very dry…usually move on when he is 90% sure of the concepts. For a topic like ‘diversity’ which consists of 5 sub-topics, I have to make sure he knows each one well enough…my son did much more on ‘materials’ as he was weak.

[jedamum]

HAPPYH:

Champion:

[quote=\"HAPPYH\"]
Not worth buying????

In my own opinion (just my own view ) it is very tedious for the child to do 10 worksheets just for one topic alone :siam: take a look at the content page:-
http://sapgrp.com/shop/images/pdf/9789812746269_Preface.pdf

Frankly speaking, for this book - for my DD1 - the most she can is 2 worksheets per topic and she will tell me,\" Very tiring lei, Mummy!\"
So, end up mummy is the one \"doing the work\" - I copy the answer from the answer sheet and pass it over to her to read for revision. Sometimes, the answer is too long and she will protest,\" Mummy! The answer is too long and in the exam I won't have so much time to write! Can I rephrase using my own answer and you mark my answer?\" oh, I :faint: :faint: - double work for me lor! :siao:

Yes, so many worksheets. I asked my DD to do this book this afternoon. Let me go home and check. May be we can choose the worksheets for them to do. I am not sure.

Any of you used nail those MCQs or FAQ by Janet Sim? Please share your views. I have those two books untouched also. Thanks in advance.[/quote]HappyH,
my boy uses the nail those mcqs for self revision. I do it with him if I am free n find it not bad.
I intend to buy process skills 5/6 for next year so quite curious why G Tan said it is only 50% worth buying.

[mum ks]

Science Process Skills (teachers @ work) is actually quite good…help my kids… at least…

[HAPPYH]

HappyH,

my boy uses the nail those mcqs for self revision. I do it with him if I am free n find it not bad.
I intend to buy process skills 5/6 for next year so quite curious why G Tan said it is only 50% worth buying.[/quote]


Thank you Jedamum. My DD did 3 worksheets yesterday. Not bad but bit dry. I asked her to do 3 more worksheets today. Next 2 weeks - real vacation for her. I can try nail those MCQs after that.

I am not sure what will be the next topic in school in Term 3. Systems or Interactions??? Any idea???

[Steadyberry]

Refer to science process skills by teachers@work, my neighbour bought the book for her daughter since p3 last yr. Till now, not more than half of the book done. The book was recommended by her sci t and my neighbor thinks it is quite a good book. As what Champion mentioned, it is tedious for a child to do so many worksheets per topic.

[jedamum]

HAPPYH:

Thank you Jedamum. My DD did 3 worksheets yesterday. Not bad but bit dry. I asked her to do 3 more worksheets today. Next 2 weeks - real vacation for her. I can try nail those MCQs after that.

I am not sure what will be the next topic in school in Term 3. Systems or Interactions??? Any idea???

different schs tackle different topics - my boy has done systems and interactions. maybe you can email to your dd's Sc T to ask if you want to prepare her in advance (we used to ask during PTM last year, but this year, the syllabus was given out beginning of the year).

[HAPPYH]

jedamum:

HAPPYH:

Thank you Jedamum. My DD did 3 worksheets yesterday. Not bad but bit dry. I asked her to do 3 more worksheets today. Next 2 weeks - real vacation for her. I can try nail those MCQs after that.

I am not sure what will be the next topic in school in Term 3. Systems or Interactions??? Any idea???

different schs tackle different topics - my boy has done systems and interactions. maybe you can email to your dd's Sc T to ask if you want to prepare her in advance (we used to ask during PTM last year, but this year, the syllabus was given out beginning of the year).

Thank you Jedamum. Ya, I wanted to ask during PTM but forgot to ask. Ok, I will email to the teacher. You mean they covered both systems and interactions in Term 3??? That is a lot for one Term. For us, they asked us to buy diversity, system and interactions for P3. But not sure what is next.

[jedamum]

HAPPYH:

jedamum:

[quote=\"HAPPYH\"]
Thank you Jedamum. My DD did 3 worksheets yesterday. Not bad but bit dry. I asked her to do 3 more worksheets today. Next 2 weeks - real vacation for her. I can try nail those MCQs after that.

I am not sure what will be the next topic in school in Term 3. Systems or Interactions??? Any idea???

different schs tackle different topics - my boy has done systems and interactions. maybe you can email to your dd's Sc T to ask if you want to prepare her in advance (we used to ask during PTM last year, but this year, the syllabus was given out beginning of the year).

Thank you Jedamum. Ya, I wanted to ask during PTM but forgot to ask. Ok, I will email to the teacher. You mean they covered both systems and interactions in Term 3??? That is a lot for one Term. For us, they asked us to buy diversity, system and interactions for P3. But not sure what is next.[/quote]systems and interactions was covered last year by the school.
i personally find these 2 chapters to be pretty straightforward although i struggled quite a bit with the systems (memory work on the functions of the parts)
your kid in P3 ah? since your kid covered diversity (inclusive of materials), probably systems will be in 1 term and interactions in another term.

[HAPPYH]

jedamum:

jedamum:

[quote=\"HAPPYH\"]
Thank you Jedamum. Ya, I wanted to ask during PTM but forgot to ask. Ok, I will email to the teacher. You mean they covered both systems and interactions in Term 3??? That is a lot for one Term. For us, they asked us to buy diversity, system and interactions for P3. But not sure what is next.

systems and interactions was covered last year by the school.
i personally find these 2 chapters to be pretty straightforward although i struggled quite a bit with the systems (memory work on the functions of the parts)
your kid in P3 ah? since your kid covered diversity (inclusive of materials), probably systems will be in 1 term and interactions in another term.

[/quote]Thank you jedamum. I have some books related to human body system. I will ask DD to read those books. She will think that I am asking her to read for fun and are not real lessons, but she will learn something in systems :evil: