How To Soar in PSLE - BTPS Way!!

Interact with complex questions / graphs / pictures to pick up valuable clues (don't highlight - just use your pen to underline words or scribble notes)

Start with Booklet A and do it meticulously with full focus - explore all 4 distractors before making final choice.

MANAGE your TIME - to score well, you need to try to finish ALL questions.

Specific answers = answers that are relevant to question.

When confused, choose any of the following strategies:

1. Ask, "What Science idea is being used in question?"
2. Pose other questions to clarify your thoughts
3. COMPARE to another set-up
4. COMPARE to a reverse situation
5. Connect to your knowledge in life (yes, you do have lots of prior / other knowledge)
6. Break down your answer in steps before crafting final answer.


Common problems with wrong answers:
*Answers are generic/vague and do not connect to that specific question
*Answers are not scientific and do not explain using Science ideas
*Answers do not make use of data provided when asked
*Answers did not make comparisons - use words like more/most etc..when asked


BTPS supports all P6 in achieving their PSLE GOALS!!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Chapter 4, pg 33

"His clothes were wet and clammy and there was a faint chill. He pulled the remains of his windbreaker, pieces really around his shoulder and tried to hold what heat his body could find."

Q1) Explain clearly the chill that Brian felt.

Q2) Describe fully how Brian managed to 'hold what heat his body could find' despite the winndbreaker being in pieces.

Chapter 4, pg 32


"The darkness of the night was thick and for a moment, he began to panic again. To see, he thought. to see is everything."

Q3) Explain clearly why Brian couldn't see where he was?

Chapter 8, pg 75


"... he kicked out and threw the hatchet at the sound, a noise coming from his throat. But the hatchet missed, sailed into the wall where it hit the rocks with a shower of sparks..."

Q4) Explain clearly how the sparks were created?

Chapter 9, pg 84-85

"A cloud of sparks rained down, most of them missing the nest, but some ... hit the depression and of those six or seven found fuel and grew and cused the bark to take on a red glow."

Q5) In his attempt to make the fire, Brian selected four different items. How are these items similar?

Q6) Why was Brian able to light up the bark of the tree and not the twigs and grass he had used earlier?

Chapter 15, pg 130


"The birds were everywhere, five and six in a flock, and their camouflage was so perfect that it was possible for Brian to sit and rest...."

Q7) Describe two behavioural adaptations the foolbird displayed in order to escape from predators.

Q8) In what other way could one of these above behavioural adaptations help the foolbird?

Chapter 15, pg 133

"they were little more than sticks that flopped out of the bow, sometimes going sideways. Even when a bird was seven or eight feet away the arrow would turn without feathers to stabliise it..."

Q9) Explain clearly how feathers can help to stabilise the arrows?

Science Around Me (SAM)

SAM is a Science journal that allows pupils to express themselves in their favourite ways about Science.

SAM is another great opportunity for pupils to THINK and TALK Science in a medium that is customised to their learning styles.

SAM allows teachers to informally assess understanding of the child and clarify misconceptions in their learning.

Factors Affecting the Environment by Gog Ru Yan - 6G

Factors Affecting the Environment by Gog Ru Yan - 6G

When Ice Changes into Water by Goh Chee Yan - 5G

Do you wonder whether the mass of ice changes when it melts into water. Try this out:

1. Put a few ice cubes into a plastic bag
2. Tie the mouth of the bag tightly
3. Weigh the bag of ice cubes (if there is condensation outside the bag, wipe it dry before weighing)
4. Place the bag in the sun
5. When ice has melted, wipe the outside of the bag dry (refer to step 3)
6. Weigh the bag

You will discover that the mass of the bag remains the same!
There is no change in mass when ice melts!!

Simple Steps to fight Dengue by Elizabeth Wu 4C

Simple Steps to fight Dengue by Elizabeth Wu 4C