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!!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Cosy NEST

How does this nest differ from nests usually found on trees? What does it teach us about the birds who built it?
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Friday, July 3, 2009

Life Without Simple Machines?

Imagine lifting this up?

Of all the simple machines you have learnt about, which one of them do you think Man cannot do without in everyday life?
Explain clearly why.
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Simple Machines in a Construction Site

The above picture shows a construction site. The crane is used to lift heavy objects from a lower surface to a higher one using a pulley system.

If pulleys had not been invented, how can heavy materials used to construct buildings be moved to higher surfaces using other simple machines?
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Tools and Simple Machines

The picture above shows 2 tools (ring spanner on left and spanner on right end).
What simple machines are used here? Explain using 'science language'.

Why is it necessary to produce various sizes of such a tool? Explain clearly by supporting your answer with valid reasons.
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Simple Machines


The above toy used the concept of Simple Machines.
What simple machine is used here? Explain clearly how this toy can remain balanced.
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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