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PRIMARY 3
Parents’ Workshop 2017
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Objectives
Parents to be familiar with
1. Format of Semestral Assessment
2. Updated Science Syllabus since 2014
3. Five Essential Process skills
4. Answering Techniques
5. Inquiry-based learning (Hands-on
activity)
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Format of Semestral Assessment
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Format of Exam Paper
Booklet A
(MCQ)
Booklet B
(Open
ended)
Total Duration
24 questions
(48 marks)
10 questions
(32 marks)
80 marks 1h 30 min
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Updated Science Syllabus Since
2014
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Updated Science Syllabus
Since 20141) Diversity of Living and Non-living things
Classification and characteristics of animals:
- Insects
- Mammals
- Fish
- Birds
- Reptiles (NEW)
- Amphibians (NEW)
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Updated Science Syllabus 2014
2) Materials
Properties of materials
- Strength
- Flexibility
- Transparency
- Ability to float or sink in water
- Waterproof
- Hardness (Taken out of syllabus)
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Five Essential Process Skills
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Process Skills
• Symbolic Representation (SR)
• Observation and Classification (O&C)
• Planning Investigation (PI)
• Interpretation of Information (IOI)
• Application of Concepts (AOC)
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Symbolic Representation (SR)
• Read off information from a table
of figures or symbols, bar charts,
line graph, etc.
• Read off information from a
schematic representation of a
process or a series of linked
events.
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Symbolic Representation (SR)
Identify F,G and H.
Frangipani : ____________
Staghorn Fern : ___________
Hibiscus : ____________
G
H
F
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Observation and Classification (O&C)
• Identify differences between similar objects or events
• Identify similarities between similar objects or events
• Sequence events in the order they take place
• Match a description to an object or a drawing
• Make a drawing of a given object
• Classify objects according to a stated criterion
• Identify criteria used in making classification
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Observation and Classification (O & C)
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Planning Investigation (PI)
• State or identify variables, give a problem to be
investigated
• State or identify the variables to be changed and
controlled, given a problem to be investigated
• State or identify the variables to be measured in a
given investigation
• Describe how the results of an investigation will be
used in answering the problem posed
• Identify what problem is investigated by a given set
of actions
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Planning Investigation (PI)
Variable
to be kept
the same
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Interpretation of Information (IOI)• Describe a pattern (regularity) or make a
generalization, given data in the form of a table,
diagram, graph, etc
• Make a prediction based on a pattern or regularity,
given the data as above
• Identify a statement, about an event, that makes the
least degree of inference, or keeps closely to the
information given
• Draw a conclusion from data given
• Decide whether a conclusion is supported by given
data
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Interpretation of Information (IOI)
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Application of Concepts (AOC)
• Give an explanation in terms of science concepts,
given a set of observations or a description of
events.
• Make a prediction based on given data and science
concepts.
• Propose more than one possible explanation of an
event or situation.
• Decide whether a given hypothesis fits the given
data, or which of several hypotheses fits the data
best.
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Application of Concepts (AOC)
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TECHNIQUES IN ANSWERING
SCIENCE EXAMINATION
QUESTIONS
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How to help your child?
• Pay attention to key concepts when
reading the questions
• Comparison is very important, when
more than one variable is used in the
set-up (words such as greater,
smaller, biggest should be used)
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How to help your child?
• Do not answer with general statements, be
specific.
General statement:
Living things need air, food and water.
Specific statement:
Living things need air and air was not provided
in set-up A.
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How to help your child?
• Apply concepts and use the
variables/things used in the questions to
answer
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Technique in answering open-ended
questions
I• Identify topics
R• Recall key concepts
Q• Question tag
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EXAMPLES OF IRQ TECHNIQUES
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Recall Key
concepts:
Microorganisms
Fungi
Bacteria
Spores
Mould
Yeast
Dead/ alive
Topic:
Fungi and
Bacteria
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Recall Key
concepts :
Microorganisms
Fungi
Bacteria
Spores
Mould
Yeast
Dead/ alive
Topic:
Fungi and
Bacteria
Question type:
Question type:
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Let’s try!
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Let’s try!2 Jacinta carried out an experiment using two set-ups, A and B,
shown below. She observed the two set-ups after 1 week.
(a) What was she trying to find out?
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Let’s try!
(b) What is the changed variable?
(c) What are the variables that must remain the same?
(d) What can she conclude from the experiment?
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INQUIRY BASED LEARNING -
HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
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Q & A