Thursday, July 23, 2009

DAY 5

Here are your tasks for today

  1. Blog results and conclusion
  2. Blog on group's reflection
  3. Reflect on Individual Learning ( Worksheet)

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Day 3

Here are your tasks for Day 3
  1. Finish constructing your kite
  2. Blog the steps taken to make the kite
  3. Blog response to math question
  4. Carry out the experiment
  5. Record results of the experiment

Monday, July 20, 2009

Day 2

Day 2

Here are your tasks for today!



  1. Make your own kite ( each group will make at least 2 kites
  2. Record the steps taken to make the kite
  3. Respond to the maths tasks
  4. Blog steps taken to make the kite and response to the maths tasks.

Maths Task

Question 1: What is area? Why is it important to learn about area? (Suggest situations or applications of the concept of area to your daily-life)



Question 2: Describe how you can go about finding the area/ perimeter of one of your kite.

You may consider the following:
Ø What are some of the information that you will need to find the area of your kite?
Ø What measurements would you need? What do you need to do with the measurements you have?
Ø Is there an alternative method?

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Day 1

DAY 1

Here are what you need to do for Day 1

  1. Form your groups of 4-5 ( There should be at least two different races in your group)
  2. Give a name to your group
  3. Assign Roles for each member ( Leader, Reporter, Questioner, Encourager)
  4. Brainstorm on ideas
  5. Draft hypothesis
  6. Blog the hypothesis
  7. Plan and Design Experiment

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Have Fun with Kites!


Task Description:

As a group, you will decide how a kite can be constructed so that it stays longer in the air. Font size

You will form a hypothesis on which change (choose only material or size) is likely to allow the kite to stay longer in the air. For example, if you think that changing the size wil lead it to stay longer in the air, then you will make two kites of different sizes. You will then carry out fair tests to compare the different sizes of the kite.

During the course of the project, you will blog your progress which include the following :

- Members in the group (Day 1)

- Group's hypothesis (Day 1)
- Steps taken to make the kite (Day 2 & Day 3)
- Steps taken to test the kite (Day 3 and Day 4)
- Findings and conclusion (Day 5)
- Group's reflection (Day 5)

At the end of the project, groups will give an oral presentation of their findings which include the following:

- Group's hypothesis
- Steps taken to make the kite
- Steps taken to test the kite
- Findings & conclusion











Let's Have Fun With Kites!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

IPW Week Overview


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* Note that Day 3 and 4 are interchangeable.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

How to ensure a fair test ?

How to ensure a fair test?

By changing one variable at a time and keeping the others the same, we have a fair test.

Anything that affects the result in a test is called a variable.

For Example:

My Hypothesis - I GUESS that sea water will evaporate the fastest BECAUSE with the impurities present, there will be less water.

To test my hypothesis, I construct a fair test by placing 3 dishes of equal volume containing different types of water in the same location over a few days.

In this case, the only variable that I change is the type of water. The volume, exposed area, humididty level remains unchanged.

How to write a hypothesis?


A hypothesis statement should contain a likely reason.


Wednesday, July 1, 2009