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Agenda
• Introduction to Cedar P3
Science Teachers
• 2014 MOE Science Syllabus
• Cedar Science Total
Curriculum
• Cedar Science Inventiveness
Curriculum
• Assessment Overview
• Assessing learning through
science process skills
• Approaches to Science
learning
Cedar science total curriculum
Science Curriculum Framework
• P3 and P4 SPID
• Environmental
Education
• Creative and
Inventive Thinking
• Outdoor Learning
• SHINE/Talent
Management
• Thinking Frames
Cedar science inventiveness
curriculum
Science Curriculum Framework
• Creative Science
Toys project
• Recess Activities
• Future Innovators’
Programme
Assessing learning through
science process skills
• Pupils should be able to:
• Observe
• Compare
• Classify
• Communicate
• Use apparatus and
equipment
• Predict
• Analyse
• Inferring
• Evaluate
• Generate possibilities
• Formulate hypothesis
Knowledge with understanding
Assessment overview Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
Performance-based
assessment
• Interim assessment
(non-weighted)
• Journal writing
(non-weighted)
• Science Toy Project
(non-weighted)
Performance-based
assessment
• Interim assessment
(non-weighted)
• Journal writing (non-
weighted)
Performance-based
assessment
• Interim assessment
(non-weighted)
• Journal writing (non-
weighted)
• Practical Test (non-
weighted)
Performance-based assessment
• Journal writing (non-
weighted)
Semestral Assessment 1
(30%)
• Diversity
Booklet A : MCQ (30m)
Booklet B : Open-
Ended (20m)
Total : 50m
Semestral Assessment 2 (70%)
• Diversity
• Systems
• Interactions
Booklet A : MCQ (46m)
Booklet B : Open- Ended(29m)
Total : 75m
Cedar Science Approach
Why does a
dog stick out
its tongue on
a hot day? Reflective
Thinking
Through Journal
Writing Technology –
iPad, videos,
quizzes etc Relating
experience to
concepts
Thinking Skills
Hands-on
Formative
Assessment
How parents can help?
• Listen with interest and
encourage your child to
read Science Materials
• Be involve in their
learning e.g. school
projects, homework
How parents can help?
• Encourage reading of science
materials
Wildlife magazine
National Geographic Kids Singapore Scientist
Articles from newspapers
Science websites
How parents can help?
• Watch mass media together
Discovery Channel
National Geographic Channel BBC Knowledge
Science in the City on OKTO Backyard Science
Animal Night