Woodlands Ring Primary School

Science in Primary 5

1. Format of the paper

2. Topics & Skills tested

3. Tackling Science questions

4. What you can do

Contents

Booklet A - Part 1

– 30 Multiple-choice questions

– 2 marks per question

– Total of 60 marks

Booklet B – Part 2

– 14 Open-ended questions

– 2, 3, 4 marks

– Total of 40 marks

Duration of Paper: 1 hour 45 minute

Total Possible Score: 100 marks

Format of the Science Paper

Topics

Please see Annex A

Themes Topics

Diversity

Cycles

Systems

Energy

Interactions

Primary 3

Primary 4

Primary 5

Primary 6

Revision for P3, P4 and P5 topics

AfL 1

P5: Water and Changes of States

P5: The Water Cycle

P3: Diversity Chapter 1,2: Classifying things, Living and non-living things

P3/P4: Diversity Chapter 3,4,5: Plants, Animals, Classifying animals

Gear Up! In Term 1

(1)P3 Magnet

(2)P4 Matter

(3)P4 Light

(4)P4 Heat

(5)P3 Life Cycles

(6)P3 Classifying plants & animals

(7)P3 Exploring Materials

Gear Up! In Term 2

(8) P5 Melting, Freezing & Boiling

(9) P5 Evaporation & Condensation

(10) P4 Digestive System & P5 Plant

Transport System

(11) P4 Heat, Light & P3 Magnet

(12) P5 Respiratory & Circulatory System

Weekly Supplementary Lessons

Assessment for Learning (AfL)

(a) Knowledge with Understanding

(b) Application of knowledge and Process Skills

Skills

Observing

Comparing

Classifying

Using apparatus and equipment

Communicating (pictorial, tabular, graphical)

Inferring

Predicting

Analysing

Generating possibilities

Evaluating

Formulating hypothesis

Processes

Creative Problem Solving

Decision-Making

Investigation

Skills and Processes tested

Multiple-Choice Question - Knowledge with Understanding

The life cycle of Animal X is shown below.

Which of the following animals has a life cycle with the same number of

stages as Animal X?

(1) Butterfly

(2) Chicken

(3) Cockroach

(4) Grasshopper

Multiple-Choice Question – Application of concepts

Diagram 1 below shows a ring magnet lowered onto a plastic tray of

steel pins.

Diagram 2 shows the bottom view of the ring magnet.

Which one of the following most likely shows the number of pins attracted to the

bottom of the magnet at position X, Y and Z?

X Y Z

(1) 6 18 6

(2) 12 6 12

(3) 0 10 1

(4) 10 10 9

ring magnet

plastic tray with steel pins

X

Y

Z

Diagram 2

Diagram 1

Open-ended Question Miya poured equal amount of the hot soup at 800C into two identical containers.

She used a metal spoon to stir the soup in one container and another similar

spoon made of plastic in the other container.

hot

Next, Miya left both spoons in the containers as shown above.

(a) A few minutes later, Miya lifted both spoons and found that the metal spoon

was hotter than the plastic spoon. Explain why the metal spoon was hotter than

the plastic spoon. [1]

(b) Half an hour later, Miya found that the temperature of both the soup in the

container and the metal spoon were the same. Give a reason why it was so. [1]

Tackling Science questions

Understanding, not just remembering

Applying Process Skills

• Techniques (processing given information,

making associations)

Written Expressions

• S.H.I.N.E

• More on Answering Open-ended

questions

Carry out

experiments

Understand the

process of

condensation

Apply concept

in new situation.

Understanding, not just remembering

Observe where the water

droplets are formed.

Pupils explain:

•There is a change in state

from gas to liquid

•Explain how water vapour

change to water droplet:

Condensation takes place when

warm water vapour loses heat to

condense on the cooler

(inner/outer) surface of the

container.

Understanding, not just remembering

Apply concept in new situations: Are the water droplets on the inner / outer surface

of the glass?

Describe how condensation takes place.

Foggy

Understanding, not just remembering

Application of concepts and skills in MCQ

Timothy set up the experiment as shown below.

He placed the set-up in a dry place. He recorded the temperature of

the air inside the small pot. His results are shown below.

Time (minute) Temperature(ºC)

0 30

10 27

20 25

Interpreting

given data

New

Situation

Application of concepts and skills in MCQ

The drop in the temperature of the air inside the small pot

was mainly due to ____________________.

(1) wet sand acting as a poor conductor of heat

(2) water vapour condensing on the wet cloth

(3) heat being conducted to the thermometer

(4) water evaporating from the wet sand

Heat Gain Process Heat Loss Process

Melting Freezing

Boiling Condensation

Evaporation

• S – Study the question carefully

•H – Highlight the keywords

• I – Identify the Science concepts

•N – Note it down

• E – Explain the answer with the appropriate Scientific terms

Science Answering

Technique – S.H.I.N.E

Science Answering Technique – S.H.I.N.E (MCQ)

Science Answering Technique – S.H.I.N.E

(Open-ended)

The towel which is not folded dried the fastest.

The rate of evaporation is higher when the exposed surface

area is lager.

Based on evidence (time). Can be observed.

Inferring. Based on the aim of the experiment / hypothesis

Answering open-ended question

The life cycle of a housefly is shown below.

Answering open-ended question Before the seventeenth century, people believed that maggots found on

rotting meat came either from the meat or from the air and not from the

eggs of the housefly.

In 1668, a doctor conducted an experiment to prove the people wrong.

He left 3 set-ups with meat for several days in a room containing adult

houseflies. His results are shown below.

Answering open-ended question

Question:

How did the doctor’s results show that maggots do not come from the

meat? [1]

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Sample Answer 1:

The houseflies laid eggs on the meat and the eggs hatch into maggots.

[0]

Sample Answer 2:

If the maggots came from the meat, they would have appeared on all 3

pieces of meat in the 3 containers. The covers in Containers 2 and 3

could not keep the maggots away if they had come from the meat. [1]

1. Revise to reinforce concepts, knowledge

and improve retention:

2. Learn from mistakes

3. Complete homework on time

4. Support school programmes ( Attend

supplementary / remedial lessons)

5. Help your child be interested in Science –

Expand and Explore!

What you can do to help

What you can do to help - Learn Together

is a useful website for

pupils.

Parents can learn more about the

science their children are studying at

school too.

http://sciberdiver.wikispaces.com/Primary+3-4

http://sciberdiver.wikispaces.com/Primary+5-6

https://www.lead.com.sg

http://www.moe.edu.sg/education/syllabus.

sciences/files/science-primary-2008.pdf

Reference

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