5 states of Matter

Hey P5E students!

Remember I mentioned about there exists the 5th state of matter. Reuben had wanted to dig out information for the class! Let's enjoy the video together!

The 5th State Bose-Einstein condensate



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxvEOVOFB8k&feature=channel

Hailstones In Singapore!

Oh my! Oh my! It's really true that Singapore had one event of hailstone shower!

Check out the following information by Reuben!


Central Singapore hit by hailstone shower

This incident was on the 27th of March, 2008.

Icy pellets falling from the sky had caused residents in Braddell, Bishan and Toa Payoh to be excited...

Parts of Singapore were pelted with hailstones on the 27th of March, 2008 during a heavy downpour. The weatherman had confirmed that the pellets of ice were reported from central Singapore between 3.15pm and 3.45pm. The ice pellets were roughly three quarters the size of a five-cent coin and had caused quite a stir in Bishan and Toa Payoh.

An eyewitness Mr Goh said, that he was in his office when the hail started falling. He said that at first he thought that it was just raining heavily. But he felt that the sound of the rain was different-it sounded more like there were solid things falling instead. When he went to his corridor in his office, he saw that tiny bead-like things were bouncing about on the ground as the rain poured down. They became excited when they realised that the things were actually ice which melted very quickly. The eyewitness said that it was the first time he had seen this weather phenomenon but the ice melted very quickly and soon was all gone.

There were people guessing that the hailstones fell for about 10 minutes. Another eyewitness Stuyvesant Lim said that he heard a commotion outside when he was observing a quiet game of chess when he was in the Residents’ Committee Centre. The eyewitness said that he thought it was kids throwing ice from the block then he realised it was actually falling from the sky. He also realised that if the hailstones had been bigger, it could have damaged the windscreens of cars. A third eyewitness Mrs Evelyn Chan said that the strangely ‘hazy’ atmosphere made her leave her house. Once she went to the courtyard of her house block she saw crystals. She thought it was snow but when she picked up a piece, she realised that it was actually ice. It was said that before this incident, there was another hail shower in July that year.

This kind of weather is rare in Singapore so we should appreciate it but it could get dangerous if the hailstones or ice pellets we may call, get too big and injure people or items. So we should be grateful that we have a month when hail may come..

If you are still not convinced, check out the news article by Channel News Asia!

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/337625/1/.html

4th State of Matter

The 4th State of Matter



Wow! It's fascinating that I have 16 emails in my LEAD.com account! I want to thank the following pupils for contributing your research. :) THANKS!

Reuben, Kelly, Rebecca, Faith, Si Ying, Wayde, Tze Xuan, Yi Xin, Coreen (I don't think this pupil is in my class...)

Here's some interesting links and information gathered by your friends! Enjoy!

Pupils who sent via PPT slides, I will be printing and pasting it in class.

4th State of Matter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjqEx4ttUDY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B-U4ZiBoz4

The Basics!
http://www.tutorvista.com/content/physics/physics-i/matter/matter-states.php
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/state.html

Changes of States of Matter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEY0V8BD8K4

Check out the dry ice video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO9OGeHgtBY

The Plasma Ball!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKMgRQKqDgA

Read up about Plasma!
http://www.answers.com/topic/what-is-the-fourth-state-of-matter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A765047
http://science.jrank.org/pages/6459/States-Matter-Plasma.html
http://www.plasmas.org/rot-plasmas.htm
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_plasma.html

GAME!
http://www.spaceweathercenter.org/interactives/matterSorter.html

Solid, Liquid and Gas

Solid, Liquid and Gas!


You have learnt about the states of matter today. Try out the Activity!

LEAD.com

Hi P5E & P5F students,

The LEAD.com has not been updated with your emails yet. I will send out an email to you once the email list is out.

Mdm Yan

Posting Results...

Posting Results...


These are some of the news I've gathered so far. Thought it might be helpful for you to know who are in the same school as you. If not, at least know where your friends are ....

6D

Shimin -- Woodgrove Sec
Cherlynn -- Woodgrove Sec
Shahrul.R -- Woodgrove Sec
Diyanah -- Woodgrove Sec
Huiling -- Riverside Sec
Zakariah -- Riverside Sec
Hairul -- Riverside Sec
Kayla -- Riverside Sec
Rini -- Marsiling Sec
Priya -- Marsiling Sec
Khalisah -- Marsiling Sec
Melvin -- Chung Cheng (Yishun)
Shanna -- Chung Cheng (Yishun)
Eunice -- Chung Cheng (Yishun)
Atikah.O -- Sembawang Sec
Izzul -- Sembawang Sec
David -- Fuchun Sec
Annabella -- Fuchun Sec
Athirah -- Fuchun Sec
Suzy -- Admiralty Sec
Atikah.M -- Woodlands Sec
Sean -- Christ Church Sec
Kamarul -- Christ Church Sec
Junxing -- Sembawang Sec
Zainah -- Deyi Sec




6C
Sze Han -- Woodgrove Sec
Si En -- Woodgrove Sec
Yi Jian -- Woodgrove Sec
Junwen -- Woodgrove Sec
Priscilla -- Evergreen Sec
Ying Ru -- Sembawang Sec
Qianfei -- Canberra Sec
Raihan -- Admiralty Sec
Daniel -- Woodlands Sec
Nabil -- Fuchun Sec
Farid -- Fuchun Sec
Natasya -- Chestnut Drive
Rifdee -- Riverside Sec


6K
Amanda -- Fuchun Sec
Zhirou -- Northview Sec
Ayuni -- Admiralty Sec
Iffah -- Woodlands Sec

Announcement!

Announcement!

Primary 6D students!

Please bring your Arabian Nights Storybook to return it to me.

Help to sms your friends to bring it~ Pass the word around!

Only Shimin brought it during release of PSLE results...

Bring it on that day when you are coming back to get your secondary school posting!

PSLE Results

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1019947/1/.html

PSLE results to be released on Thursday
Posted: 23 November 2009 1215 hrs


SINGAPORE: The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results will be out on Thursday.

Pupils can get their result slips from their schools from noon on November 26. Eligible pupils will also receive their option forms to select their secondary schools.

With the PIN contained in the sealed option form, parents can submit their child's secondary school options online via the Secondary One Internet System.

The system is accessible 24 hours a day through the MOE Secondary One Posting website, starting from noon on Thursday. Application closes at 3pm on December 2.

Alternatively, parents may also submit their child's secondary school options through their child's primary school.

The Secondary One posting results will be released on Tuesday, December 22. Pupils are to report to their secondary schools on Wednesday, December 23, at 8.30am

Group Photo

Can't resist posting these group photos again! :P

Annoucements!

Announcement!

Primary 6D students!

Please bring your Arabian Nights Storybook to return it to Ms. Lai~~~

Help to sms your friends to bring it~ Pass the word around!