Fruits of Labour

Today some of my ex-students came back for a visit! Cherlynn, Sze Han, Jolene and Si En. Not forgetting the others like David, Daniel, Athirah, Zhirou, Amanda and the others who came. Moreover, I get to see Melvin, Syakir, Suzy almost everyday on my walk to WGPS. It's really awesome to see them all in their Secondary school uniforms.

I remember the days where we used to stay back till late evenings in school, preparing for PSLE. I'm glad to see them experiencing the next part of their journey in life. Hard work and their perseverance really paid off as shown in their PSLE results.

My greatest wish for the batch of P6 2009 is that they will shine and do their best in their secondary education and beyond. Never give up!

I'm proud of every student in the class. :)

Mdm Yan

Global Warming! It's real and frightening!

Thank you for sharing valuable resources! The following are your fellow classmates who helped to contribute the wonderful videos about global warming.

Ada
Faith
Kelly
Rebecca
Wei Zheng
Yi Qing
Wayde
Reece
Jian Ming
Shi Yun
Tze Xuan
Keegan
Yi Xin

Kids against Global Warming. There's some activities from the site. Check it out!
http://www.alligatorboogaloo.com/kids/features/globey/index.html
http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics/kidspage.cfm


Watching this video saddens me...I like this video the most! Contributed by Yi Qing.


lol~ Adventure of Ecoman!



Santa Claus on Global Warming. Hmmm ~ What would he say... ?


From the view of 2 little fish. What is global warming?



This is the way the Greenhouse effect works! Understandable and quick.



This shows you how global warming progressing through a cartoon. Do take note of the person talking. He is in fact the 45th Vice President of the United States. He is currently actively involved in saving the environment and made a documentary on Global Warming called "An Inconvenient Truth" that portrays the effects of global warming to people around the world.


Global warming video: This is Our Earth
This is an excellent video made. Do watch this to know the seriousness of global warming.




Two polar bears muse on the causes of global warming.



Global Warming 101 by National Geographic.
Global warming could do more than just melt polar ice. It could change our maps, and displace people from cities and tropical islands.


Polar Bears and Global Warming... Poor polar bears... ;(
This video is a CBS news report on global warming in the Artic and how it is affecting the polar bears who live there.


On Thin Ice: Polar Bears and Global Warming. Extinction ...


Polar bear - Victim of climate change. Case study: Polar bear: less pack ice for the whiter bears. From the view of a polar bear.


In this fast-paced animation, youth producer John Cooney shows us that a little effort can go a long way in reversing global warming.



How to live green and stop global warming!





Reading Materials by Kelly!

• http://globalwarming.com/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
• http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/
• http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
• http://science.howstuffworks.com/global-warming.htm
• http://www.clean-energy-ideas.com/global_warming/causes_of_global_warming.html
• http://www.eoearth.org/article/Global_warming

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