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Science in Primary 5

• 1. Format of the paper
• 2. Topics & Skills tested
• 3. Tackling Science questions
• 4. What you can do

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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

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Themes Topics Diversity Cycles Systems Energy Interactions Primary 3 Primary 4 Primary 5 Primary 6

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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

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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

Multip tiple le-Ch Choice ce Ques estion tion – Appli plication cation of concept ncepts

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) 10 1 (4) 10 10 9

ring magnet plastic tray with steel pins X Y Z Diagram 2 Diagram 1

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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.

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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]

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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) 30 10 27 20 25

Interpreting given data New Situation

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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

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The life cycle of a housefly is shown below.

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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

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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 at you can an do to hel elp

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

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