Friday, January 29, 2010

Experiment in progress

Students enjoy doing experiment as can be seen from these pictures but guidance from teacher will enhance their understanding.








Experiment on thermochemistry- Exothermic and Endothermic reaction


Guiding students on correct way of taking temperature

Analysing the Chemical Content of Food

Chemical for consumers topic can be made more interesting when students bring canned or bottled food; tomato sauce or any food label and then categorise the food content into preservatives, antioxidants, flavouring agent, stabilisers, thickening agents and colouring agents.






Analysing food additive in a can of sardine

Analysing food additive in chilli sauce
Analysing food additive in peanut butter/chocolate spreac

analysing food additive in orange juice

A visit to Chemistry Department



Thursday, January 28, 2010

PowerPoint Presentation by Students During P&P

PowerPoint presentation is a group work done by students for topics such as uses of chemicals in industry and consumers, historical development of pereodic table and atomic structure. Students are encouraged to make their PowerPoint simple with lots of diagram and to the point. Then each group will take turn to present to the class. Marks will be given to the group as part of their formative mark which is 25% of the total marks in their test and exam.









Curriculum Week: "Program Senyum"

"Program Senyum" is a yearly Science programme carried out during the Curriculum Week. Groups of students with the guidance of their Chemistry teachers come out with project and exhibit to be shown to all students in the school. Students develop their soft skills, interpersonal skill and tramwork during this week. A break from the daily routine of T&L can be a refreshing one.




Growing "silver tree" using the displacement reaction of a reactive metal and silver solution



Student explaining the displacement reaction to our PK Akademik and Ketua Bidang Sains dan Matematik

Our PK had a try at producing fire cracker by grinding sulphur powder





Exhibit during our Curriculum Week

Using properties of acid and base, students turned water to grape juice, then to milk and finally to frenzy drink

Science Workshop - Microscale Chemistry for Secondary School

his is the science workshop jointly organised by the Malaysian National Commission for UNSECO and UKM which I attended with selected teachers from Selangor. In this workshop teachers carried out experiment using microscale apparatus instead of the ocnventional appratus. Using microscale apparatus, costs, time spent and chemical wastes produced can be reduced. Experiments can be done individually, can be repeated and most of all increase students understanding of chemistry concepts.




Electrolysis experiment using microscale cell and test-tube






Teachers who attended the workshop






Distallation process using a heater fitted with compartment for a miniature distallation flask and thermometer











Distallation process





Discussion after the experiment and workshop on the effectiveness of misroscale chemistry for secondary school