Brief Notes |

Civil Defence is

identified to be an

important school

goal. Mathematical

modelling is a new

area in the 2013

curriculum.

Brief Notes |

Singapore is

generally spared of

natural disasters.

We have flash

floods from time to

time.

Brief Notes |

Reading materials

such as newspaper

report and children’s

books on fire in San

Francisco and

London are chosen

for students to

appreciate the idea

of urban disasters

and also on text

types.

Brief Notes |

Using the theme of

flood, different

subject teachers can

plan their research

lesson. For

mathematics,

average is selected

for Primary 5

students.

Brief Notes |

The lesson is based

on finding out where

in the school they

should place rain

gauges.

Brief Notes |

First set of lessons

are on the idea of

rain gauge i.e. the

use of height as a

proxy to measure

rainfall.

Brief Notes |

Second set of lessons

are on how to arrive

at a measure of

amount of rainfall in

a day, a week and

a month. Third set of

lessons are on the

idea of making

predictions if it will

rain on any one day.

Brief Notes |

It is found that the

idea of a measure

of central is difficult

for students. The

calculation itself is

not difficult.

Brief Notes |

Teacher

characteristics that

are productive in

professional learning

through lesson study

are investigated.