Diffusion and Osmosis - Applications

Dear boys,

Good to see all of you guys preparing for the presentations for Diffusion and Osmosis Applications. I have seen through some of your presentations and they are really good, with nice pictures and clear explanations.

I hope the rest have put in effort to prepare to present to the rest of the class. I will be giving time for you guys to prepare the presentation (1I1 has gone to teh computer lab last Mon) in the computer lab. You will be presenting next week (Week 5).

Talking about Week 5, remember that our science test on "Term 2 topics (mainly chemistry) and Cells" will be in Week 7. I will be giving out test instructions and such next week.

There are some of you who have yet to hand in LSS Ex 5 and I am still waiting. I will be putting up a list of boys who have not handed in LSS Ex 5 next week.

Regards,
Dr Tan KK

Preparing for Week 4...

There are many events happening in Week 4.

Racial Harmony Day - a day of cultural events, food and interactions.
Singapore Quality Award (SQA) - the highest pinnacle award that an organisation can received. The assessors will be coming down to HCI for 3 days, from 19 July - 21 July.

Do remember to prepare for the peer teaching / presentation on "Diffusion and Osmosis Applications". Also, your LSS Ex 5 on Cells is due on Monday 19 July.

Week 3 - Diffusion & Osmosis

Well, after learning about cells, structures and functions, we will go on to the processes that will be happening. We will touch on diffusion and osmosis, a very important concept in science cutting across Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Here, emphasis will be on life processes since the concept of diffusion and osmosis will be linked to Digestive System and Respiratory System taught in the later part of the term. I hope the boys will be able to see the big picture of the topics taught in each term.

I will be giving out LSS Ex 5 on Cells. Please complete the exercise by next Monday 19 July 2010.

On the relaxed note, hope that you have enjoyed the World Cup Finals this morning and again, the Octopus Oracle was right, Spain will win and to conclude, his preduction is amazingly 100% reliable and accurate!!!

Dr Tan KK

Dear Sec 1 iSpark boys,

Below are the names of the boys who have not handed in LSS Ex 4 as above. I will grade your deadline of this assignment as "B".

Please do so by 12 July (Mon) 2 pm or with the following consequences:
1) Deadline of this assignment will be graded as "C" or worst.
2) Test 3 marks will be penalised.
3) Parents will be informed.
4) Assignment will NOT be marked.

Your EMB msg will have LSS Ex 4 attached should you have lost it.

If you cannot enter the staffroom, you may want to pass to the admin staff at Level 1staffroom indicating that it's for me.

Regards,
Dr Tan KK

ALTON ANG CHONG WEN
DANIEL TAN CHEE HIAN
ELIEL RONG'EN SIMATUPANG
GLENN ANG YU JIE
GNG KAI XUAN
LIEW ZHI JIE, ALEX

AKIRA MAKINO
BEH GUAN HONG
DAVID HU ZILIANG
ERNEST NG AIK HAU
JERRY ZHANG ZHUORAN
LI JIAXIN
LIN XINCHENG
QUEK YONG JIE
SEAH SHAO XUAN
TAN KUI YUAN, JUNIUS
TAN SHI JIE SAMUEL
TAN YONGYI
VINCENT, CHUNG ZHAN TAI
WANG JIARUI
YAN BOSHEN

BOO KOH HUA JIE, DAVID
CASPAR ZHOU YUAN
CHOONG JUN MAO
FONG HOK SHING
JOSHUA BRANDON CHANG WENG KIT
LEE BING QIAN RYAN
LEE YUN JIE
ONG EN CI, ISAAC
ONG YU HANN
SEAN KOH JIANTING
TOH CHIN YANG, NIGEL
WONG YI-WEN
YONG JERRY