Are the following some of your concerns in using ICT(Information and Communication Technologies) for your classes?:

• Do I need to be IT-savvy in order to be able to use ICT for teaching?
• How should I go about using web, blogs or podcasts to design my classes?
• How can I encourage students to use web, blogs or podcasts for effective learning?
• Will this takes up a lot of my time?
• Where can I get all the ready resources I need to incorporate into the lessons?

4 half-day workshops with hands-on practice where our ICT Expert, Mr Chris Smith, will show you how easy it is to use ICT for teaching and learning, no matter what levels or subject you teach. You can choose to attend one or all of these workshops.

1. Web 2.0 tools for teachers and students - 17 Nov (AM)
2. Making use of Blogs for teaching and learning - 17 Nov (PM)
3. Use of Podcast for teaching and learning - 18 Nov (AM)
4. Social Networks & Virtual Worlds for teaching and learning - 18 Nov (PM)

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Physics lessons can be boring if taught directly out of textbooks and strict experiments. But if you are able to connect fun ideas of things around us with Physics, you will be able to introduce fun physics lessons every time! You will be amazed that even the most difficult concepts can be taught in a fun and easy to understand manner so students will see the relevance and appreciate the subject better.

In this one-day brand new workshop with Dr Janchai, an international creative educator who has shared creative teaching ideas with teachers and students around the world, he will share with you great ideas and creative experiments to teach difficult Physics concepts like:
• Waves and Superposition of Waves
• Electromagnetism • Quantum Physics • Forces
• Dynamics • G Field • Modern Physics and others

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In this one-day highly interactive workshop filled with lots of hands-on activities, Dr Janchai is going to share with you great ideas on how to creatively teach Science and make learning fun for students. Some activities that will be covered in the workshop include:

• Exploring science in micro world with a powerful pocket microscope
• Interesting Science on Light and Laser
• Fun with Electrostatics
• Detective Science using Ultraviolet light
• Science of Sound
• Making your own simple motor, compass, current meter, battery
• Making your own 3D photo & movies for science projects and exhibitions, and other innovative teaching technique with toys & hands-on activities

All participants will be given a bag of tools and toys plus a CD of teaching materials to illustrate different science concepts.

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Mathematical card tricks can serve as an effective means of motivation at almost all levels of instruction. The major purpose of its use in the classroom is to enable children to discover that mathematics is easy and interesting, and thus stimulate interest in their further study of the subject. This 1-day interactive and thought-provoking workshop focuses on a set of Mathematical cards, and participants will get to try out all the magic and games, and discover the beauty of mathematics themselves.

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For students to be able to solve problems, they need to have repeated exposure and opportunity to practice. However, for them to effectively and intelligently solve problems, possessing some good problem solving strategies is KEY! In this half-day interactive and thought-provoking workshop, teachers can gather 10 important and useful problem solving strategies using interesting and creative activities such as puzzles, card tricks and magic to impart them to your students in a fun and magical way.

AM Session for Primary 1-2 Teachers
(9am - 12pm)
The series of motivational ideas that will inspire students of different grades and varying levels of ability will cover topics including:
Ascending and descending numbers, Understanding complex word problem, Number sense, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Geometry, Arrangement and many more.

PM Session for Primary 3-6 Teachers
(2pm - 5pm)
The series of creative ways that will facilitate the learning of mathematics will cover topics including:
Number sense, Arithmetic, Pattern Recognition, Fractions, Decimals, Understanding complex word problem, Table, Volume, Geometry, Units of measurement, Algebra, and many more.

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This workshop encompasses lots of hands-on activities. It is especially designed for teachers who teach Physics in Upper Secondary, Junior Colleges, and Polytechnics who can use the various tools to illustrate different physics theories that are suitable for their students of different academic levels and varying level of abilities.

The Workshop will cover:
1. Interesting Physics concepts you can
learn on an airplane
2. Using fun Physics toys to teach pressure,
energy, work and power
3. Using computer to teach Sound
4. Amazing Electric and Magnetic Fields
5. Fun ways to learn Electromagnetic induction
6. Detection of Radioactivity in the Classroom

You will be provided with notes, a set of interesting and useful tools and toys where you could use to illustrate to your students various Physics concepts. A CD showing how to use the tools will also be given.

Teaching Science with creativity actually need not be a difficult task as long as you know how to make connections between things we used in our daily lives with the subject matter. There are many interesting things around us that we can use to teach students science concepts. By doing so, you can easily have a Fun Science classroom anytime, anywhere!

Some topics within Singapore syllabus which will be covered include:

• Electricity. Learn great ideas on how to use interesting toys and tools to teach students about electric currents, circuits and waves.
• Heat. Fun ideas to illustrate to students the characteristics of heat. Effects and transmission of heat.
• Light. Great ideas to illustrate light as a form of energy and explore characteristics of light waves
• Conversion of Energy. Interesting ideas to show how energy is converted from one form to another.
• Explore Forces through Simple and Fun Mechanisms. Fun ways to illustrate forces and other science concepts and stimulate hands-on and inquisitive minds through exploring simple mechanisms.

A workshop that introduces teachers to appropriate recreational puzzles, games and magical tricks that are based on sound mathematical concepts. Application of such interesting techniques will drive students' interests and participation and provides opportunities for stuents to develop and exercise mathematical reasoning and problem solving activities that helps them in promoting active and meaningful knowledge construction.

Physics is an important subject in Science education and many professions actually need knowledge of this subject as a pre-requisite. However, there are always students who desire to pursue a career in these professions, find the subject dry and the theories difficult to grasp. As teaching professionals in physics, you can inject fun and creativity in teaching the subject so as to help your students learn and appreciate the subject better.

This workshop will cover:
1. Exploring a microworld with a home-made microscope
2. Hands-on activities with a Laser pointer
   - Particle size determination e.g. Red blood cells and dust
   - Communication with a laser beam
   - Fun with reflection of light
3. Fun with light and sound
   - Physics of a musical instrument
   - Spectrum of sunlight
   - Fun with your ears and eyes
4. Physics of flying objects and rockets
5. Fun with electromagnetism
   - Amazing electrostatics
   - Making your own simple motor, compass, a current meter and many other items

Following our successful “Fun With Creative Science 1” workshop sharing with teachers great ideas on using toys, manipulative materials and magic to stimulate students’ curiosity in Science, we are introducing “Fun with Creative Science 2”, which promises you ADDITIONAL new ideas to link Science with things around us and promote discovery as well as add meaning and relevance to the learning of Science as a subject.

Some topics within Singapore syllabus which will be covered include:
- Fun Science ideas in daily life
- Fun Science with your Body
- Exploring micrometerorites
- Great hands-on experiments/ activities with a magnet
- Fun science with a can
- Exploring energy and matters with toys
- Detective Science and Science at night using UV lights

This workshop incorporates lots of Hands-on activities and embraces INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING!
All participants will be given a bag of tools plus a CD to illustrate teaching of different science concepts listed above!

Experiments in Laboratories are fundamentals for teaching and learning Chemistry. In these practical workshops, Mr KM Chan will share some non-traditional, innovative and interesting methods for teaching complex Chemistry topics. Participants will have hands-on experience on low-cost and innovative micro-scale experiments and be engaged in pre and post-lab discussions, with reference to the current Singapore Syllabus context.

For 'O' Level teachers (9am-12pm)
"Stoichiometry and the Mole"

  - Chemical calculations at students’ level
  - Rectifying students’ common misconceptions of the topic
  - Introducing micro-scale experiments

+ Focus on Mole Concept
+ Presents a teaching package, ready for classroom teaching
Participants will receive a set of micro-scale RMM Kit.

For 'A' Level teachers (2pm-5pm)
"Innovative A-Level Experiments"

  - Kinetic order using colorimetry
  - Effect of pressure change on equilibrium
  - Introductory experiment on entropy
  - Introducing newly designed “S” tube on gas detection in     chemical reactions, no “sucking back” drawback

+ Geared to the newly released AL Syllabuses
+ Suitable for School-based Science Practical Assessment (SPA)
Participants will receive a set of eight micro-scale 8-well reaction strips.

This is specially created for Primary 1 and 2 teachers. Mrs Muthu, with over 25 years of teaching lower primary students, has discovered an effective method where you can teach your class of mixed capabilities at the same time to master comprehension techniques. Having fine-tuned this method over the years of her teaching, she has managed to make her comprehension lessons enjoyable for both the fast and slow learners, and at the same time, slowly build up the weaker students’ skills in answering comprehension such that they are able to confidently handle comprehension by themselves at the end of the year.

Call Synergyst at 9187 2399/ 6273 4182 for more information.

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For Students

Outdoor learning is a great way to develop inquiry based learning.  It engages students in active and independent thinking when they come across things that stimulate their interest and curiosity.  Bringing students overseas also enables them to experience things they would not be able to see or do in their homeland and open up their thinking horizon to appreciate and understand the Science and beauty of different environments and nature.

Besides educational trips for students, we also organise learning journeys for teachers that are designed to help them “recharge” and generate new ideas for teaching.  Our educational trips are UNIQUE. We worked with academic subject experts to design well thought itineraries where participants not only enhance their Science knowledge through observations, experiments and activities, but also sightsee and explore the arts, geography, history, culture and tradition of that country.

Opportunities for students and teachers to visit or have exchanges with established schools in those countries can also be arranged.  To find out more, call us at 6273 4182/ 9187 2388

Our Educational Trips are proudly organised by Synergyst Expedition Pte Ltd, under the group of companies of Synergyst Pte Ltd.

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Looking for enrichment classes to be run in the school for your students? How about one that

• Uses Fun Maths to develop Student’s Creative Problem Solving Skills,
• Develops Student’s interest towards Mathematics
• Stimulates Creativity and intellectual Curiosity!

Our focus in this non-curriculum-based but pro-curriculum programme is to challenge students to think beyond what they learn in school. Approaches used here are well-received by many local teachers who found it extremely useful in developing their students’ interest in Maths and challenging the minds of the fast Maths learners. This programme also supports our Government’s initiative to develop enquiring minds of our students.

Call Synergyst at 6273 4182/ 9187 2399 to find out more.

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Dr Janchai's
Fun Science Theatre

Learning Science is fun and meaningful. To help your students appreciate how Science and technology impact our daily lives and environment, you need to constantly show them the connection of science education to the things around us. Our Science theatre aims to provide this link and help students to appreciate the learning of science.

Science Show for Primary School

For Primary 1-2 students: It is never too early to start preparing your Primary 1 & 2 for the learning of Science. In this 2-hour session on "Discovering wonders of our Body", students will be led through a fun & exciting journey to learn more about their body and the Science evolves around them and how it affects them and the environment around them.

For Primary 3-5 students: This session aims to develop the attitudes necessary for scientific inquiry by showing students how science concepts have been employed in the making of commonly found things. In this 2-hour session on “Discovering Energy around us”, Dr Janchai will bring students through a fun and exciting journey exploring Light, Heat, different forms and conversion of energy.

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Science Enrichment Workshops for Upper Primary and above
(can be customised to different levels)

Let your students have a fun hands-on day with Dr Janchai exploring Science with activities and creating science toys and gadgets using simple daily or recycled items. The aim of these workshops is to enable students to exercise their scientific inquiry in discovering and experiencing science in their daily lives and the environment in a fun and creative way. Some topics teachers can consider are:

- Light & Vision
- Science of Sound
- Exploring Forces and Pressure
- Discovering Electrical Energy
- Heat and Temperature
- Exploring Microworld (e.g. cells) with pocket microscope

Call Synergyst at 6273 4182/ 9187 2388 to find out more.

Fun with Blogs, Podcasts and Social Networks!

Many students are into blogs and podcasts and many of them have even started their own social networks. But how many students know how to make use of Blogs, Podcasts or Social Networks for their learning or projects?

In this interesting and practical workshop, ICT expert and advisor, Mr Chris Smith, will bring students through a fun and interesting journey exploring Blogs, Podcasts or Social Networks for their projects and learning. Many will gather from Chris useful tools, links or resources to customise their Blogs, Podcasts or Social Networks.

This workshop can be conducted large scale as long as school can fulfil on providing one computer (with internet access) per team of students.

Format of workshop:
4-5 students will be put in a team where a customised project topic will be given. Each member of the team is assigned responsibilities and they will need to present their project at the end of the one-day workshop. Reasonable guidance will be given by Chris in providing students with tools and resources. Students not only achieve understanding in the subject matter through inquiry and search and are able to create their own Blogs, Podcasts or Social Networks, but being challenged on their skills in teamwork, time management, decision making, research, technical, writing and presentation.

Call Synergyst at 6273 4182/ 9187 2388 to find out more.