Our HS group had a lab activity at Pusat Sains Negara. It was the boys second time in a science lab. We learnt about heat transfer and conductor / non-conductor materials. The session was conducted by interns from a local university who were doing a degree in Science.
Activity 1: Learning about conductor and non-conductor materials
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Showing how to set up the electrical circuit. |
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Assembling the parts. |
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Attaching the wires. |
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How the completed board looks like. |
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Conductor and non-conductor plates to be tested. |
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Insert the plate into the circuit. If it's a conductor, the bulb will light up. |
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Writing their findings. |
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Testing another plate. |
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The bulb lights up! It's a conductor! |
Activity 2: To test the conductivity of materials
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3 rods - glass, iron and copper. Affix a plasticine ball at the end of each rod. |
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Light up a bunsen burner and heat up the end of the rods. Wait and see which plasticine falls first. Outcome: The plasticine at the end of the copper rod fell first. Hence, the copper rod is a good conductor. |
The session ended in less than an hour. It was a good exposure for all the children and we look forward to attending more sessions in the future.
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Collecting their button badges at the end of the session. |
Hi Selina,
ReplyDeleteCan you share with me how to get get my kids participate this kind of interactive workshop/experiment in PSN. We went to PSN last time and ask them if they have experiment sort of activities that the kids can have hands-on experience, but the info counter says they don't have such and told us visitors are to try the interactive panel in themselves. We were disappointed.