TITLE OF PROBLEM:

YIK MUN’S HOT PAU

DURATION OF PROBLEM:
One Week
SUBJECTS:
Physics Form 4
POSSIBLE INTEGRATION WITH THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS:
Chemistry, Biology, History, Living Skill
OUTCOMES:
Students should be able to acquire:
Knowledge ( Page 33 of the Curriculum Specification )
 Define Specific Latent Heat
 Determine the Specific Latent Heat of Vaporization.
Process/Skills/Values/Attitudes
 Thinking Skills ( Critical and Creative Thinking )
 Science Process Skills including:
 Observing
 Making Inferences & Hypothesis
 Predicting
 Experimenting
 Scientific Attitudes and Noble Values
Realizing that science is means to understand nature
Appreciating and practicing clean and healthy living.
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Specific Heat Capacity
 Transfer of heat during change of phase does not cause a change in temperature.

PROBLEM SCENARIO
One day, Faris went to Tanjong Malim to accompany his sister to register as a new student at
UPSI. He reached a traffic light in Tanjong Malim with a big signboard written “YIK MUN the
Famous Tg. Malim Pau Since 1926”. He also remembered reading about the pau in the internet.
Faris decided to stop at the restaurant to get a taste of the famous pau.
While he was enjoying the pau in the restaurant, Faris saw steam being released when the cook
opened the lid of the steamer. He also noticed that even though the pau was placed for a long
time in the steamer, it does not become overcooked and is ready to be served once taken out of
the steamer. The pau that he ate was very soft and not oily. He wondered how this is possible. As
the cook who prepared the delicious pau, explain to Faris how this happens.