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Form II - list of Science Practicals - 2023/2024

Text book

Science – Smart for Cambridge Lower Secondary Text Book 07

Science Smart Work Book 07
ISBN: 978-981-4370-03-5 Published by Sim Wee Chee
No Practical / Activity Date

1 Mid Term
st

1. Observing some common apparatus and equipment used in science activities.

2. To identify the gas found in exhaled air.

3. To investigate the effects of gloves on our sense of touch.

4. To investigate how our sense of smell affects task.

5. Observe the light microscope and explain the function in each part.

6. Observe the plant and animal cell using an onion piece and cheek cell.

7. Observing the major organs of a flowering plant.

8. Showing a video regarding a major organ in the human body.

9. Show the model of skeleton.

10.To understand how muscle and tendons combine to move joints.

11.Showing a video how antagonistic muscle and joints are involved in the
functions of the skeleton.
12.Showing a video how some disease of the skeletal system affect the function
of the skeleton and muscles.
1 Term
st
13.To investigate the physical properties of solid, liquid and gas.

14.To join polystyrene balls together to show how particles are arranged in
solids.
15.To use dry peas to represent the arrangement of particles in liquid and gas.

16.To observe the change of state of water.

17.Showing a video changes in the arrangement and movement of particles as

they are heated and cooled.
18.To investigate how changing the temperature affects the rate of evaporation
of salt solution.
19.To observe what happens when iodine crystals are heated.

20.To investigate how the temperature of ice changes as it is heated to its boiling
point.
21.Use a pendulum to demonstrate the conservation of energy.

22.To find out if energy is wasted in the form of heat.

2 Mid Term
nd

23.
Showing a video to see the characteristics of bacteria and fungi.
24. To demonstrate how to grow bacteria on a nutrient agar plate.

25. To investigate how temperature affects the carbon dioxide production by

yeast.
26.
Showing a video of diseases caused by microorganisms.
27.
Showing a video of work of Louis Pasteur.
28.
To investigate the porosity of a sedimentary rock and an igneous rock.
29.
To investigate the composition of different types of soil.
30. To investigate the drainage of three types of soil.

2 Term
nd

31.
Observe some pictures of fossils.
32.
To make a model of sedimentary rock.
33.To demonstrate the movement of the earth around the sun.

34.
To model the position of the constellation in the sky at different times of the
 year.
35.
To demonstrate how the tilted axis of the earth causes the seasons to occur.
36. Showing a video of eight planets in the solar system.

37.To investigate the energy given off by the sun.

38. To investigate why we can see the planets and the moon.
39. To explore how solar and lunar eclipses occur.

40.To investigate the water absorbency of paper, towel, brick, glass block and
metal sheet.
41.
To investigate the transparency of materials.
42.To investigate the properties of nylon.

43.To investigate the metals and non-metals by their properties.

44.Classify plants, animals, vertebrates.

45.
To investigate variation in the height of the pupils in the class.

3 Mid term
rd

46.To investigate how organisms are adapted within a local habitat.

47.
To investigate adaptation in extreme habitats.
48.
Showing a video how organisms are adapted to day and night.
49.
Showing a video of the effects of human activities on a food chain.
50.
Showing a video of burning fuel produces air pollution.
51.
Showing a video of advantages and disadvantages of renewable resources.

3 Term
rd

52.
To identify the means of hazards labels.
53.To observe the colour changes of differences in acidic, alkaline, or neutral
solution.
54. To prepare an indicator dye from red cabbage.

55. To use universal indicators to test the PH value of soil samples.

56.
To carry out the neutralization reaction.
57.To use a force meter to measure the amount of force required to lift objects.

58. To investigate the forces acting on a floating object.

59.To investigate the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces on the movement
of an object.
60.
To investigate the forces that act on an object moving down a ramp.
61.To investigate how the surface area and weight of a parachute can affects its
motion.
62.
To investigate the forces acting on an object in circular motion.