TEACHING PRACTICE

SCIENCE FORM 2

Norbani Abdullah
 Textbook
• 2 volumes:
• Science Form 2 Volume 1
• Science Form 2 Volume 2

• Choo Yan Tong, Low Swee Neo,

and Koay Kheng Chuan

• Media Network Sdn. Bhd

 Topics
Theme A: Management and Continuity of Life

Chapter 1 : The World through

Our Senses

~ 35 pages

- January – middle March

Completed
 Topics
Theme A: Management and Continuity of Life

Chapter 2 : Nutrition

~ 20 pages

- Current (middle of March)

 Next Topics
Theme B: Man and the Variety of Living Things

Chapter 3 : Biodiversity

~ 10 pages
- expected April
 Expected Topics
(to teach)

6 subtopics
Theme B: Man and the Variety of Living Things

Chapter 4 : Interdependence
1. Interdependence among Livingamong
OrganismsLiving Organisms and the
2. Interaction between Living Organisms
Environment
3. Food Web
4.20Photosynthesis
~ pages
5. Conservation and Preservation of Living
Organisms
6. Role of Humans in Maintaining the
Balance of Nature
Volume 1
 Expected Topics
(to teach)

8 subtopics
Theme C: Matter in Nature

1. Physical Characteristics of Water

Chapter
2. 5 : Water
Composition of Waterand Solution
3. Evaporation of Water
4. Solution
~ 35 pagesand Solubility
5. Acid and Alkali
6. Water Purification
7. Water Supply System
8. Preservation of Water Quality
Volume 2
 Other Topics

Chapter Title
6 Air Pressure
7 Dynamics
8 Support and
Movement
9 Stability
10 Simple Machine
 Chapter 4
• Important terms (4.1-4.3)
• Species, population, community, habitat,
ecosystem
• Prey, predator
• Competition
• Intra-specific (?), inter-specific (?)
• Symbiosis
• Commensalism, mutualism, parasitism
• Biological control
• Food web
• Food chain
• Producer, consumer, decomposer
• Pyramid of numbers
• Factors affecting food web
 Chapter 4
(cont)

• Important terms (4.4-4.6)

• Photosynthesis
• Carbon cycle
• Oxygen cycle
• Conservation
• Preservation
•
 Activities and Experiments
in Chapter 4
• Many activities
• Use of pictures and figures in textbook
• Lab work
• To show the importance of interaction between
organisms and the environment

− Fish, aquatic plant

− Hydrogen carbonate indicator (?)

• Requirement of photosynthesis
− Demonstration (to show presence of starch in leaf)
– Use of Bunsen burner
– Remove chlorophyll (use alcohol)
– Test for starch (use iodine)

− Experiment (factors required for photosynthesis)

– Hypothesis, manipulated variable, responding
variable, fixed variable
– Pre-preparation (potted plant kept in dark for two
days)
– KOH used to remove CO2
 Chapter 5

• Important terms (5.1-5.4)

• Freezing point, boiling point (for water)
• Melting, boiling, evaporation, freezing,
condensation
• Hydrogen, oxygen, electrolysis
• Factors affecting evaporation
• Solution
• Solute, solvent
• Dilute, concentrated, saturated
• Solubility
• Suspension
• Homogeneous
• Filtrate, residue
 Chapter 5
(cont)

• Important terms (5.5-5.8)

• Acid, alkali
• pH paper, litmus paper
• Metals
• Neutralisation
• Filtration
• Chlorination
• Distillation
• volatile
 Activities and Experiments in
Chapter 5
•Few activities
•Many Lab works
• Freezing and boiling points of water
−Use of ice with salt (why?)
−Graphical methods (cooling and heating)

• Effect of impurities (salt) on melting point of

ice and boiling point of water

• Electrolysis
−Composition of water
−How to set the experiment (use of
electrodes and measuring cylinders)
−Use of lighted splinter (for H2 – pop sound)
−Use of glowing splinter (for O2 – lighted)
 Activities and Experiments in
Chapter 5 (cont)
•Factors affecting rate of evaporation of water
−Anhydrous cobalt chloride paper (test for H 2O – color blue -
pink)

•Effect of humidity on rate of evaporation of water

−Anhydrous calcium chloride (to absorb water)

•The difference between a solution and a suspension

−Use torch
−Solution allows light to pass through.
−Suspension does not allow light to pass through.
−Explanation

•Factors affecting solubility

−Salt vs sugar
−Which dissolves better in water. Why?
−Sodium chloride (38 g/100g), potassium nitrate (30 g/100 g)
 Activities and Experiments in
Chapter 5 (cont)
•Acid and alkali
• litmus paper
− red to blue (alkali)
− blue to red (acid)
– How to remember?

•What is pH?

•Neutralisation
−Titration
– Acid-base
– Correct technique
– Reading of burette

•Purify water
− use of chlorine water (to kill bacteria)
−Use of sterile nutrient agar
– Distillation (technique)
Challenges to face

• Teachers in school

• Students

• Tution centers
 Some advice
• Ask when in doubt
• Teachers in school, your lecturers,
your supervisor

• Be prepared • Be in control

• Be different •Show confidence

• enjoy yourself