PROJECT BASED LEARNING (PBL) SCIENCE FORM 1

Student’s name: Chan Kwok Vinn________________ Class: 1A7_________

Teacher’s name: Puan Chong Pei Yuan____________ Date: 20/6/2022___

Project 1: The cause of fire and preventive measures

Aim: Prepare a poster to create awareness among the school community about the causes of fires and
fire prevention measures.

PART A (Knowledge: 20%)

Answer all the questions.
1. Define combustion.
Combustion, also known as burning, is the basic chemical process of releasing energy from a
fuel and air mixture.
____(1M)
2. What are the conditions needed for combustion?
The conditions needed for combustion are combustible or flammable substance, ignition
temperature and a gas that is a supporter of combustion (oxygen).
____________________(1M)
3. The substance used in a fire extinguisher differs based on the types of materials on fire.
Discuss.
These can be divided into six categories of fire involving different substances: Class A,
combustible carbon-based solids e.g., paper, wood or textiles, Class B, flammable liquids e.g.,
paraffin, petrol, diesel or oil (but not cooking oil), Class C, flammable gases, e.g., butane,
propane or methane, Class D, burning metals, e.g., aluminum, lithium or magnesium, Fires
caused by electrical equipment (indicated by an electric spark symbol and not the letter E),
Class F, fats and cooking oil.
________________________________________________________________(6M)
4. Fire can be extinguished by removing one of the conditions needed for combustion using
different techniques. Explain and give example.
All fires can be extinguished by cooling, smothering, starving or by interrupting the combustion
process to extinguish the fire. Some of the most common methods of extinguishing a fire is by
cooling with water, suffocate it by ensuring that it cannot have access to oxygen and to remove
the fuel or oxygen source. ____________________________________________________(6M)
5. How does the fire blanket works?
It cuts off the supply of oxygen smothering completely or reducing the size of the fire. __(2M)
6. Give four ways to prevent fire.
Avoid unattended or careless use of candles, keep BBQ grills at least 10 feet from the house, do
not disable smoke or CO detectors and do not smoke indoors.
________________________(4M)

PART B (Process: 20%)

Report Book

Time / Date / Day Daily Report

PART C (Application: 20%)
SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS, SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDES AND NOBLE VALUES
 Problems encountered and ways to overcome it when carrying out Project 1.
 Scientific attitudes and noble value fostered from the experience on completing the Project 1.

PART D (Design of scrapbook: 10%)

 use white A4 paper as base, minimum = 5 pages (not including front cover)
 copy Table of Criteria below on the back cover of your scrapbook

PART E (presentation on poster: 10%)

 present in class physically

PART F (POSTER: 20%)

Criteria
DESIGN PROCESS APPLICATION PRESENTATIO KNOWLEDGE TOTAL
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20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 100%