Activity at digital.whatsup.sg:
• Crossword (online) – page 2–3
Activities in What’s Up
• Contest: What should Flying Colours do? – page 6
• Contest: Write an essay – page 11
Activities at ideas.whatsup.sg
THE WORLD MUST ACT NOW TO SAVE THE OCEAN (page 1)
With World Oceans Day and the UN Ocean Conference happening this month, a timely brief about human activities causing serious harm to our waters.
Ocean Sing Along – For Music & Social Studies, level 1 DOWNLOAD
Whole class. To celebrate the ocean through music. After listening to the playlist of ocean songs for kids, each group presents a song for a class sing-along session.
RECYCLING SOAP TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED (page 8)
Shawn Seipler’s efforts to recycle hotel soap bars has grown into a global programme benefitting families in several countries. With side bar: “Soap recycling in Singapore”.
Let’s Get Punny – For English, level 2 DOWNLOAD
Pairwork. To learn about homographic puns. Students (i) spot and explain homographic puns in four sentences (ii) solve five riddles (iii) construct sentences with given puns. ⭐
Upcycling Soap at Home – For Science & CCE, level 2 DOWNLOAD
Individual activity. To experience creative upcycling. Students (i) follow instructions in a video to upcycle soap scraps (ii) list three benefits of upcycling (iii) suggest steps for upcycling another common household item.
WHY OUR ANCESTORS BUILT THESE GIANT CALENDARS (page 16-17)
Features four awe-inspiring ancient structures — Stonehenge, Nabta Playa, the Goseck Circle, and Petra — and shares what their purposes might have been.
Compare and Contrast – For English & Subject, level 2 DOWNLOAD
Individual. To practise reading comprehension and organising information. The student is asked to complete a Venn diagram of Nabta Playa and the Goseck Circle. ⭐
SOUND OF MUSIC (page 18-19)
Musician Nurudin Sadali takes us down memory lane in “Apple deletes the iPod”, and shares “Many ways to enjoy music together” (page 18). Complementing these stories are “Control the volume when listening to music” and “Be kind to your ears” (page 19).
Pictures that soft sounds paint – For Music & Art, level 3 DOWNLOAD
Individual activity. To value soft sounds and the expression of sound in art. An online sound-identification game is followed by a video of artist Melissa McCracken painting sounds. The student then tries capturing sounds through art and shares it with the class.
Oldies but Goldies – For Music & Social Studies, level 2 DOWNLOAD
Group work. To explore the role of technology in music history. Each group member interviews a parent/guardian about past music devices. The groups present their findings to the class. The class reflects on their takeaways from this oral history activity.
Our Playlist of Mood Music – For CCE & Music, level 2 DOWNLOAD
Group work. To better understand music’s influence on well-being. Each group lists five moods and any songs they find suitable for listening to during each of the moods. They reflect on why and how their playlist of mood music works for them.
NATURE’S HUMAN HELPERS
“Roseman Adams: Guarding geckos in the Grenadines” (Page 20), “Manuel Gomes: Principe’s poacher turned protector” (page 21), and “Nature’s most famous guide is named a Champion of the Earth” (page 22) are a salute to these individuals’ commitment to nature. Photographers also help, as seen in “Wildlife photos to make you laugh” (page 12–13).
Mime Time: Wildlife – Science & Drama, level 1 DOWNLOAD
Whole class. To enjoy mime as a performing art and learn about wildlife. A relaxing game of charades where teams enact wildlife mentioned in this issue’s stories. Guessers must include a shoutout for the mimed animal.
Guardians of Nature – For Science & CCE, level 2 DOWNLOAD
Pairwork. To distill and present facts about wildlife conservation. The pair (i) lists what they admire about one of the two featured wildlife guardians (ii) select a species found locally and create an infographic about it. Starter template provided.
Amazing Animal Antics – For Art & English, level 2 DOWNLOAD
Individual exercise. To apply art and writing skills for showcasing animal behaviour. The student (i) creates a two-frame comic of likely before-and-after scenes for any one of the images in the article (ii) responds to two extracts from Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals (iii) observes an animal and writes about its behaviour.
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