Multi x Education
Animal x Education program @ Sus juku
Feb-Dec 2012
I designed an educational program for a juku in Japan called Sus Juku.
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I have designed 8 scenes that represent Japan's nature in four seasons (2 scenes in each season), which students are guided to make using illustrations and origami. Each scene has a theme that the teacher talks about, such as biodiversity, relationship between human and nature, adaptation etc. In the program students learn about each theme with the Powerpoint slides with relevant pictures and movies, then move on to the hands-on activity of drawing, folding and gluing to make the scene. Read more
↓↓ Click the following to see each season's program ↓↓
Science / Biology resources
Prac teaching - Year 8 Science-
Rainforest Ecosystem
April-June 2010
During my Science prac teaching at Cleveland District State High School I taught Ecology to the Year8s. I made a work sheet with my illustration of the rainforest ecosystem, then I instructed students to label all the living (biotic) things with the respective ecological roles (producer, herbivore etc). Then students needed to draw arrows that indicate the flow of energy (i.e.producer→herbivore→carnivore→→→decomposer→producer). After that the flow of non-living (abiotic) factors (e.g.water, sun light etc) were added in a different colour.
Students were very focused on the activity and seemed to have understood the concept of how the ecosystem is maintained in nature.
Origami food web
After the students learned about the flow of energy in an ecosystem, they learned about food web. I made some animals with origami that represent antarctic ocean and explained the concept by sticking each animal from the producer level to the carnivore level, drawing arrows showing which animal eat what. I added decomposer (bacteria) at the end explaining that all the organisms in the food web will be broken down by the bacteria and the energy is recycled. Students made a similar food web diagram as a group activity.
Singapore Zoo Education Department Enrichment Program
During the volunteer work at Singapore Zoo, I made a draft powerpoint slide show about animal diet and body characteristics.
It explains the zoological terms "Carnivore", "Herbivore" and "Omnivore" using pictures of representing animals and explaining the characteristics of each types of animals (teeth, digestive tract, life style etc) according to their food.
This Powerpoint slide show was used for the Education Department's Enrichment Program in the year 2009, targetting Middle - Upper Primary students.
(Read about the volunteer work experience at Singapore Zoo)
Bat Care Brisbane Educational Program
Jan 2007
I made a Power Point slide show for a local wildlife protection society in Brisbane. It was made for their events to educate the local children about bats. It consists of quizes, fun animations and educational messages about wildlife conservation.
Children enjoyed watching this animalted powerpoint slide show, especially when the presenter talked about the important role of bats as seed dispersers. As the bat flies across forest, it drops poos which grow into new trees!
