Friendly Note

So today we’ll be covering 3 science topics worth of puns and...bad jokes, dad jokes :)

~ Jazz hands~

This isn’t PSLE or anything so you guys can uh… Have your temperature decrease from 37°C to 21°C

No you’d get hypothermia please don’t do that. Just...chill :)

Yes this won’t be the only pun I’m sorry.

Pun indicator: :)

Cells

Mitochondria break down food for the cell and helps provide it with energy. If you end up in prison it’s nice to be mitochondria so that you’re the powerhouse of the cell :)

Plants and animals are multicellular organisms; they are made of many cells. There are also unicellular organisms like the amiibo amoeba :).

(Nintendo pun for those who don’t know)^

Some cells reproduce through asexual reproduction, where only 1 parent is involved. The cell just divides and splits. No love in the air:(

~Hello darkness my old friend~

That’s all for cells! I guess we can… cell-abrate now. :)

~Ba dum tss~

Light

A light photon makes its way to a hotel and checks in. He’s asked if he needs help with his luggage.

He says ‘no thanks, I'm travelling light!’ :)

~Ba dum tss~

Colour

White light is made of 7 colours. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

The colours of the rainbow can be combined to form white light. Raindrops actually disperse white light in it due to refraction of light. This is also what happens in prisms.

Speaking of which, where does bad light end up?

In prism. :)

~Wheeze~

Atoms and molecules

First rule of thumb. Never trust atoms. They make up everything.

:)

Protons have a positive charge and electrons have a negative charge. Neutrons have a neutral charge.

If you order protons AND electrons we’ll send you neutrons free of charge :)

Periodic Table puns

Sodium was mad in a round, so it went Na

Oxygen went on a date with potassium. It went OK

But I thought oxygen was dating magnesium! OMG!

Actually oxygen first asked nitrogen out but he said NO

I thought oxygen had that double bond with the hydrogen twins!

NaBrO

Hey also, what kinda fish is made of 2 sodium atoms? 2 Na

~That’s all for today folks~

各位家长好，我是新加坡艺术学院R6班的赵楚乔。接下来我将会分享我今年在艺术学院学华语的经历。SOTA是一所艺术学校，大家都非常有创意，老师的教课方式都非常有趣。比如说上课时，老师会为我们创建一个Quizlet游戏，把华文生词跟它翻译成英语的意思连在一起。全班都很喜欢玩这个游戏，我们的华语水平也提高了许多。每当我们读完课本中的一篇文章，老师将会让我们玩一个Kahoot游戏。游戏里的问题跟文章内容相关，我们必须在固定时间内完成问题。游戏里有排名，我们回答问题的速度和准确率会影响我们排名。我和其他同学的胜负心很强，所以这个游戏对我们来说非常有吸引力，我们甚至会求老师为我们创建一个Kahoot游戏让我们玩。这个游戏将让我们更深刻的了解文章内容。

在小学，作文格式都是看图，命题，还有完成文章。在中学初一就不同了。我们的作文分别有日记，电邮，和私函这三种格式。日记对于我来说会比较简单，所以考试时我会选择写日记。除了作文，还有口试，听力，和阅读理解。听力和阅读理解并不难，但是中学口试跟小学口试有着天渊之别。小学口试含有朗读和看图说话，但是中学口试也不过是回答一些跟学过的文章相关的问题。中学考试并不难，所以我在班上的成绩总是名列前茅。不管怎样，我非常喜欢我的初一生活，希望明年也一样精彩！

Dear parents, I am Zhao Chuqiao from Class R6 of the School Of The Arts. Next, I will share my experience of studying Chinese at the Art School this year. As SOTA is an art school, everyone is very creative and the lessons conducted by the teachers are very interesting. For example, the teacher would create a Quizlet game for us in class, where we would link Chinese words with its English translation. The whole class enjoyed playing the game and our Chinese improved a lot. Every time we finish a chapter in our textbook, our teacher would create a Kahoot game for us. The questions in the game are related to the contents of the chapter, and we have to finish the questions within a fixed amount of time. There are rankings in the game, and the speed and accuracy with which we answer questions affect our rankings. My classmates and I loved this game, and sometimes we even beg our teacher to create a Kahoot game for us to play. This game will give us a deeper understanding of the content of the chapters we have learned.

In primary school, we write our essays about the pictures, themes, or the given essay introduction. In secondary school, it is different. Our essays come in three formats: diary, email, and informal letter. It is easier for me to write in a diary format, so I always choose that format during the exam. In addition to essays, there is an oral examination, listening, and reading comprehension. Listening and reading comprehension are not difficult, but there is a huge difference between secondary school oral exams and primary school oral exams. The primary school oral exam involves reading and speaking about pictures, but the secondary school oral exam is merely answering questions related to the passage one has read. The examination in secondary school was not difficult, so I was always at the top of my class. Anyway, I like my secondary school life very much, and I hope next year will be as wonderful.