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Lesson 1a -
Dear students,
This is lesson 1a, where your teachers will go through with you some following important information.
The 3 key stages are:
Proposal Stage:
• Generating Research Questions
• Formulating Hypothesis
• Literature Review
• Experimental Design
• Writing a Research Proposal
Experimentation Stage:
• Experimentation and Log Book
Reporting / Review Stage:
• Data Analysis & Drawing Conclusion
• Writing Abstract
• Writing Project Report
• Presentation Poster, Slides, and Video
The deployment of classes to various teachers are as follows:
Mr. Tan Hoe Teck (S2-03, S2-05) {ISS Coordinator}
Ms. Ong Jie Ying (S2-01, S2-06, S2-09)
Mr. Allan Low (S2-02, S2-07, S2-10)
Mr. Mao Chamnap (S2-08)
Ms. Merlene Paik (S2-04)
Besides the teachers, the Laboratory Staff are also experts in various areas. You may ask their help in certain specialised areas:
Biology, Biotechnology: Ms. Su Yahui
Chemistry: Ms. Tanny Tay Su Lin
Electronics: Mr. Saiful
Physics: Mr. Sufi
The laboratory allocation are as follows:
Engineering Lab
Research Lab
Physics Lab 1
Physics Lab 2
There are a few deadlines that you must be aware of:
Draft Proposal (Friday, Week 2, 16 Jan 2026)
Final Proposal (Friday, Week 3, 23 Jan 2026)
Draft Logbook (Friday, Week 5, 6 Feb 2026)
Draft Report (Friday, Week 6, 13 Feb 2026)
Final Report + Final Logbook (Friday, Week 8, 27 Feb 2026)
Draft Poster, Slides, Video (Friday, Week 9, 6 Mar 2026)
Final Poster, Slides, Video (Friday, Week 10, 13 Mar 2026)
There is also an evaluation test (Peer appraisals, Insights, Evaluations, Reflections) to be held on Term 1 Week 10.
Within the Teaching Blog, there are 2 sets of pages:
(a) 35 lessons, consisting of:
1. Introduction to ISS / What is the Scientific Method?
2. Types of Research & Formulating Hypothesis
3. Writing the Introductory Paragraphs I & II & III & IV
4. In-text Citation, References and Bibliography
5. Experiment Design
6. Risk Assessment and Management
7. Writing Research Proposals
8. Attitudes in Science Research (HBL Talk by Scientist)
9. Feedback of Research Proposals
10. Lab Safety and Experiment Preparation
11-15. Experiment
16. Data Analysis
17. Data Analysis Feedback
18. Writing Discussions
19. Drawing Conclusions
20. Writing Abstract
21. Writing report
22-24. Feedback & Prep of Final Report
25. Communicating Science in Poster (HBL Talk)
26. Communicating Science in Videos (HBL Talk)
27-30. Preparation of Draft Presentation
31. Peer Appraisal, Insight and Reflection
32-34. Feedback & Prep of Final presentation
35. Evaluation of reports (Online research criticism)
(b) Reference pages, consisting of
Past year projects
Nature Projects
Useful hardware
Where to buy things?
Useful Software
Risk Assessment & Safety Incident Report
Templates and Assessment rubrics
Submission format
To help you in the planning of your research project, the Gantt chart is attached below:
As there are holidays in-between, some of the lessons may be affected. However, I would expect you to complete all the key 3 stages on time. If you spend time outside of the official hours, it can still be counted within the ISS programme and log in as a lesson within your logbook.
The key stages of submission are shown below:
Draft Proposals
Final Proposals**
Draft Log Book
Draft Report
Final Report & Log Book **
Draft Presentation (Poster, Slides, Video)
Final Presentation (Poster, Slides, Video)**
**Late submissions will be dealt with according school policy.
Once, you are clear, we shall proceed with Lesson 1b.
Mr. Tan Hoe Teck
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