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1. Science Club
Tentative agenda
Primary school – Lesson 1: Introduction to Science (the Earth)
Date: Sunday, March 6, 2016
Time: 2:30 pm – 5 pm
Class: Grade 4-5/ 16 students
Time Activity Objectives
2:30 – 3:15 - Introduction to the course
- Questionnaire
- Video on “Science and scientist”
- Get to know the teacher and
assistant
- Understand the course’s time and
rules
- Survey the students’ interests in
science
3:15 – 3:25 Break
3:25 – 4:10 Group discussion:
- Scientific method
- Earth
Group task: making world map
- Know the scientific methods
- Know what earth is
- Identify each continent’s place
and oceans on a world map and
able to place it there accordingly
4:10 – 4:20 Break
4:20 – 5:00 - Group task (cont)
- Review lesson
- Clean up the classroom

2. VOCABULARY
STT New word Explanation
1 Hypothesis A temporary explanation for an observation that can be tested
and investigated further.
2 Conduct an
experiment
To try out something new or test a theory (hypothesis).
3 Draw a conclusion The final result or opinion reached after doing research.
4 Ancient Greek
goddess
A female god worshipped by the people in Greece more than
2.000 years ago.
5 Stream A flow of water. A small river.
6 Diameter The length of a straight line through the center of a circle.
7 North / South pole The two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates.
8 Surface The outer layer of something.
9 Billion A thousand millions. (1000 x 1.000.000 = 1 billion /
1.000.000.000)
10 Composition The result of something being put together (a combination).
11 Nitrogen A chemical gas that makes up 4/5 of the worlds atmosphere.
12 Oxygen A gas in the atmosphere that all living things need to breath.
13 Carbon dioxide A gas in the atmosphere known as CO2. What oxygen turns in to
when someone or something breathes it out.
14 Land mass A very large area of land such as a continent.
15 Antarctica A continent made of ice on the South Pole.