3. Students: Secondary 2 – E and NA
Grouping: Students to be randomly
divided into groups of 4 or 5
Timetable: 1 period a week
Lessons: Learning activities
Project work: Off school hours
Assessment: An individual subject grade;
contributing to overall score
4. Term • Understanding the theme
1 • Team building
• Planning the project task & investigation process
• Skills instruction
Term • Carrying out the investigation
2 • Skills instruction
• Intermediate assessment
Term • Group presentations
3 • Final assessment
5. Through the IPW curriculum, students will be able
to:
Apply creative and critical thinking skills
Improve oral and written communication skills
Foster collaborative learning skills
Develop self directed inquiry and life-long learning
skills
6. Green Environment
Categories & suggested ideas
Water Resource
Water Quality (e.g. Woodlands Waterfront, Sembawang Beach) – note: due to there
is a need to expose students to the outdoors – students’ safety need to be
considered when granting approval to such projects.
Air Quality, Climate (temperature)
Land Use – space optimization, green building
Renewable Energy – solar, wind, water, bio-fuel
Use of natural light
7. Each stream to explore different aspects of the
theme “Better Life”, so that a wider scope is
achieved.
Group carry out research and investigation tasks.
It can in any discipline as long as it has an
investigative component.
Individuals share project progress.
Groups share their findings with each other in the
IPW Web portal.
8. Component Group Individual Total
Participation 15% 15%
Reflection 5% 5%
Peer Evaluation 10% 10%
Oral 20% (PPT) 15% 35%
Presentation
25% 10% 35%
Group Project
Web Report
Total 45% 55% 100%
9. During lessons – given a base mark, marks can
be minus or add (15%)
Reflection (e-submit) (5%)
Peer Evaluation (10%)
Oral presentation - share progress of project at
various stages & final stages) (15%)
Group Project Reort (web) 10%
Total – 55%
10. Oral presentation - final presentation (20%)
Project website - final and complete
documentation and presentation of entire project
(25%)
Total – 45%
11. Minimum notes or materials will be printed for
IPW.
All IPW material to be available online
Students to use the LMS and Google platforms to
compile and submit their work
This Power Point presentation is available online
at MC Online.
12. Each student will be assigned a group
◦ Groups A to I.
Each student will be assigned a number
◦ 1 to 4 or 5
