A Science procedural question requires a pupil to explain in steps on how an experiment should be carried out to achieve the aim of the experiment. Most of the time, pupils will miss out the final step in concluding the aim of the experiment and lose crucial marks in a Science exam paper.

How many times have you heard your child's Math teacher saying that your child would have done much better if he/she had read examination questions more carefully and avoided some common mistakes? It is frustrating for both parents and child when marks are lost in examinations unnecessarily.

Interactions between key characters in a passage are often the focus in creating inferential questions for comprehension open-ended. Learn a simple way to never omit key details in answering these questions.

This article is the third in the series of experiment-based questions in PSLE Science paper. I will share with you some insights on carrying out a reliable experiment so that you can handle this category of questions in PSLE Science with confidence.