Science lessons Sparkle, thanks to resource kits

They promote interactive and hands-on learning among primary school pupils

- Elisha Tushara

Stepping into Madam Nurhida Sapiie's science lesson at Yew Tee Primary School, it is a flurry of activity.

Seated in groups, her pupils are discussing how to complete a task she has given, experimenting with materials from a kit to replicate the human circulatory system.

Some are on their feet with iPads, capturing images of their group's handiwork to upload on the Singapore Student Learning Space (SLS) - an online platform.

Others are trying to persuade their group mates that there is something amiss with the way they have connected the panels representing the heart, lungs and other parts of the body using red and blue strings, which represent the blood vessels.

The interactive and hands-on nature of Madam Nurhida's lesson is made possible with a kit created by the Ministry of Education (MOE), the National Institute of Education, and Science Centre Singapore.

Sparkle - short for Science Pack Activity Resource Kits for Learning - was introduced in 2023 starting with the Primary 3 cohort, along with the science curriculum refresh.

The final kits for the Primary 6 science syllabus will be adopted in 2026.