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Mission
To nurture
Zhonghuarians to be Scholars and Leaders through a rigorous science education
that involves the acquisition of scientific knowledge, development of science
process skills and cultivation of important attitudes required of a scientist.

Strategies
Curriculum
ZHSS aligns herself to
the Ministry’s Curriculum Planning and Development Division (CPDD)’s belief of
developing scientific literacy in her students through a rigorous Science
curriculum. Integrating that with the ZHSS Science I3 (Integrate,
Inquiry. Inspire) Framework, we envisioned that students are able to
appreciate that:
•
Science as a study
of the natural phenomena in the world.
•
Scientific
knowledge is derived from cycles of systematic observation, experimentation and
analysis, and from human imagination and creativity.
•
Scientific
knowledge is subject to change
•
Applications of
scientific knowledge can bring about beneficial or harmful consequences.
ZHSS Science I3 (Integrate,
Inquiry. Inspire) Framework.

INTEGRATE
Integrated science is
a science curriculum that deliberately draws the interrelationship between the
main areas of science. This provides the opportunities whereby students can
discuss issues that arise from the interaction of science, technology and
society instead of studying a particular science concept in isolation. Students
will also be reminded that the matters of science are also matters of the
everyday world. Correlation between what is taught in the classroom and issues
of worldwide significance will be explicitly highlighted so that students will
be consciously aware of the immediate impact of science in their lives, thus
creating an awareness of the significance of science in the students’ world.
INQUIRE
The Science Education
in Zhonghua advocates a future-orientated curriculum that aims to provide a
conducive and challenging learning environment that engages our students in
academic excellence. The cornerstone of our pedagogy is to adopt an
inquiry-based approach in the teaching and learning of science as we believe
this method will allow our students to learn the principles and concepts of
Science, acquire the reasoning and procedural skills of scientists, and
understand the nature of science as a particular form of human endeavor.
INSPIRE
Zhonghua Science
department aims to inspire her students to be passionate in science through a
three-pronged approach – Teacher’s professional development, external
competitions and strategic partnerships.