Today was the day when iSpark Students were meant to visit Sungei Buloh wetland reserve. We needed to take along a cap, water bottle, snacks, insect repellent, writing materials... etc. The trip was part of the IDS, which we are doing in Term 2 Week 10. Some consortiums did their IDS earlier. The IDS is short for Interdisciplinary Studies. It is meant to help us incorporate elements of all our subjects into a single project. The IDS will be completed over two days - ie, the next two days, in which the school will have home learning, but we will be doing our IDS at home.
Anyway, I had been to Sungei Buloh before. so the trap was not really new. However, the trip was certainly interesting, as being older this time, I was able to understand more things. My first trip there was memorable - in a bad way... I remember it was unbearably warm - leaving me very sweaty. Plus, there were plenty of mosquitoes. However, the second time I went there, the weather was pleasantly warm - not oppressively, and the weather was only marred by a short drizzle. The mosquitoes were also not a problem.
During the trip, we spotted many animals, including mudskippers. spiders, and several Monitor Lizards (Related to the Komodo Dragon). We spotted many plants which had aerial roots - pencil like roots which grew above ground or stilt like roots which also grew above ground.
It was very enjoyable. Finally, at the end of the trip, we watched a short clip on the Animals there.
PS - We got to see a multicoloured bird through a telescope set up by someone. It was very beautiful...
Also, we had our LA Animal Farm Test Today... It was at LT2...
PS. MSG for this term coming out soon!!
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