Jun Chen's e-Portfolio

When I was in P4, I was invited by the school’s E2K Science club to be a member based on my P3 science results and was officially selected after passing the interview.

I have participated actively in various projects specifically the Singapore Science Buskers Competition at the Singapore Science Centre in P5. Finally, in P6, the Values In Action [VIA] Science Buskers.

About the Science Buskers Competiton at the Singapore Science Centre in 2023, our group name was The Water Scientists. The objective was to educate the public on how water is transported up the plant by using a tissue paper, small glass tubes and a celery experiment.

The outcome for the tissue paper experiment was that the water travelled from one cup to the other cup by a folded up piece of paper with one of its ends in a cup with coloured water and the other end in an empty cup. The water travelled over to the other cup until the water level in both cups were the same.

The outcome of small glass tubes experiment was that water rose up the tube when the tube was placed in a container of water. The smaller the tube the higher the water rose.

The outcome of the celery experiment was that the colour of the leaves will change according to the colour of the water. If the stem is cut into half, the colour of half of the celery will be different from the other half.

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About the VIA project in 2024, our group name was The Forces Scientists, the objective was to educate the P4s and P5s about forces. Our activities were a shooter game using elastic spring force. The student must pull back the rubber band to shoot the cotton swab out of the cannon. For the second activity, it was a modified foosball table using magnetic force. The student had to use a magnet attached to a rod to attract another magnet to push a crushed paper ball into the other person’s goal. It was a memorable VIA project for me as those students were more participative than we thought and that they learnt more about forces.

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I have been actively involved in the Period Phi programme. In P3, I learnt how to use the 7E innovation protocols to create a windmill toy. In P4, I worked on improving existing products for the benefit of the users. I came up with an idea about an ice cream burger storage box so that users can enjoy eating burgers without the ice cream being melted. In P5, I had to innovate products to meet the needs of the society, I made a micro bit to water plants when the soil was dry. In P6, my focus was on learning consumer needs for good causes and organise a charity sale for the needy with my classmates. The project is still in progress and we are going to sell our handmade items at the Care Carnival at the end of 2024.

After completing the Period PHI programme every year, I will receive a certificate. Here are some of the certificates I have received over the years.

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I like to innovate toys using concepts taught during science lessons. The video below showcased a toy prototype which I created using dynamics of forces. It was fun and challenging as it is not easy to include 3 types of forces in a toy itself. I hope that I can modify this prototype using more concepts of forces so that anyone who plays with it can enjoy and gain more knowledge about science.