On Thursday 31st January 2013, the K1 classes visited Marina Barrage to help find out more about water.
Upon arriving at Marina Barrage, we were greeted by a guide who talked about the many uses of the complex. She talked about how the water collected from many rivers in Singapore is collected and cleaned for our use, as well as helping to stop floods by letting water out to sea, if too much rain falls at any given time. The other important use for the complex is for leisure - many people use it for flying kites, having picnics and for exercise.
The classes moved on to a viewing platform, which showed the children the sea and the reservoir.. with a bridge separating them (what a view!). Next, we moved inside to a special tree, where the children were able to see pictures of water in everyday use (they discussed the need to keep the water clean).
Along from the tree, was a wall made out of plastic bottles (15,000 to be exact!) - the children had fun touching and pulling them out! Moving through the gallery, the children came upon many pictures of previous floods in the 1960's.. (they were able to see why the need for the removal of excess water). We shown how the water is removed by an indoor flood gate! The children watched eagerly as the shower water grew higher - and then the gate slowly opened letting water through!
Next came the glass floor area - with singapore houses and rivers underneath! (Some of the children later commented that they were hoping the glass would not break when they were walking!).
Last but not least, we pledged that we would look after the water and had our pictures taken by a special wall camera that we activated with our hands.
After our tour was complete, we went to to roof which was covered with grass.... we had a lovely picnic (snack) and spent some time kicking around a foot ball (soccer where I come from!).
What a great time! The children had many questions when arriving back at school.. and we have been discussing these together.
Here are some pictures of our trip, so you can see some of what we did.
Regards
Ms Jenney
Upon arriving at Marina Barrage, we were greeted by a guide who talked about the many uses of the complex. She talked about how the water collected from many rivers in Singapore is collected and cleaned for our use, as well as helping to stop floods by letting water out to sea, if too much rain falls at any given time. The other important use for the complex is for leisure - many people use it for flying kites, having picnics and for exercise.
The classes moved on to a viewing platform, which showed the children the sea and the reservoir.. with a bridge separating them (what a view!). Next, we moved inside to a special tree, where the children were able to see pictures of water in everyday use (they discussed the need to keep the water clean).
Along from the tree, was a wall made out of plastic bottles (15,000 to be exact!) - the children had fun touching and pulling them out! Moving through the gallery, the children came upon many pictures of previous floods in the 1960's.. (they were able to see why the need for the removal of excess water). We shown how the water is removed by an indoor flood gate! The children watched eagerly as the shower water grew higher - and then the gate slowly opened letting water through!
Next came the glass floor area - with singapore houses and rivers underneath! (Some of the children later commented that they were hoping the glass would not break when they were walking!).
Last but not least, we pledged that we would look after the water and had our pictures taken by a special wall camera that we activated with our hands.
After our tour was complete, we went to to roof which was covered with grass.... we had a lovely picnic (snack) and spent some time kicking around a foot ball (soccer where I come from!).
What a great time! The children had many questions when arriving back at school.. and we have been discussing these together.
Here are some pictures of our trip, so you can see some of what we did.
Regards
Ms Jenney
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