Read the First New Bites, an English magazine that has been recommended in Singapore, and has been loved by many parents and children. As a leading region in bilingual education, Singapore's English culture and education standards have always been trusted by Asian families.
Today's recommendation is the English-language science comic magazine: The Young Scientists, also from Singapore.
This all-English scientific magazine, compiled and published by Singapore's Young Scientists and designed for primary school students, has been selling well in Singapore for more than 20 years! Since its publication, it has been well received by schools and parents in Hong Kong, Japan and other Asian, American and Canadian regions.
Different difficulties adapt to different children,
Match singapore's science education system
Singapore's education is the first in Asia, and Singapore's science education is also very leading.
What's so good about their science education? Simply put, it pays attention to both the scientific method and the concept and knowledge, which is a very good supplement for Chinese children.
The Young Scientists series of magazines is divided into four levels according to difficulty, suitable for primary to middle school students:
The editorial team and editorial consultants are composed of a number of senior science teachers and educators, and there is no doubt about the professional authority:
The stories in the magazine are all original designs, and the rich comic color pictures encourage students to study happily, which is conducive to absorbing memories and enhancing interest in learning, and at the bottom of the same page, relevant information annotations and illustrations are attached to help understand the content of the story:
The theme covers daily scientific knowledge, the latest scientific and technological developments, interesting small experiments, etc., each issue of the magazine is accompanied by a simple material, highly operable scientific experiments, do not need too much help from parents, can also be easily operated and implemented, the experimental steps are not only simple and clear, but also accompanied by small notes on scientific principles, exercising children's creative scientific thinking.
Finally, each issue of the magazine comes with an exercise book, which is very convenient for children to consolidate their knowledge! The amount of questions is not large, but it can make children more firmly grasp scientific knowledge.
The Young Scientists is original in English
(10 issues per year, closed in November and December)
Level 1 Appropriate age 6-8 years
Level 2 Age 9-10 years
Level 3 Age 11-12 years
Level 4 Age 12-14 years
*The above age groups refer to children whose native English speakers are used
Children Chinese mainland are recommended to add 2 years each
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The magazine has been in existence for 20 years and has been written in accordance with the Singapore Ministry of Education's Science Education Syllabus since its inception. The content just matches the five themes on the outline, and each age group can find the right difficulty.
1) DIversity Diversity: There is a wide variety of living and non-living things in the world. Humans try to better understand the world we live in by understanding a wide variety of living and non-living things.
- What living and non-living things can we find around us?
- How do we classify living and non-living things?
- Why is it so important to maintain species diversity?
2) Cycles: Repeated patterns of change in nature are called cycles, such as the life cycle of living things and the water cycle. Understanding these cycles helps humans predict events and processes, and thus understand how the Earth is self-sustaining.
- How are cycles formed?
- Why is circulation important to life?
3) Systems system: A system is a whole composed of parts that jointly perform a certain function. For example, natural systems include the digestive and respiratory systems, and artificial systems have electrical systems. We need to understand how these systems work, and how the parts affect and interact to perform a function together.
- What is the system?
- How do systems work and interact with each other?
4) Interactions interactions: Studying interactions between and within systems can enhance understanding of the environment and the role of humans in them. Interactions occur within an organism, between organisms, and between organisms and the environment.
The interaction between people and the environment has promoted the development of science and technology. At the same time, science and technology also affect the way humans interact with the environment. By understanding the interaction between people and the environment, students can better understand the consequences of their actions and take responsibility for their actions.
- How can humans better understand the environment?
- What are the consequences of interactions between humans and the environment?
5) Energy Energy: Energy enables changes and movements in everyday life. Humans use various forms of energy for many different purposes. At the same time, all living things need to gain energy and use it for life processes. Understanding this topic will enable students to recognize the importance of energy and the use of energy and the need to conserve energy.
- Why is energy so important?
- How is energy used in everyday life?
- Why is energy conservation so important?
Easy for Asian kids to read,
Make up for the lack of Chinese education
The story topics in the magazine are closer to the daily life of Asian school-age children, and can resonate more with the cultural background and daily life than European and American books.
For example, the production process of this bean Curd Skin is very cultural. The light-hearted and witty comic story is accompanied by a systematic summary of relevant knowledge and elaborated in a more formal language to improve the reader's ability to read and write non-fiction content.
As a set of all-English comic publications, this set of magazines is also very helpful for children's English improvement. Because the object of reading is Asian students, the characters and scenes are familiar to our children.
Coupled with the form of comics, it greatly reduces the reading difficulties caused by non-fiction articles and new words, thereby enhancing children's interest in reading.
Old ginger is hotter ginger or old spicy
The magazine contains a wealth of English daily spoken vocabulary and formal and rigorous non-fiction professional English vocabulary, which can be said to be learning English with two birds with one stone.
Science education in Singapore is very research-oriented, and they believe it is important for students to go through the process of finding answers to questions for themselves.
The magazine The Young Scientists is a good example of the "inquiry-based learning" that Singapore's science focuses so much on. How do we start a fire with Level 1? This unit, let's take a closer look!
First of all, the theme of "fire" is introduced with a small story: the boy thinks that the fire is lit with a toothpick... However, after trying with a toothpick, he found that he could not make a fire. Later, his mother told him that the one who could light the fire was actually "matches".
Then Mom introduced the structure of matches and the role of matchboxes:
Matches that need to be fueled by red phosphorus are actually safety matches, and there is a kind of slash-anywhere match that can be lit on any rough surface.
Other methods of making a fire are then introduced, such as lighters, batteries, magnifying glasses, and so on. Finally, the importance of fire is summarized and the knowledge is further expanded.
Finally, there is a small scientific experiment with simple materials and high operability, which students can easily operate and implement at home, and the spirit of extreme and organizationals is implemented to the end.
10 issues a year, the content is particularly rich, each with 8 pages of Singapore Science Simulation Questions, with answers, through the practice of consolidating and digesting the content learned, you can understand your own level of scientific ability, knowledge learning and improve English!
Subscription information
The Young Scientists is original in English
(10 issues per year, closed in November and December)
Level 1 Appropriate age 6-8 years
Level 2 Age 9-10 years
Level 3 Age 11-12 years
Level 4 Age 12-14 years
*The above age group refers to children whose native English speaker is English,
The general English proficiency of children Chinese mainland is recommended to increase by 2 years each.
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