Advanced Elective Modules

Our advanced elective modules give your upper secondary students a unique opportunity to experience learning in a tertiary environment and prepare them for a polytechnic education.

Science Congress

Science Congress is organised every year by the School of Applied Science to celebrate the achievements in science that strive to meet the needs of ever more curious and adventurous consumers.

A Virtual Excursion to the Science Festival 

Interested to find out more about the scientific developments in Singapore? You can view and explore different projects by various institutions and expand your knowledge on how science can help empower our society. For this activity, you will need to complete an activity worksheet after touring the virtual School of Applied Science (SAS) booth and submit a reflection of your experience exploring the Singapore Science Festival.

Sign-up by 22 July 2020
Date of event: 25 July 2020 - 8 August 2020 (Virtual event)

Chemistry at Home

Explore the wonders of chemistry in the items that can be found in your home! You will learn about the applications of chemistry in your daily lives. To complete this activity, you will need to submit a video demo of chemistry experiment that you had done at home. 

Sign-up by 1 August 2020
Date of event: 25 July 2020 - 8 August 2020 (Virtual event)

Living with Biotechnology

Join our Eureka Interest Group students in their bi-weekly video sharing and game sessions to learn more about Biotechnology and how it can be used to improve lives. Through Microsoft Teams online video conferencing, you will learn more about the following topics:

21 July - Urban Barns: Farming of the future

Be introduced to Urban Agrotechnology and learn how food can be grown indoors to improve resource efficacy and agricultural yield.

4 August - Monoclonal antibodies in medicine

Learn what antibodies do and how these therapeutic proteins can be produced in a Biologics Manufacturing plant.

18 August – How CRISPR lets you edit DNA

Discover the world of genetic engineering by modifying DNA sequences in an organism. The CRISPR technology allows researchers to correct genetic defects, treat diseases, and improve the characteristics of both crops and livestock.

Sign-up by 13 July 2020

Compounding your own Face Mask

Interested in making your own face mask? You will learn about appropriate mixing and measuring techniques by compounding facial mask using simple household tools (fork, spoon and bowls) and some food ingredients (such as banana, yoghurt, honey, oatmeal and egg).

Sign-up by 13 July 2020
Date of event: 17 July 2020, 4:30pm (Virtual event)