stimulate your senses !

this time around, we were instructed to go down to another science lab at level one. here we don't have much computers but it has several probes from microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) which we have discussed on the previous week.

there are various type of sensors, including; light sensor, temperature sensor, motion sensor, force sensor, magnetic field sensor, barometer sensor, pH sensor and heart rate sensor.

for our group, we have tried out the light sensor. for this sensor, it can measure the illuminance in units of lux. we tried out using the lab's light and also phone's light and we could see the differences in the graph.

suitable for primary school?

MBL is suitable for the primary school because

• make things easier
• students can get the results easily
• help the teacher in teaching

MBL is NOT suitable for primary school because

• takes time for teacher to explain and give instruction to students
• students love the device more and they will easily get distracted by the probe and putting aside the learning objective.

advantages of using MBL

• learning session more organised
• integrating technology in education

disadvantages of using MBL

• too expensive
• teacher-centred
• less probes for students