Science
Discover how Mayflower's Science Department builds curious, critical thinkers through hands-on learning, competitions, and enrichment activities.
Excitement. Exploration. Experience. Excellence.
Our Science Department’s vision is to develop our Mayflowerians into confident and self-Regulated inquirers with critical thinking skills and a passion in the learning of Science by providing a Hands-on, Minds-on & Hearts-on authentic Science learning experience in a nurturing and caring environment.
The focus of the curriculum is to inculcate the spirit of scientific inquiry and nurturing our students to be the inquirer through the 5E Instructional model – Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate.
Science department staff and designations
Staff | Designation | Unit |
|---|---|---|
Mr Tay Jang Shen Johnson | HOD Science | Physics |
Mr B Prem Anand | Year Head (Upper Secondary) | Physics |
Mrs Marie Huang | SH Biology | Biology |
Mr Mohamad Gaddafi Bin Annuar | SH CCE / Asst Year Head | Chemistry |
Mr Timothy Chen Yanhui | SH Educational Support / Asst Year Head | Chemistry |
Mr Ng Tze How | Senior Teacher | Biology |
Ms Jeevana Rani | Asst Year Head | Chemistry |
Ms Mok Pei Jiun | Teacher | Physics |
Mrs Neo Peck Hoon | Teacher | Physics |
Mr Ng Jiesheng Timothy | Teacher | Biology |
Mr Pang Suo Kang David | Teacher | Chemistry |
Ms Pan Shiyun | Flexi adj (Sci) | |
Mdm Teh Swee Choo | Flexi adj (Chem) | |
Mdm Jenny Ong | STEM Instructor | |
Ms Yang Pei Leng | STEM Instructor | |
Mr Samsulbahri Bin Ahmad Surasi | Operations Support Officer |
Science Department Photo
Science Talent Development 2025
2025 has been an exciting year for the Science department where our students enjoyed multiple platforms and opportunities to stretch their potential in Science beyond the classroom.
2 teams submitted their projects for the 26th International Elementz Fair organised by ASRJC. The teams explored a diverse range of topics that enabled their scientific learning to be enhanced.
We are proud that the team “Defending Your Dermis: A Comparative Study of Organic and Synthetic Sunscreens” won a silver award and the team ‘A Peel-ingly Clean Laundry: A comparative study evaluation the efficacy of homemade fruit peel extracts in cleaning” won the Bronze award.
Team members of the ‘A Peel-ingly Clean Laundry: A comparative study evaluation the efficacy of homemade fruit peel extracts in cleaning ‘ project are:
Tozawa Miki
Luo Yafei
Chen Xuan Wen
Lee Jia En Andre
Team members of the ‘Defending Your Dermis: A Comparative Study of Organic and Synthetic Sunscreens’ project are :
Baking Gabrielle Cacho,
Lim Ngee Hong,
Natalie Tan Xuan Yi,
Teo Yi Rou
Beyond competitions, our department organised learning journeys to the i-Fly, the Sustainable Gallery at Marina Barage and Republic Polytechnic. Students also attended various external workshops such as ‘Understanding STEM with Ocean Acidification’ and ‘Introduction to Microcomputers’ at the Science Centre. During the Science Challenge Week in July, both in-house and external activities were conducted.
Students enjoyed learning about marine organisms with the Marine Touch Tank and the hands-on Squid dissection, learnt to make fruit jam and identify chemicals in the ‘Lab Mystery’ activity as they experienced joy in the learning of Science. Sec 1 students had the opportunity to study water quality at AMK-Bishan Park in a collaborative study with the Geography unit.
We hope to continue organising a wide range of activities for the development of our students’ active learning in Science and help them appreciate the Science around them.