Showing posts with label marina Barrage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marina Barrage. Show all posts

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Educational Tour

Places listed here are suitable for both Adults and Children. We are a strong advocate of life long earning and we believe that it is through exposure and seeing new things can we continue to fire our curiosity.

For Children, as quoted from a paragraph in early childhood curriculum written by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore Senior Minister of Trade and Industry and Education

"The child who has his curiosity ignited in his early years, who develops an excitement about learning and interacts easily with others, will have a headstart in life. Let’s give every child a headstart."

We hope that this blog can achieve this lofty objectives.

Alot of factory tours venues will also appear in this educational tours section as factory tours usually come with guides. So feel free to follow the links below and see what interest you!

For locations with a (worksheets) hyperlink, it means that worksheets are available for download. Be patient, the number of locations with worksheets will increase over time. It is a time consuming process to write and cross-checked the answer.

1)   Pizza Hut Kitchen Tour
2)   Mushroom Farm Tour:- Mycofarm
3)   Fire Station Tour
4)   Fire Station Heritage Tour
5)   Haw Par Villa
6)   Newater
7)   Marina Barrage
8)   Japanese Occupation Series - Part 1 - Battle Box
9)   Japanese Occupation Series - Part 2 - Ford Factory
10) Japanese Occupation Series - Part 3 - Changi Chapel
11) Kelong Tour
12) Wheat and Mushroom farm:-Kin Yan
13) Ointment and Balm factory:- Fei Fah
14) Chee Cheong Fun Factory Tour:- Leong Chai Kee
15) Sand Quarry
16) Land Transport Authority (LTA) Gallery
17) Air Force Museum
18) Yakult Factory
19) Gardenia Factory
20) Hay Dairy
21) NTU Chinese Heritage Center
22) HDB Gallery
23) Youth Olympics Learning Center
24) Sime Darby Cooking Oil
25) Hydroponics Vegetable Farm Tour
26) Singapore City Gallery
27) Science Center Kitchen Lab
28) OpenNet Gallery
29) Philatelic Museum
30) Theory and practical of Traditional Chinese Medicine
31) Radio Station Visit
32) Gems and Jade Factory
33) Chinese Opera Museum
34) Birdnest Warehouse
35) Crocodile Farm
36) Grass Jelly Factory
37) NUS Museum
38) ArtScience Museum
39) Lorong Halus Wetland
40) Bio Diesel Recycling Plant
41) Alexandra Canal
42) Tiger Beer Brewery
43) Ion Sky
44) Malay Curry Puff

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Educational Tour - Part 6A - Marina Barrage

Hi everyone, if you can hire an accountant do it as soon as possible. Doing a back log of accounts is really boring, tiring and at times nightmarish....even if one have finance background.
Okay, enough of my grumbling.

I will contribute my part in national education by telling all my readers the history, objectives and a rough guide on how the objectives are met.

History:-

In the 1980s, Mr Lee Kuan Yew (Minister Mentor) when he was the Prime Minister of Singapore envisioned that the three rivers (If I remember correctly, Singapore River, Kallang River and Geylang River) flowing into the Marina Channel can be dam to be converted into a freshwater Reservoir. However, technology was not available at that point in time.
The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
Objectives:-

1) A source of fresh water(10% of Singapore fresh water requirement)

2) To control flooding in low lying areas around CBD area

3) An additional venue for water sports

How does it meets the objectives?

1) When the Channel was originally dam, the water cannot be used as it remains salty. However, over a period of ime through naturally flushing, the salt content will decrease.

2) Control of flood depend on several scenarios

A) High tide in Marina Channel, low tide in the Sea:- Barrage gate is opened to allow water to flow out.
This is automatic and makes a grand sight. But viewing depends on luck! You can increase your chances of seeing this by going to Marina Barrage during low tide.

B) High tide in Marina Channel, High tide in the Sea:- Pumps situated along side Marina Barrage are used to pump out water from Channel into the sea.

What can you do at Barrage?

1) Fly Kite in front of Singapore Skyline

2) Eat at A restaurant

3) Visit the Gallery

4) Picnic at the root top garden

5) Bring your kids along to have fun at the water fountain playground

Marina Water Barrage is categorised as part of educational tours.

If you need transportation services to visit this place, please refer to our product listing page.

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