Article 01
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Career Guidance
 Interesting Science
Real Life Application
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Real Time News about Science
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Scientist - Alexander Fleming
1. Alexander Fleming, a scientist who
studied bacteria, returned to his
laboratory after a holiday.
2. He was clearing up his laboratory and
noticed something unusual!
3. A mould that was previously grown on a
petri-dish appeared to have created a
bacteria-free area around itself!
4. Fleming went on to conduct more
experiments about this. He found out that
the mould could prevent the growth of
bacteria.
5. Fleming named this mould Penicillium.
Some years later, a team of chemists
then helped to isolate this mould and
grow it in large quantities.
6. Howard Florey and Ernst Chain led a
team of scientists to produce penicillin
with modern technology like the tank
shown below.
7. Penicillin is now used to treat a variety of
bacterial infection that used to be fatal,
such as lung infection, eye infection,
heart infection etc.
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Scientist - Jane Goodall
1. Jane Goodall was born in England. As a
child, she dreamt of going to live in the
jungle one day…
2. At the age of 23, her dreams came true!
She was sent to the Gombe Stream
National Reserve in Tanzania to study
the chimpanzees.
3. For many years, Jane studied the
behaviour of chimpanzees. She observed
that they were able to use a twig to pick
up termites to eat and use leaves to get
water, much as humans would use a
spoon. This corrected the belief at that
time that only humans could use tools.
4. Jane had observed that chimpanzees
greeted one another with handshakes,
hugs and kisses too.
5. Jane also observed that chimpanzees
were omnivores! They not only fed on
fruits and nuts but on small creatures too.
© Curriculum Planning & Development Division, MOE
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Q1
What did Alexander Fleming discover by accident?
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