Applied Learning Programme (ALP)
Explore how Guangyang Secondary School's ALP in STEM connects science to real-world issues through hands-on projects in sustainability, forensic science, and renewable energy.
At Guangyang Secondary School, our Applied Learning Programme (ALP) helps students use Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to understand real-life challenges. Through hands-on projects, students learn how new ideas can support more sustainable communities.
Students work in teams to plan, build, test and improve their ideas. Along the way, they grow in confidence, solve problems, communicate their thinking and learn that good solutions should be practical, responsible and useful to people and the environment.
Secondary 1: Renewable Energy and Solar-Powered Vehicles
Students explored renewable energy by designing and building a solar-powered vehicle. They learned how solar panels, circuits, gears, wheels and materials affect performance. In teams, they tested different designs, recorded results and improved their vehicles before a final race. The project made science and engineering ideas visible, practical and fun.
Secondary 2: CSI Forensic Science Programme
Students took on the role of forensic investigators to solve a simulated case. Through hands-on activities such as fingerprint analysis, drug testing and interpreting autopsy findings, they gathered and examined evidence before drawing conclusions. Working in teams, they applied science process skills, communicated their reasoning and prepared investigation reports. The programme showed students how science can be used to understand evidence and solve real-world problems.
Student Voices
Through the CSI programme, we applied our science process skills to solve a real-world case in an engaging way— Vera Yeo (2-5)
I enjoyed building a solar-powered car with my friends and learnt about teamwork, communication and perseverance— Lauren Caitlin Guerzon David (1-4)