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Where Can Schools Find NUS Science Demonstration Lab Workshop Booking Information?

Find NUS Science Demonstration Lab (SDL) booking information on its official Workshops and Programmes page. Use the local-school/group or international-school/group information that matches the proposed visit, then contact the lab through its published booking details.

The page lists sdlvisit@nus.edu.sg for visit and pricing enquiries. It also states that charges use a minimum of 20 participants, including for smaller groups. Obtain a current quotation and booking confirmation; do not interpret the programme listing as an individual walk-in ticket.

Did you know? Choosing a workshop and confirming its suitability are different steps. The lab lists several activities, but their audience, format and arrangements are not automatically identical. Start with the learners’ level and the purpose of the visit.

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Sources at a glance · Practical checks · Your next step

Sources at a glance

Your questionSource to useWhat to check
Choose the correct group routeSDL Workshops and ProgrammesLocal or international group information, booking contact and conditions
Understand the lab’s approachNUS Science Demonstration LabHands-on activities, demonstrations and guided scientific explanation
Inspect a named exampleSurprising Science!Its own programme description, group size and delivery mode
Connect the visit to the education journeyeduKate school pathways collectionBroader school-stage information, not a workshop reservation
Use the selected workshop’s details and the lab’s confirmation together.

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Practical checks before you act

Describe the group before asking for a date

In the first enquiry, give the school or organising group, learners’ ages and levels, estimated numbers, preferred dates and learning purpose. Ask which programme is suitable. This helps the lab respond to the actual group rather than a vague request for “some science experiments”.

For international groups, the published overview specifies programmes designed for ages 15 and above and requires a school letter endorsed by key personnel. Confirm how the current instructions apply to your group. Do not assume a flyer intended for local schools covers a visiting group in the same way.

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Read the named workshop, not just the catalogue

For example, the Surprising Science! page describes activities connecting science with familiar products and art, assisted by trained NUS student guides. It lists an in-person format at NUS or in school and a group range of 20–30 participants.

Those details belong to that workshop. They are not universal conditions for every SDL activity. Ask about the selected session’s duration, venue, participant limit, prior knowledge and accessibility needs before arranging transport or sending a final notice to families.

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Keep the quotation and confirmation explicit

Ask what the current quoted amount includes, how the group count affects it and which booking, payment or cancellation instructions apply. Use the lab’s written reply rather than a price on an old forwarded flyer. Do not collect money on the assumption that an enquiry has secured a slot.

School organisers should also confirm supervision, arrival arrangements and the person responsible on the day. These are planning checks, not a statement that every workshop has the same safety procedures. Follow the lab’s instructions for the actual activity and venue.

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Plan a small learning task around the experience

Before the workshop, invite students to make one prediction about a demonstration or write one question they want to investigate. Afterwards, ask them to separate what they observed from their explanation. A surprising result becomes more useful when they can say why it challenged their first idea.

This is a suggested classroom follow-up, not an official SDL assignment. Keep it short enough for students to explain independently. The booking is for a learning experience, not a promise of examination marks, university admission or a particular certificate.

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Your next step

Send a focused enquiry using the lab’s current booking page, request the appropriate group information and wait for confirmation before finalising the visit. Use the lab overview to help students understand the experience they are preparing for.

For the broader education journey, use the Singapore school pathways and education information collection.

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Related source guides: Where Can JC Students Find NUS Mathematics Learning Journey Information? · Where Can Students Find SAYES Membership Application Information? · Where Can Students Find Science Centre Student Work Attachment Programme Information?

Official sources reviewed: 21 October 2026. Recheck the organiser’s current instructions before acting.

Explore the connected learning guides

Choose the question that brought you here. Open one useful guide, try a small task, and stop when you have what you need.

Take one question further

The same learning habit can travel across subjects, while each subject keeps its own methods. These routes help you notice a difficulty, understand one part of it, and return to something you can do.

A word is familiar, but using it is difficult.

Move from recognising a word to retrieving it in a new context. Understand vocabulary plateaus.

Try it without the guide: Choose one word you already know. Close the guide and use it in a new sentence. Explain why it fits; try another context tomorrow.

A piece of writing has ideas, but the reader loses the thread.

Make the order of events and the links between sentences clear. Explore composition writing.

Try it without the guide: Choose one short paragraph. Read the relevant explanation, close it, and revise the paragraph. Ask someone to tell you what happened and why.

The Mathematics seems familiar, but marks still disappear.

Find the first point where the working stops being reliable. Find Secondary 4 A-Math mark leakage.

Try it without the guide: For a Secondary 4 A-Math question you have attempted, locate the first uncertain line. Repair that step, then try a comparable question without the worked answer.

A Science fact is remembered, but the explanation is incomplete.

Connect the evidence to a scientific idea and the resulting change. Follow the Primary Science learning route.

Try it without the guide: Choose a familiar Primary Science example. Explain the evidence, the idea and the result without notes. Then change one condition and explain your prediction.

Two accounts of the world seem to disagree.

Check the question, source, date and evidence before combining claims. Explore the World Knowledge research library.

Try it without the guide: Take one claim. Find the source best placed to support it, note its date, and state what remains uncertain. Return to your original question.

There is plenty of help, but independence is hard to see.

Check what the learner can understand and do after support is removed. Understand how education works.

Try it without the guide: Choose one small task the child has practised. Agree on a calm, brief attempt without prompts. Use what happens to choose one next step, then stop.

For the structure behind these connections, read the eduKateSingapore runtime manifest and the eduKate ecosystem boot contract. The reader map describes public navigation; those manifests preserve the wider ownership and return rules.

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