Teacher Work Attachment (TWA) is an annual event SCL(LS) organizes for teachers from primary and secondary school. This is organized to expose the teachers to the current update in life sciences and to enrich their teaching experiences. This year TWA was held from 15th to 19th June 2009. 26 teachers had joined this 5-days attachment. SCL(LS) had aligned these 5 days with various interesting activities found across the three diplomas offered by SCL(LS). On the first and second day, the teachers had immersed themselves with exciting molecular biology activities such as DNA extraction from strawberry, microscopy of the cell types as well as learning about the organelles and genetics. On the third day, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) giant, Eu Yan Sang, had kindly hosted the teachers. A visit to Eu Yan Sang and a talk on TCM had been organized during the visit. The teachers had been exposed to our food science program on the fourth day where they were involved in making their own drinks and performing sensory evaluation on the drinks. On the last day of the attachment, the teachers had a chance to learn on many useful pharmaceutical topics such as the dosage of the drugs and the storage of the drugs. They were also tested on their blood glucose level. All the teachers participated actively in these 5-days attachment where they described this attachment as fulfilling and enriching.
