Creative+Solutions

=** __Creative Solutions__ **=
 * Please post problems/solutions. You can post problems faced outside school. Anything. **

**3) Paste velcro straps on both the door and top part of the cupboard so that it will hold in place together.. ~ Seo Qiao Ting** **4) Try to make a hole and place a metal strip through the hole so that we can pull the two ends of the strip to open the door.~Moe Thiri Lwin** **5) Paste sticky blutack on the sides of the metal cupboard so that it closes. ~ Erlisa Sharida** 8)Poke two holes inside the back of the cupboard and put two long strings through the hole.Tie the ropes together with a knot at the door.~Jeremy Tay 9)The cupboard is made of metal so we can use a magnet horizontally in between of the two doors.~Vicky Poh 10)put a piece of thick paper between the door and put nails on the paper.-Jadon 11) Paste a thin magnet on each side of the door of the metal cupboard so that when the door closes, both magnets would attract to each other.~ Dainese Chandra 12) Use magnetstrip and stick it in between the doors.~Shirly
 * Problem 1: The door of the metal cupboard in our classroom cannot be closed. **
 * Our Solutions: **
 * 1) Jam a piece of folded cardboard in between the door and the top part of the cupboard. ~ Mrs Ada Leong **
 * 2)Put a magnetic strip behind the door.~Han Thit **
 * 6) Take a magnetic stripe, take one end of it and and place it on one of the door and the other end on the other door.~Song jinhua **
 * 7)Paste a big paperclip on the inside of the cupboard and another big paperclip behind the door. We can just link the paperclip together when we want to close the cupboard. The adhesive tape we use must be really strong. ~Audrey Khong **

**Problem 2: The ruler in our classroom is taken and not returned.** **Our Solutions:** **1) Write on the whiteboard: Do not take away the ruler in our classroom ~ Brosnan Soh** **2) Put it in a cupboard~jianing** **3)Keep the ruler in a safe place and remind people not to take away the ruler.~Han Thit** **4)Patse a small paper writing,'Please return to P4/8 after use.Thanks'~ Chiok Pei Xin** **5) Paste a note on the ruler saying ' Please do not take our ruler and not return. Thank you.' ~ Seo Qiao Ting** **6)Write a warning sign at the side of the whiteboard'Please do not take away our ruler and not return.Thank you for your help.'~Moe Thiri Lwin** 7) Put it in a cupboard which can lock. ~ Erlisa Sharida 8)Write 'Primary 4/8' on the ruler using a whiteboard marker. ~Audrey Khong 9)Put an alarm on the ruler so the person know when to return it~Jeremy Tay 10) Paste a Borrowing List Card on the cupboard's door. Anybody who wants to borrow the ruler can write their names with the borrowing date and the returning date. ~ Lew Yee Ling 11)Write it on the white board or stick a paper on ruler saying "If you want to borrow the long ruler,make sure you actually ASK, then return it.This belongs to 5/8.Thank you." ~ Charlene L.Vergara 9)Put it in a safe.~Aun Ali 12)Stick a paper on the door saying that "If you want to borrow class 4/8 long ruler, please make sure that you return it in __(How long can they borrow)__ time.Thank You." ~ Wong Sin Set  13)If someone wants to borrow the long ruler,a student will keep a paper and list down the names of the teacher who borrowed it.when it is returned,cancel the name from the list.The names of teachers who borrowed it must be stated there one of the classes he/she is teaching. ~Dainese 14)Put it in a cupboard that can be locked up and make sure that it is safe.~Vicky Poh 15) See who the teacher is, write the name down. If the teacher does not return it for a long time, you can go and ask her/him for the ruler.~ Chian Xintong 16)Announce to the class if anyone taken the ruler if culprit is found yet did not admit the person will be punished~Chun Xiang 17) Ask the person who borrowed it to write down his or her name and class.If the person does not return you go to his or her class and call the person's name.~Shirly 18)Record those who borrow the ruler 19)Stick a piece of paper on it to remind those who borrowed it to return it.~Song Jinhua Use a camera and put it beside the ruler to take a video to see who stole the long ruler.-jadon

**Problem 3: The World Map dropped fell off the wall. What can we do to prevent it from dropping again?** **Our Solutions:** **2)Paste some adhesive tape on the map so that it will stay on the wall. ~ Seo Qiao Ting** **3)Use some pieces of paper to make a kind of triangular case at each corner of the World Map.Use some blue tack to attach the triangular case to the wall and put the World map on infront of it while the edges are covered with the case.~Dainese Chandra** **4)Use super strong adhesive tape and paste them at the sides,then put two bluetacks on the opposite sides.~Moe Thiri Lwin** **5)Buy a cheap frame and frame the world map. Hang the map in the classroom. ~Audrey Khong** 6)use a thin rectangular shaped paper n and paste it at the corners.~ Chiok Pei Xin 7)change the old one to a new blue tack~Jeremy Tay 8)Change the blue tack everyday.~Aun Ali 9)Put pins onto the corners of the map.-Jadon 10) Put pins on the 4 corners of the map on a notice board :)~Alyssa 11)Stick the world map with thumbtack onto the wall.-Han Thit 12)Use adhesive tape and paste it in all four corners of the map.`Shirly 13)Use velcro straps to stick the worls map to the wall.~Song Jinhua

**Problem 4:** **Your last good ping-pong ball fell down into a narrow metal pipe imbedded in concrete one foot deep. How can you get it out undamaged, if all the tools you have are your tennis paddle, your shoe-laces, and your plastic water bottle, which does not fit into the pipe?** //**(NEW)**// **Our Solutions:** **1)Squeeze the plastic bottle until it fits in the pipe,leaving a certain amount of space left inside the bottle. Tie the shoe laces around the plastic bottle horizontally.Put it in the metal pipe.When you feel the tennis ball touching the plastic bottle,push it to the side of the metal pipe and scoop it up. Pull the plastic bottle out of the metal pipe carefully. ~Dainese Chandra** **2)Sqeeze the plastic bottle into the metal pipe.Tie a string to the bottle.Push the ball out from the other side of the pipe.Lastly pull the water bottle out.~Jeremy Tay**
 * 3)Pour the water from the water bottle into the metal pipe.The water level will rise.The ping pong ball will float.~Han Thit **
 * 4)Pour the water from the water bottle into the drain till the ping pong ball reaches a higher level, then use the tennis paddle to pull the ping pong ball out.~Aun Ali **
 * 5) Pour the water from the water bottle into the pipe until it is full. Make a loop at one end and tie the other end to the tennis paddle. Fish for the tennis ball. ~Erlisa Sharida **
 * 6) Place one quater of the bottle into the metal pipe. Squeeze the middle of the plastic bottle. Air gets trapped in the metal pipe. Let go of the bottle. All the air rushes into the bottle pushing the ping pong ball to the hole of the plastic bottle. **
 * 7)Pour the water from the water bottle until the ball rises. Then scoop it out with the plastic bottle.~Eaint Chit~ **
 * 8)Pour the water from the platic water bottle into the pipe. Tie the shoe-laces onto the plastic water bottle and attached the tennis paddle to the string. Put the plastic water bottle in the water and try to scoop the tennis ball up.~ Chian Xintong :D **
 * 9) Cut the bottle into a L shape. Tie the shoe lace and the tip of the L shape bottle together. If the shoe lace is not long enough, the shoe lace can aslo tie with the grip of the tennis paddle. Holding the rim of the tennis paddle or shoe lace, pull it back up. ~ Qiao Ting **
 * 10)Pour the water from the plastic water bootle into the metal pipe so the ping-pong ball will float up. ~ Chiok Pei Xin **
 * 11)The tennis paddle and the plastic water will not fit inside so you got to squeeze the bottle.Then the ball would come out.~Benishia Angelin **
 * 12)Pour the water from the water bottle into the pipe.The water will rise up and the ping pong ball will float on the water and could take it out.-Vicky **
 * 13)Pour all the wqater out from the plastic water bottle.Then you will see the ping pong ball almost out but you can't reach it.So,use the bottom end of the tennis paddle and scoop the ball out.~Moe Thiri Lwin`.` **
 * 14)Pour water into the pipe so the ball floats up. Scoop the ball up.~Song Jinhua **
 * Solution Reveal: **
 * All you have to do is pour some water into the pipe so that the ball floats up on the surface. **

**Problem 5:** The lights and fans in the hall are frequently not switched off when not in use. **Our Solutions:** **1)Ask a teacher for permission to switch them off.-Jadon** **2)Take turns to check the hall everyday.~Moe Thiri Lwin** 7) Make an announcement to ask everyone to help and close the lights and fans in the hall if no one is there~dainese. 8) Assign one of the student or teacher to do it everyday.~Vicky Poh 9) Give a notice to every class to ask the teachers to remind their pupils (and the teachers themselves) that if they are the last ones to leave the hall, they should switch off the lights and fans. 10)When anybody is walking pass the hall, they could check whether the lights and fans are switched off. ~Alyssa 11) We could design a poster telling everyone to turn off the lights and fans in the hall when they see that the lights and fans are not in use. ~Audrey Khong =) 112) Make a sign telling everyone to switch off the lights and fans in the hall after use.-Han thit 13)Paste a big note in the hall that reads please switch off all the lights and fans after use~Chun Xiang 14) Announce that pupils who switch off the fans and lights will be rewarded with small tokens.~Shirly 15)After using the hall, the class should switch of the lights and fans.~Song Jinhua
 * 3) Paste a note at the pillars "Please switch off the lights and the fans when not in use". ~ Kugan**
 * 4)Ask the PA pupils to take turns to stay back for switching off all the lights and fans before leaving. ~ Chiok Pei Xin**
 * 5) Appoint a teacher or some students to switch off all the lights after everyone is gone. ~ Chian Xintong**
 * 6) The last class to leave the hall have to switch off all the lights. ~Chian Xintong**

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