{"id":1505,"date":"2019-04-03T23:28:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T15:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/imatter.com.sg\/?page_id=1505"},"modified":"2019-11-02T12:20:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T04:20:53","slug":"what-is-that-mystery-plant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/imatter.com.sg\/what-is-that-mystery-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"What is that Mystery Plant?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Answer: Potato<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem does not lie in not knowing the answer. After all, we live in Singapore where potatoes do not grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our main issue lies in the shock that virtually every student displays when he realises that the potato is a plant with leaves, flowers, stems, roots like any other plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our society, it appears that our students&#8217; (and probably most adults&#8217;) perception of the potato is limited to&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What they find in the supermarket or worse&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imatter.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/potatoes-411975_1920.jpg?resize=363%2C241&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"In our society, it appears that our students' (and probably most adults') perception of the potato is limited to what they find in the supermarket. Science can help to widen their knowledge of nature and technology so that they can make better decisions in life.\" class=\"wp-image-1510\" width=\"363\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imatter.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/potatoes-411975_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imatter.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/potatoes-411975_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imatter.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/potatoes-411975_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imatter.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/potatoes-411975_1920.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imatter.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/potatoes-411975_1920.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What they find in fast food<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imatter.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/french-fries-525005_1920.jpg?resize=450%2C211&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"In our society, it appears that our students' (and probably some adults') perception of the potato is limited to what they find in the fast food. Science can help to widen their knowledge of nature and technology so that they can make better decisions in life.\" class=\"wp-image-1513\" width=\"450\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imatter.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/french-fries-525005_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C481&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imatter.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/french-fries-525005_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imatter.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/french-fries-525005_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C361&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imatter.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/french-fries-525005_1920.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imatter.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/french-fries-525005_1920.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, we strive to impress upon our students how Science is everywhere in everyday life, not just for them to score well in their exams but also to understand their world better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: Potato The problem does not lie in not knowing the answer. After all, we live in Singapore where potatoes do not grow. Our main issue lies in the shock that virtually every student displays when he realises that the potato is a plant with leaves, flowers, stems, roots like any other plant. In our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1505","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>iMatter Learning Centre: Science Question - What is that Mystery Plant?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Science Question - What is that Mystery Plant? 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