About this Place Of Interest

This Learning experience will teach you about how the properties of different materials can be used for different parts of a pagoda. You will also learn to compare and contrast the materials used in the construction of the original pagoda and the replice. This Learning Experience is suitable for secondary school, year 1-3 students.

About this Learning Experience

Located at about 50km from Medan, the Shwedagon Pagoda is a replica of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar. The construction of the building begun in 2007 and was completed in 2010. The replica consists of a large and small pagoda, an Ashoka pillar and a Sakyamuni Buddha statue. The Replica is painted in gold and at the top of the Pagoda, there are dozens of bells that swing and jingle when the wind touches them.

Syllabus Content

• Metals and non-metals
• - Metals and non-metals in the periodic table
• - Physical and chemical properties of metals and non-metals
• - Reactions between non-metals and metals with oxygen

Resources Needed

Pencil notebook camera