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Surah Al-Kautsar at the Science Centre
In September 2018, Module 1 of Quran Investigators took Surah Al-Kautsar to the Science Centre. The children sat between the exhibits and drew what they saw.
Quran Investigators Module 1 ran from August to October 2018. In September, for Surah Al-Kautsar, we left the classroom and spent the day at the Science Centre.
The collage below is from that trip. The group lines up for a photo in front of white pillars. Then the children settle on the floor between the exhibits with paper and clipboards. Two girls lean over the same page, drawing. Another group gathers in a dark exhibit hall.
The same collage shows the classroom side of the module. A child writes on a whiteboard, children hold up their books in the Surah Al-Quraisy session, and a flag game is spread out on a table.
A programme on the move
The Science Centre was one of several outings. Another collage shows a mosque with a big beduk drum, children pointing at a papaya tree, a garden bed, chicks in a bucket, a library table with a comic page on the benefits of the river, card sorting on a mosque carpet, and a tank of turtles at the Science Centre.
For Surah Al-Kafirun, we went on a field trip to Ar-Raudhah Mosque and looked at the mihrab and the minbar.
We also visited a craftsman's workshop, where the children saw stones and prayer beads up close.
Back in the home classroom there were card sorts, a sand and salt tray, trophies and kits. In July and August 2019 we ran sessions on Surah An-Nasr, Al-Kafirun and Al-Kautsar, with a free Quran Journaling session for parents and children.
What Investigate means
The sticker in the middle of each collage reads inspire, integrate, impart. That was our 3-I. After attending 5D thinking framework workshops run by UTM professors, we added a fourth I, Investigate, and the 4-I was complete: Inspire, Investigate, Integrate, Impart.
Investigate brings in more critical thinking and more science. Children look at the creations of Allah, a turtle, a river, a papaya tree, and compare them with the things people make, such as a craftsman's work, and then think about what they have seen. Science does not prove the Quran. It is one of the many signs Allah has shown us, and a trip like this gives children time to look at those signs closely.
