Tag Archives: Biodiversity

CFSS Student Getting Award in International Biology Olympiad – Hong Kong Contest 2022

Awards

International Biology Olympiad – Hong Kong Contest was co-organized by the Education Bureau of the Government of HKSAR and the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education in Nov 2022. Our students S.6B Ko Ka Chun and Law Hau Yan attained Honourable Mentions in the competition. Our School Principal, Mr. Ho Tik Shun and Assistant Principal, Mr. Lam Chi Wai shared the joyful moment with the awardees at school. We hereby congratulate them, and wish them outstanding academic performance in the coming HKDSE.

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Whole-school Approach in STREAM Education – SoyVestor STEAM Project

Special Programme

Our school has been promoting Popular Science to all CFSS students through STREAM education. In School Year 2022/23, we joined a whole-year STREAM Education programme, titled “Soyvestor STEAM Project”. From September to December 2022, we were honoured to have Prof. Lam Hon Ming and his team to deliver various workshops and seminars for junior form students, enriching our knowledge about soybeans. Enriching knowledge aside, students also cultivated their high-order thinking capabilities. students were requested to evaluate the effects of global warming on soybean growth and…

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Prize Presentation for the 6th Hong Kong Specimen Drawing Competition

Awards

Thirty-six students of our school have participated in the sixth Hong Kong Specimen Drawing Competition as presented by the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Society of Biology in December 2021. They have been selected by the adjudicator panel in recognition of their remarkable drawings and received the awards as listed below. Due to concerns about the coronavirus outbreak, the official Prize Presentation Ceremony had been cancelled this year. We were honoured to have our Principal, Mr. Ho Tik Shun presenting the certificates to the…

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Demonstration Lessons on “Student-Centred Learning”

Learning and Teaching

Our school collaborated with Education University of Hong Kong to launch two demonstration lessons on “Student-Centred Learning” on 13 June 2022 (Monday). The theme for the S.3 Science lesson was “Seed Dispersal Mechanisms” while the theme for the S.5 Biology lesson was “Evolution: Darwinism & Lamarckism”.Teachers from different schools conducted peer lesson preparation to plan for their learning activities of the lessons, aiming at fostering students’ self-directed learning and extended learning through group learning and collaboration. Teachers gave feedback to one another after the lessons…

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FarmacyHK “Grow For Future” Programme 2022

Biodiversity Education

Decline in arable land and growing population have worsened the food shortage crisis, and as global warming aggravate, global food supply and security has become an international issue with top priority. In light of this, the school has partnered with FarmacyHK, a company specialized in agricultural technology, to organize the “Grow For Future” Programme 2022, starting from 16/5/2022 (Monday). A mobile farming device has also been set up in school to showcase how decentralized and smart farming can be achieved in urban area to lower…

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Honey Bee Conservation Signature Campaign

Biodiversity Education

In order to raise awareness of biodiversity and species conservation, Green Gurus has organized a Honey Bee Conservation Signature Campaign. Honey bee has a paramount role in the ecosystem. Almost 75% of crops are pollinated by bees and other insects, making agriculture and food production possible. However, urbanization and pesticides are threatening their survival. Green Guru initiated the campaign to spread the message of honey bee’s role in pollination and raise awareness of bee’s importance in agriculture and stable food supply. 390 students and teachers…

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High Level of Students’ Engagement in the Hong Kong Inter-School City Nature Challenge 2021

Biodiversity Education

The ECF – Hong Kong Inter-School City Nature Challenge (HKISCNC) is a friendly fortnight-long competition in which Hong Kong schools find and log the most species in and around their campus, gathering more data on Hong Kong’s urban biodiversity. It aims to replicate the massive success of Hong Kong in the City Nature Challenge and will follow the same format. Schools will compete for 3 individual awards and 2 group awards, including the best, 1st & 2nd runner up of photo, the most observations, and…

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Learning Activity in Ocean Park

Special Programme

To enrich students’ learning experience and to build up the harmonious relationships among students and teachers, S1 to S4 students went to Ocean Park on 22nd July 2021. S1 and S2 students participated in animal programme, S3 students participated in STREAM programme, and S4 students participated in career programme. Through the programmes, students understand how Ocean Park works in preserving the environment, promoting the STREAM, and career prospects. Although it was very hot that day, the event bought beautiful memory to the students and teachers.

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Nanopore DNA Sequencing Workshop

Special Programme

Nanopore sequencing is a technology using flow cells which contain an array of tiny holes — nanopores — embedded in an electro-resistant membrane to determine the order of nucleotides in DNA. Each nanopore corresponds to its own electrode connected to a channel and sensor chip, which measures the electric current that flows through the nanopore. When a molecule passes through a nanopore, the current is disrupted to produce a characteristic ‘squiggle’. The squiggle is then decoded using base calling algorithms to determine the DNA or…

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