Tag Archives: Citizen Science

Online Lecture on “Food Security and Bio-Energy”

Special Programme March 15, 2022 webpage-ssd

14 CFSS teachers and students participated in the Online Lecture on “Food Security and Bio-Energy” organized by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on 24 February 2022 (Thu). The guest speaker of the lecture was Prof. Lam Hon Ming, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Life Sciences of CUHK, Director of the Molecular Biotechnology Program and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology of CUHK. In the online lecture, Prof. Lam introduced various factors affecting food security, its current situation in China and the relevant…

Stress-relieving Shinrin Yoku (Forest-bathing) Workshop

Special Programme March 11, 2022 webpage-ssd

In order to help students relax after the test week, the Counselling Team and Green Gurus is organizing a Stress-relieving Shinrin Yoku Workshop, which allows students to bathe in the forest atmosphere, awaken their senses and support them in building a deep, healing connection with nature. Green Gurus will lead mass games and mobile learning in the nature as well.

Promoting Citizen Science Education in All Our Endeavors

Special Programme September 28, 2020 webpage-ssd

CFSS has been promoting Citizen Science in school and community in the recent years. Our effort has been recognized by the public. An extended abstract was submitted in The Third International European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) Conference, titled as “Levering Secondary Schools in Promoting Citizen Science on PIECE Approach: Student-Centred Learning for Whole-Person Development”, aiming at setting a framework for other schools to take reference to. To broaden students’ views on scientific research and better preparation of future research work and upcoming Citizen Science activities…

Our School Participated in Global Biodiversity Surveying of the City Nature Challenge 2020: Hong Kong

Biodiversity Education June 16, 2020 webpage-ssd

The City Nature Challenge (CNC) 2020 is a global 4-day-long activity that citizens can log the most species in to gather more data on urban and rural biodiversity in their communities in the period of 24 Apr (Fri) to 27 Apr (Mon). Due to the new coronavirus pandemic, CNC is no longer a competition but a citizen science learning activity this year so that everyone can contribute to global biodiversity surveying of their household districts. Our school participated in the event and promoted citizen science…

Chinese Herbal Health Tea Workshop

Community Service March 10, 2020 webpage-ssd

In order to promote plant biodiversity and show students’ care to the elderly, the School’s Sustainable Development Team and Green Guru Team have organized an Elderly Service Program namely “Chinese Herbal Health Tea Workshop “with the Chinese YMCA Chai Wan Neighborhood Elderly Centre on 18 Jan 2020. Twenty elderly visited our Chinese Medicinal Herb Garden and Science and Sustainable Development Resource Center (SSDRC) at the Main Roof. Our Green Gurus took this chance to promote conservation of plant biodiversity through sharing tea culture with the…

CFSS students getting the championship in Open Category in World Robot Olympiad 2019 Hong Kong Selection and will be invited to participate the World Robot Olympiad 2019 Internal Final Hungary

Awards November 21, 2019 webpage-ssd

World Robot Olympiad has developed to a truly global competition. WRO tournaments are organized in more than 65 countries. The WRO international final in November is hosted by a different country each year. Our school team, consisting of Mak Ka Tsun (5B), Cheung Chun Lok Isaac (4B) and Tsang Cherrie (4B), got the championship in Open Category in World Robot Olympiad 2019 Hong Kong Selection. They are invited to participate in the World Robot Olympiad 2019 Internal Final Hungary. It is hoped that they will…

Our School Grasping the 1st Place Grand Award in the 34th China Adolescent Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC)

Awards November 21, 2019 webpage-ssd

A piece of good news from a science competition signifies a breakthrough in our scientific research. Our students Wu Hoi Man (S.6C) and Wong Chor Ki (S.6C) were chosen as representatives for Hong Kong SAR to participate in the 34th China Adolescent Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC). Under supervision of Acting School Principal Ho Tik Shun Science teachers Mr. Chung Cheuk Hung Vincent and Ms. Leung Yue Shan Jennifer, Green Gurus Team attained the First Place Grand Award in the category of Outstanding Organized…

Amazon on fire – Signature Campaign to conserve Amazon forests

Biodiversity Education November 21, 2019 webpage-ssd

Green Gurus of our school launched the “Amazon on fire” Signature Campaign on 27 Sept 2019 (Fri) on campus. Some scholars have pointed out that the Amazon rain forest, known as the “Lungs of the Earth”, handles 5% to 20% of the world’s photosynthesis every year. It plays an important role in restraining climate change as it can absorb and store large amounts of carbon. However, people burned down forests uncontrollably to vacate forest land for short-term economic benefit. Through this campaign, Green Gurus hope…

CFSS Pre-S.1 Interdisciplinary Experiential Learning Programme (STREAM) cum HKSciFest 2019 Activities – “Unveiling the Magic behind STREAM”

Special Programme June 18, 2019 webpage-ssd

To allow our pre-S.1 students to know more about our School, a series of Pre-S.1 Interdisciplinary Experiential Learning Programmes started on 27th April, 2019 (Sat). As one of the School partners of the Hong Kong SciFest 2019, the captioned programme was open to the public for participation. In the workshop, participants explored the magic behind STREAM, which is the acronym of Science (S), Technology (T), Reading & wRiting (R), Engineering & Robotics(E), Art & Design (A) and Mathematics (M). The urban biodiversity were studied as…

Hong Kong Science Museum – Biodiversity Workshop

Community Service November 1, 2018 webpage-ssd

Our school was glad to collaborate with Grateful Green Group for organizing Biodiversity Workshops, 2 sessions in total, on the theme “Bird Conservation Express – Talking on Hong Kong’s Birds” in Biodiversity Gallery of the Hong Kong Science Museum in the afternoon of 13 Oct 2018. Our S.5 students Wong Zee Meng, Tsin Sau Kiu, Wong Hok Him and Lin Lok Lam Andrew were the guest speakers of the Workshops, educating the public on Hong Kong’s birds and promoting bird biodiversity conservation to the public.…