Tag Archives: Popular Science

Our School Gets the Exemplary School Award from the National Working Committee for UNESCO Project on Education for Sustainable Development in China

Awards, Special Programme

Our Assistant Principal, Mr. Ho Tik Shun, and our Science Teacher, Mr. Chung Cheuk Hung Vincent, represented the School to attend the 7th Beijing International Forum on Education for Sustainable Development and the 4th Asia-Pacific Expert Meeting on ESD – the Unveiling Ceremony of DaAi Senior Maker Center for SD in DaAi of Hebei from 26 to 29 October 2016. In the conference, titled “ESD towards the Mainstream of World Education”, our school got the Exemplary School Award from the National Working Committee for UNESCO…

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CFSS Honoured in Sustainable Development School Award Programme 2014-2016

Awards, Special Programme

CFSS was honoured again in the prize presentation ceremony of the 2014-2016 Sustainable Development School Award Programme, held on 16 July 2016. The Programme was launched in June 2014, and themed on “Waste Reduction at Source” as a continuous education drive to follow up on the CSD’s recent public engagement process on “Municipal Solid Waste Charging”. Addressing the theme of the Programme, we engaged our neighbouring community under the theme of sustainability and hence obtained a “Sustainable Development Community Award”. We will continue to foster…

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CFSS Students Returned Gladly with The Silver Medal in International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering & Environment) Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP)

Awards, Learning and Teaching

International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering & Environment) Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) is a sustainable development science research project contest jointly organized by the Cosmos Foundation (CF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. Targeting contestants from secondary schools, the contest, held every May in Houston, is renowned for resource technologies. I-SWEEEP is of the highest level and the largest of its kind around the globe. Three S.4 students (Nicole Fong, Bernard Chan and Felice Tang) were successfully qualified and belonged to…

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Bagging Awards in the 28th China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC)

Awards

A piece of good news from science competition signifies a breakthrough in our scientific research. Besides our school’s “School of Distinct Award” and “Outstanding Organization Award”, our students, chosen as representatives for Hong Kong SAR, bagged 1 First Place Grand Award, 2 Second Place Grand Awards, 2 Third Place Grand Awards and 1 Special Prize in the 28th China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC) this year. Here we congratulate those students who have devoted much time and energy in their scientific research, and…

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CFSS Gloried in her “School and Distinction Award” and “Outstanding Organization Award” of the 28th China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC)

Awards, Learning and Teaching

“School of Distinction Award” was set up by Intel Corporation to reward renowned elementary and secondary schools in the United States on their outstanding performance in Science and Mathematics Education. Starting from the 25th China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC) in 2010, the organizing committee has been co-operating with Intel (China) Co., Ltd. to launch an annual contest by selecting the top 10 outstanding primary and secondary schools in Science Education from China (including Hong Kong and Macau), with award presentation in the…

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HKSciFest 2017 – Unveiling the Magic Behind Chinese Herbs

Biodiversity Education, Community Service, Learning and Teaching, Special Programme

Housing more than 1000 plant species, our School provides a good learning platform of the uses of medicinal plants and conservation on plant biodiversity for the public through mobile learning. In this workshop, participants can explore the details of herbs in a boundless setting in Environmental Trail and Medicinal Plant Garden on our rooftop. They can acquire basic concepts of plant properties and their uses together with simple species identification skills, to promote the use of plants for the health of the society.

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Leadership Training series on green leaders: Wildlife Photography Seminars by Mr. Xi Zhinong

Biodiversity Education, Learning and Teaching, Special Programme

40 teachers and students of our school visited the Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change in CUHK on 17 January 2015 (Sat) to further realize the alarming situations of polar climate change and global warming. Then, they attended the “WildChinaFilm Photography” Seminar launched by Lee Woo Sing College, with famous Ecofilmer Mr. Xi Zhinong as the speaker in the talk. It was our school’s honour to invite Mr. Xi to come to CFSS and interacted with 50 green leaders on 19 January 2015 (Mon), sharing…

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Plant Specimen Collection Workshop

Biodiversity Education, Facilities, Special Programme

The Science and Technology Education Enhancement Team and the Science Club co-organized a pilot program on plant specimen preparation in October and November this year. This workshop aimed at training students to identify and collect plant specimen on the campus. Under highly technological teaching pedagogies, students experienced biodiversity, appreciation of nature and environmental conservation in a practical manner. The programme included two sessions: (A) 16 October: Specimen Collection Field Trip Our Principal, Mr. Au, and a group of 30 students and teachers in total, collected…

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Sea Turtle Conservation Signature Campaign

Biodiversity Education

Sea turtles are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters. Yet, they are facing several threats: from egg-stealing to massive slaughter by bottom trawling and accidents from lining fishing methods. Sea turtles have rarely entered Hong Kong waters since 2005. Green Gurus of our school would like to raise the whole school’s awareness of sea turtle conservation, and therefore launched a morning signature campaign on 6th Oct 2014 (Mon). The campaign was well-supported by more than 300 teachers and students in which each of us…

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Juvenile Horseshoe Crab Rearing Programme 2012-2013

Biodiversity Education, Community Service, Learning and Teaching, Special Programme

To enhance students’ consciousness on environmental conservation, our School has joined the Juvenile Horseshoe Crab Rearing Programme launched by Hong Kong Ocean Park. 9 students from S.3 and S.4 have formed a core group, aiming to rear living fossil Chinese Horseshoe Crab (Tachypleus tridentatus) juveniles and arouse schoolmates’ awareness on horseshoe crab conservation. In February, dozens of horseshoe crab juveniles will be delivered from Ocean Park to our School for rearing until they are mature enough to live in the wild in July. Core members…

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