Tag Archives: Popular Science

STREAM Activity – Corn Doll Handicraft Workshop

Biodiversity Education, Learning and Teaching, Special Programme

Hong Kong Biodiversity Care Ambassador and Leadership Training Programme 2016 was launched in collaboration with Grateful Green Group, Lee Woo Shing College of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department to cultivate green elites in schools. The Corn Doll Handicraft Workshop is one of the activities in this pioneer programme. It is our school’s honour to have invited Ms. Jor Yin Fun to share her joy of polishing corn sheaths, barks, seeds, dry leaves and flowers from nature into vivid…

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Interdisciplinary Learning in Ma Shi Chau

Biodiversity Education, Learning and Teaching, Special Programme

Nature is a natural treasure of learning which allows students to broaden horizons and inspire thinking. On 7 November 2015, 60 teachers and students bounded for Yim Tin Tsai and Ma Shi Chau to join an interdisciplinary learning program, blending a variety of aspects including Environmental Science, Biology, Geography, Information Technology and Photography. Students could investigate from different perspectives, namely biodiversity, water quality analysis and land use, to elucidate the details of sustainability in Sam Mun Tsai Village and ecology in rocky shore of Ma…

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CFSS Student Volunteers in School Waste Reduction Campaign

Biodiversity Education, Learning and Teaching

Five of our Secondary Four and Five participated in the School Waste Reduction Campaign Workshop organized by the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) on 11 October, 2014. During the workshop, they visited the Exhibition Centre of HKPC and witnessed the latest green technologies (including the food waste composer). Besides, they acquired the latest methods and technology in reducing waste and waste control, which will help a lot in our forthcoming school-based Waste Reduction Campaign.

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Science Elite Young Ambassador Programme

Learning and Teaching, Special Programme

Science Elite Young Ambassador Programme was co-organized by Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks and the Education Bureau. Through a series of thematic science talks and the two-day “Science Explorer” Internship, the Programme aimed at deepening students’ understanding and cultivating their interest in Innovation Technology so that they would promote the concept to the surrounding community. Leung Gabriel Ho Tsing, Lo Chun Kit Jason, Lo Wing Hang and Wong Chi Sum from S.5B participated in the Programme. They have been benefited and understood the importance…

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Interdisciplinary learning in Ting Kok Mangrove

Biodiversity Education, Learning and Teaching, Special Programme

Nature is a natural treasure of learning which allows students to broaden their horizons and inspire their thinking. Following up the successful Multidisciplinary Outing to Chung Tsai Yuen (松仔園), 140 teachers and students bounded for ecologically valuable Ting Kok Mangrove in Tai Po to perform an interdisciplinary learning program, blending a variety of aspects including Environmental Science, Biology, Geography, Information Technology, Languages and Arts. By utilizing interactive Edmodo platform, students could investigate biodiversity, water quality analysis and causes of human pollution in a creative and…

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RYSA Switzerland Tour in Visiting Roche’s Headquarters

Awards, Learning and Teaching

Three of our S.1 students won the champion of the Roche Young Scientist Award (http://www.cfss.edu.hk/event20130504.html) and were granted the chance to visit Roche’s headquarters in Switzerland. During the visit to Roche’s different departments, they understood better how the departments co-operated with each other and how the logistics work. The staffs not only introduced the history of Roche, but also explained the production procedures of drugs and diagnostic instruments in detail. This was an once-and-for-all chance for them to get into the headquarters and observed the…

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CFSS Students Participated in the SSPC Japan Exchange Tour after Winning the Championship

Awards, Learning and Teaching

CFSS students participated in the Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition 2013 and two teams won the championship of the junior division investigation project type and invention project type (http://www.cfss.edu.hk/event20130601.html). They were then invited to participate in exhibitions and exchange programmes. The teams were invited to introduce their projects in two exhibitions held in the Science Museum and in the Hong Kong Institute of Education. They were invited to the exchange tour to Japan as well. Before the tour started, they had a close look…

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A Path to Scientific Research: Student Science and Creative Workshop

Learning and Teaching

The Science Department and the Science Club, totalling 24 teachers and students, participated in the “Science and Creativity Workshop” organized by the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association Science Invention Centre on 14 September 2012. It was our greatest honor to have Dr. Jimmy Wong Kam-yiu, Centre Director, to share with us “SCAMPER” Creativity Strategies, followed by a visit to the Exhibition Hall. The workshop shed light on creativity, the basic skills of invention and proper scientific writing skills. Students had acquired a lot from…

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Popular Science Enhancement Programme

Biodiversity Education, Learning and Teaching, Special Programme

To cultivate students’ interest in Popular Science, a series of workshops, collectively named as Popular Science Enhancement Program, were launched by our science teachers and green gurus at lunchtime so that students can take initiatives to experience the magic of Science. The Program has received good response – more than 200 students participate in the Program every year.  In addition, the program coincides with the drastic increase in participation and awards in local, national and international science and technology competitions. (A) Reading Paradise (B) Plant…

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Environmental Conservation Pioneer Program

Biodiversity Education, Learning and Teaching

Our School has put forward sustainable development and environmental conservation as one of the Areas of Major Concern in the recent years. Green Gurus of our School take an active role to launch various rearing programs, supported with signing campaigns and green workshop to our students, so that everyone of us is instilled with the concept of sustainability and the mission of safeguarding our Earth. The programs have also helped cultivate an atmosphere to nurture Science elites. Horseshoe Crab Rearing Scarab Beetle Rearing Mangrove Conservation…

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