Tag Archives: Sustainable Development

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

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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…

Low-Carbon Guru: “Back to the Future” Monopoly

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To promote low-carbon lifestyle, Low-carbon Gurus successfully organized “Back to the Future” Monopoly in the covered playground from 28 to 30 May 2012. Using 70 display boards, a maze was set up with thematic checkpoints, namely Global Warming Zone, Landfill Zone, Water Shortage Zone, Kitchen Waste Zone and Disaster Zone, with environmental problems arisen 50 years later coming alive to the students. Gurus wanted students to reflect the importance of their lifestyle to environmental conservation through a series of questions and punishments in the checkpoints.…

Art and Science of Trees, Birds and Butterflies Exhibition

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Our School joined the “Art and Science of Trees, Birds and Butterflies Exhibition” organized by the CUHK Tree Project and Green Education Team on 10th March 2012. Besides appreciating live performance of the theme song of exhibition “As the Way of Heaven” by Ms. Maria Tung, our students attended a series of seminars, including “The Joy of Sharing Nature” by Mr. Lam Chiu-ying, “Photography of Butterflies” by Mr. John Tse and “Tips on Green Living and Well-being” by Ms. Catherine Hung. At last, we watched…

Low Carbon Guru Activity Series: Green Diet

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Low-Carbon Gurus launched a lunchtime Low-Carbon Herbal Tea Workshop to promote low-carbon lifestyle from 5h to 7th March 2012. The herbal yea includef Perilla Special Drink and Cymbopogon Melissa Herbal Tea. Gurus successfully advocated the concept of low-carbon diet to more than 200 teachers and students in the school, and delivered all their tailor-made special drinks within 15 minutes. In addition, an Organic Food Workshop on Balsamic Vinegar Strawberry Cup was organized after school, with praise and full support from 30 teachers and students. Gurus,…

Popular Science Enhancement Programme

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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…

Environmental Conservation Pioneer Program

Biodiversity Education, Learning and Teaching May 23, 2017 webpage-ssd

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…

Science and Sustainable Development – Facilities on Campus

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To provide a nurturing environment and enrich learning atmosphere for students to experience the contribution of science and technology to sustainable development, new facilities and teaching aids have been added in the recent years. They include the Science and Sustainable Development Resource Centre, a solar electric generating system, a wind turbine, a weather automatic monitoring system and a solar chill evaporative cooler. Installed with data loggers, high-quality stereomicroscopes, UV spectrophotometers and light microscopes, the Centre enables quantitative analyses of some scientific investigations. There are also…