Author: Wilfred Ho

Date:
24 MAR – 28 APR 2017
 
Title:
WorldSkills Hong Kong Competition and Carnival 2017 – Showcase on Secondary Students’ Skills
“Construct-a-Catapult Competition for Junior Secondary Students”
 

Description:
The “WorldSkills Competition and Carnival 2017 – Showcase on Secondary Students’ Skills:Construct-a-Catapult Competition for Junior Secondary Students” is organised by the Science Education Section of the Curriculum Development Institute, Education Bureau. The competition aims to promote STEM education by providing an opportunity for students to demonstrate their creativity, collaboration and problem solving skills through designing and constructing a catapult.
 
Event Details
EDB Circular Memorandum

Date:
18 MAR 2017 & 14 APR 2017
 
Title:
Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition 2017
 
Venue:
Hong Kong Science Park
 
Description:
Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition 2017 is jointly organised by The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, the Education Bureau and the Hong Kong Science Museum, and supported by the Innovation and Technology Commission and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation. It aims to promote the interest of our youth in science and technology, to develop their creativity through better understanding and innovative application of science and technology, and to inspire their intellectual and career interest in science and technology.
 
The events include:
1. Initial Judging cum Project Exhibition
2. Final Judging cum Award Presentation Ceremony
 
EDB Circular Memorandum
Event Details

Date:
8 MAR – 9 JUL 2017
 
Title:
Young Professionals Exhibition & Competition 2017
 
Venue:
City University of Hong Kong
 
Description:
The YPEC is an annual engineering project exhibition and presentation competition for students and young engineers to present their projects on competitive basis. “Imagineering”, theme of YPEC 2017, celebrates engineering practitioners who transform imagination to reality; encourage participants to embrace innovative ideas and spread it to every part of our planet. Students will have an opportunity to present their creative ideas, and set up their own exhibition booth.

Competition Leaflet
Invitation Letter
Information Sheet for Secondary School
YPEC 2016

Date:
1 MAR – 30 JUN 2017
 
Title:
Hong Kong STEM Award 2017
 

 
Description:
Theme: STEM Promotion: Unleash Students’ Talent in STEM

Target Participant: Secondary School Students

Format:
a. Individual Application
b. Team Application (Maximum number of team member: 6)

Call for Entries: 1 MAR 2017

Closing Date for Entries: 30 JUN 2017

 
Event Details
Leaflet
Registration Form

Date:
24 FEB 2017
 
Title:
STEM Education Series: Sharing on the Good Practices of Promoting STEM Education for Secondary Schools (I) (New)
 
Venue:
Maryknoll Fathers’ School, 2 To Yuen Street, Tai Hang Tung, Kowloon, HK
Description:
Objectives:
1. To share school-based experience and strategies for promoting STEM education at the school level
2. To introduce some learning and teaching activities for strengthening students’ ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills of Science, Technology and Mathematics

Event Details

Date:
22 FEB – 5 MAY 2017
 
Title:
CoolThink@JC Competition 2017
 

 
Description:
CoolThink@JC Competition 2017 is initiated and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust and supported by the Education Bureau. It aims to promote computational thinking (CT) education to increase students’ knowledge and understanding of CT through programming and problem solving so as to enhance students’ CT. Details of the competition are available at www.coolthink.hk.

Schools interested in nominating Primary 4 to 6 students for the competition may apply at the above mentioned website from 22 February to 5 May 2017.

For enquiries, please contact Ms Grace Lo at 2966 7404 or by email to grace.ls.lo@hkjc.org.hk.
 
EDB Circular Memorandum

Event Details

Date:
13 JAN 2017
 
Title:
STEM Education Series: Knowledge Enrichment on STEM Education (I)
 
Venue:
Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong
 
Description:
Objectives: To enhance participants’ capacity in promoting STEM education in schools

Event Details

Speaker’s Presentation Slides (1)

Date:
1 Dec 2016 to 27 Apr 2017
 

 
Title:
SciPOP Science Presentation Contest
 
Description:
To foster the pursuit of science knowledge among secondary school students, to enhance their presentation and communication skills, and to nurture young scientists in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Science Museum, the Faculty of Science of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Education Bureau are jointly organising the “SciPOP Science Presentation Contest” and the “Young Scientists Study Tour” in 2017.
 
Natural phenomena such as earthquakes, landslides, super typhoons, floods and severe droughts are happening from time to time. They are devastating and catastrophic, and usually cause heavy casualties. Their occurrences seem uncorrelated but actually they may have direct or indirect interaction with each other. The study of these natural phenomena is related to the Earth sciences and astrophysics. To elevate students’ interest and to broaden their knowledge in the latest research of Earth sciences and astrophysics, we are organising the contest and the study tour with the theme of “Sky and Earth”.
 
Competition web site

Date:
9-10 Dec 2016
 
Title:
Hong Kong Gifted Education Summit and Exhibition
STEM Policies and Practices
 
Venue:
Grand Hall, 1/F, 12W, Phase 3, Hong Kong Science Park
 
Description:
Educators and policy makers from Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Mainland China, South Korea, Taiwan and the United Kingdom come to share the relevant policies and school practices of STEM education around the world.
 
Activity web site
 

Date:
16 December 2016
 
Title:
The first Google CS4HS workshop program in Hong Kong
http://www.cs4hs.com

 
Description:

Organizers:	City University of Hong Kong, Google
Targeting Audience:	Teachers who are teaching ICT classes for Secondary 1-3 or who require training in basic Computer Science knowledge
Workshop Schedule:	16 Dec 2016 (Friday) 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (7 hours of instructions) *Teachers may count their CPD hours after this programme
Venue:	City University of Hong Kong
Main instructor:	Ms. Clara Hui, Hong Kong Digital Game-based Learning Association Ms. Hui has been working in the digital game-based learning field for over 10 years. She has been teaching computer science, coding and robotic courses at a number of secondary schools (with the audience being the students as well as the teachers) and also at the Hong Kong Academy of Gifted Education (HKAGE) consistently for over five years. She has conducted various local and overseas seminar presentations and workshops, and has built up a close network with the local and overseas teachers and scholars.
Brief outline of the workshops:	Session 1 (16 Dec 10AM-12PM): ● introduction to CS (computer science) ● how does CS improve our everyday life & why should we learn CS ● hands-on coding with Scratch and Minecraft hour of code Session 2 (16 Dec 1PM-3PM): ● introduction to game-based learning ● introduction to a game making tool: Construct 2 ● hands-on making a Construct 2 game ● Brief break Session 3 (16 Dec 3PM-6PM): ● robotics: hands-on coding with robots Dash & Dot ● hands-on with mathematics game: Algebra Game ● how to bring coding, game-based learning and robotics into your classroom ● what can your students learn from them and how can they help you to teach ● discussion and certificate award
Enquiry:	Ms. Clara Hui (email: clara@digitalgameslearning.org), Instructor Google CS4HS Workshop Dr. TAN Chee Wei (email: cheewtan@cityu.edu.hk), Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong

Programme registration link:
https://goo.gl/forms/VfoRRJ6oVHS1xH5g2