Author: Wilfred Ho

Date:
30 APR 2018
 
Title:
PolyU STEM Lecture Series (Kwun Tong)
 
Venue:
Maryknoll Secondary School
45 Choi Ha Road, Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon
 
Description:

Your teachers and students are cordially invited to join the lecture. Due to limited seats, reservation is made on a first-come-first-served basis. Please complete the attached reply slip (Seminar Registration) and send it back to the Secondary School Relations Section of PolyU by fax (Fax Number: 2264 2120) by 26 March 2018. Online application can also be made via the QR code on the attached poster and the link below:
https://www.polyu.edu.hk/mysurvey/index.php/175233?lang=en
For enquires, please contact the Secondary School Relations Section of PolyU at 3400 8301/ 3400 8302.

Seminar Registration
Event Details

Date:
17 JUL – 8 AUG 2018
 
Title:
Summer Taster Programme for Secondary School Students 2018 – Basic App and Arduino Programming with Bluetooth Controlled Balloon Aircraft
 
Venue:
City University of Hong Kong
 
Description:
In response to EDB’s advocacy of promoting and facilitating STEM education in secondary schools, we are inviting some secondary schools to nominate their elite students to join our 2-week taster programme, which is in parallel with the CityU EE International Summer Camp. We tailor the learning materials and activities for S4 and S5 students, aiming at cultivating their interest in engineering innovation as well as boosting their confidence in communicating in an international environment through team work.

Event Website
Event Poster
Event Details

Date:
3 APR – 18 MAY 2018
 
Title:
Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau Young STEAM Maker Competition 2018
 
Description:
The “Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau Young STEAM Maker Competition” is co-initiated by Lingnan University and the National Institute of Education Sciences, co-organised together with Hong Kong STEM Education Alliance and the New Territories School Heads Association, and supported by the Education Bureau. The competition aims to promote STEM education in the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau, as well as to enhance the exchange and cooperation in STEM education among the three places. Details of the competition are available at https://steam.LN.edu.hk.

Schools interested in nominating students for the competition may apply at the above-mentioned website from 3 April 2018 (Tuesday) to 18 May 2018 (Friday).

To facilitate students to participate in the competition, two identical training courses are scheduled on 7 and 28 April 2018 (Saturdays). Schools interested in nominating students to attend the training courses are kindly requested to return the completed enrolment form at Appendix 5a (Chinese version only) to the Lingnan Institute of Further Education on or before 29 March 2018 (Thursday). Applications will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis. All successful applicants will receive an email confirmation on or before 3 April 2018 (Tuesday).

Event Website
EDB Circular Memorandum

Date:
14 MAR – 4 MAY 2018
 
Title:
CoolThink@JC Competition 2018
 
Description:
CoolThink@JC Competition 2018 is initiated and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. It aims to promote computational thinking (CT) among students and provide opportunities for students to apply their skills of CT and coding. The competition encourages students to move beyond mere technology consumption, nurture their problem-solving skills and creativity, as well as develop their innovativeness. 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 14 March (Wednesday) to 4 May 2018 (Friday).

A briefing session is scheduled on 14 March 2018 (Wednesday) to facilitate teachers’ understanding of the competition details. Schools interested in nominating representatives to attend the briefing session may apply at the above-mentioned website on or before 13 March 2018 (Tuesday).

Event Website
EDB Circular Memorandum

Date:
9 APR – 27 JUN 2018
 
Title:
Workshops on Computational Thinking – Coding Education for Primary Schools (II)
 
Venue:
Rm 201, Arts & Technology Education Centre, 145 Junction Road, Lok Fu, Kowloon
 
Description:
Objectives:
The programme aims to:
(1) share experience on teaching coding to develop students’ computational thinking;
(2) enhance teachers’ pedagogical knowledge in using a visual programming language tool (such as App Inventor) to develop students’ computational thinking and coding skills.

Event Details

Date:
13 MAR – 10 JUL 2018
 
Title:
Workshops on Computational Thinking – Coding Education for Primary Schools (I)
 
Venue:
Room E418,4/F, East Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong
Rm 201, Arts & Technology Education Centre, 145 Junction Road, Lok Fu, Kowloon
 
Description:
Objectives:
The programme aims to:
(1) introduce the draft “Computational Thinking – Coding Education : Supplement to the Primary Curriculum”;
(2) enhance teachers’ pedagogical knowledge in using visual programming language tools (such as Scratch) to develop students’ computational thinking and coding skills.

Event Details

Date:
12 JUL 2018
 
Title:
EIE ROBOTIC CHALLENGE JUNIOR 2018: FLYING ROBOT
 
Venue:
Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
 
Description:
“EIE Robotic Challenge Junior 2018: Flying Robot” will be held by the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on 12 July 2018. There will be a secondary school session and a primary school session in the competition. Secondary and primary school students are welcome to join the Challenge.

The registration deadline of the Challenge is 29 March 2018.

For more details, please visit the competition website at http://www.eie.polyu.edu.hk/rcj2018.

We will provide a briefing session for schools to understand the competition in a better way. The briefing session will be held on 9 March 2018 (Friday), from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm, in Room CD634, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. If you would like to join the briefing session, please fill in the online form at: http://www.eie.polyu.edu.hk/rcj2018 on or before 8 March 2018 for reservation.

Briefing Session Registration
Event Details

Date:
2017-18 school year
 
Title:
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
MINI-LECTURE SERIES 2017-18
 
Venue:
Schools can choose to have the mini-lectures at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University or at their own schools
 
Description:
The Faculty of Applied Science & Textiles of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University has been offering mini-lectures to introduce some STEM-related courses to secondary students. Interested schools please complete the attached form and email to Ms Cherry CHUI (cherry.chui@polyu.edu.hk).

Event Details

Application Form / Reply Performa

Date:
16 MAR 2018
 
Title:
Seminar on Computational Thinking – by CoolThink@JC
 
Venue:
Conference Centre, Block E, The Education University of Hong Kong, 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, N.T.
 
Description:
This Seminar, under CoolThink@JC funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, will be organized by The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) on 16 March 2018 (Friday).

Prof. Tim Bell will deliver the topic Computational Thinking- What is it, and how can I teach it through engaging “Unplugged” demonstrations. He will show what CT is about, and how teachers can engage their students with it. On the same day, Invited Speech on CT for Everyone will be held by Dr. Li Yue.

Event Website
Event Details
Event Poster

Date:
23 & 28 MAR 2018
 
Title:
Lectures on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education
 
Venue:
The Central Library Lecture Theatre
Lecture theatre, Hong Kong Science Museum
 
Description:
The captioned lectures aims at promoting STEM education. They are also related to History and Archaeology. These lectures enable the public, in particular teachers and students, to learn more about the connections between the development of agriculture, mathematics, science and medicine in China and other countries from ancient to modern times.

The first lecture on “Food Globalization in Prehistory” and the second lecture on “A Wonder of Archaeology in Cereal Fermentation: Thirst for Beer and the Origins of Agriculture” are co-organised by the Joseph Needham Foundation for Science and Civilisation (formerly The East Asian History of Science Foundation) and the Education Bureau. For the second lecture, it is also supported by the Hong Kong Science Museum and the Croucher Foundation.

For the second lecture, schools can also arrange students to visit the permanent exhibition to be held at the Hong Kong Science Museum on the same day. Admission fee for visiting the Museum will be waived.

EDB Circular Memorandum