Young Professionals Exhibition & Competition 2017

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

STEM Education Series: Sharing on the Good Practices of Promoting STEM Education for Secondary Schools (I) (New)

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

CoolThink@JC Competition 2017

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

 
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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

STEM Education Series: Knowledge Enrichment on STEM Education (I)

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)

SciPOP Science Presentation Contest

Date:
1 Dec 2016 to 27 Apr 2017
 
2017 SciPOP
 
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

Hong Kong Gifted Education Summit and Exhibition STEM Policies and Practices

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
 
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HOUR OF CODE HK (2nd Anniversity)

Date:
4 Dec 2016
 
Title:
HOUR OF CODE HK (2nd Anniversity)
 
Description:
To Celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of Hour of Code HK, we are honored to hold our technology and education carnival in HKSTP Grand Hall, a large venue with 1000sqm! It will be the biggest event ever and it is expected to have nearly 600 or more participants on that day! Free Admission is offered!

From 11a.m., there will be booths held by school and relevant industry to showcase innovation projects and education materials. Start from 2pm, we will have the Opening Ceremony filled with surprise and amazing fun! After the ceremony, we will start a panel discussion on the latest education development of coding in Hong Kong. What’s more, an “Hour of Code” workshop will be held in Function Room for beginners to embark on their coding journey with global students!

For enrollment method and more details, please visit:
http://www.hochk.hk/dec4

The first Google CS4HS workshop program in Hong Kong

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

Hong Kong Secondary Schools 3D Printing Design Competition: “Glamorous Victoria Harbour”

Date:
From late Dec 2016 to early May 2017
 
Deadline of application: 18 Nov 2016
 
Title:
Hong Kong Secondary Schools 3D Printing Design Competition: “Glamorous Victoria Harbour”

 
Description:
With funding support from the Innovation and Technology Commission of the HKSAR Government, and support of the Education Bureau, the Competition will feature the theme of “Glamorous Victoria Harbour”. By using computer-aided design (CAD) software and advanced 3D printing technologies, local secondary students are invited to redesign and fabricate 20 selected Hong Kong landmarks for a Victoria Harbour model which will be made up of more than 1,000 3D-printed objects. This amazing model is expected to create the first Guinness World Record on the largest number of 3D-printed exhibits on a display.

For enrollment method and more details, please visit:
http://events.hkpc.org/255218528/2016173/201617.pdf