Enrolment for "SciPOP" Science Demonstration Contest 2019 starts
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The contest aims to foster the pursuit of science knowledge among local secondary school students and enhance students' presentation and communication skills. Contestants will be required to conduct a science demonstration with the use of props or hands-on experiments. They can determine their own demonstration topics under the theme "Technology for a Sustainable Future".
Contestants must be full-time Hong Kong secondary school students aged 15 or above (as at December 31, 2018) and shall enter the competition on a school basis. Each school can nominate a maximum of two teams and each team shall comprise four students.
Completed nomination forms should be faxed to 2311 2248 on or before December 28. Schools admitted to the contest will be notified by email at the end of December and by letter in early January next year.
Contestants are required to submit an overview and a trailer of their demonstrations during the preliminary contest from January 1 to February 13, 2019. Finalist teams will be required to conduct a 10-minute science demonstration at the final on April 27. The demonstration may be presented in Cantonese, English or Putonghua.
There will be a champion, a first runner-up, a second runner-up and three merit prizes. The top three winning teams will be entitled to join the Young Scientists Study Tour 2019 to Singapore free of charge, where they may visit the Science Centre Singapore and renowned academic and research institutes, and participate in STEM-related (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workshops.
For details of the contest and application, please refer to the website at hk.science.museum/ms/scipop2019/eindex.html. For enquiries, please call 2732 3220.
Ends/Monday, December 3, 2018
Issued at HKT 15:00
Issued at HKT 15:00
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