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Through the summer time trip, 23 highschool college students from Hong Kong traveled to Macao to discover the mixing of science and expertise in industrial manufacturing and schooling.
Organized by the Hong Kong Younger Academy of Sciences, the tour introduced collectively college students from grades one to 6 from numerous faculties. Highschool college students from Macau additionally joined them on the journey.
The itinerary included visits to the Macau Science Heart, the inauguration ceremony of the Fourth Macau Widespread Colleges Science Exhibition and the Choi Heong Yuen Bakery Manufacturing unit. Anderson Shum, president of the Hong Kong Younger Academy of Sciences and professor within the Division of Mechanical Engineering on the College of Hong Kong, led the journey.
“I hope to offer our college students with extra alternatives exterior of the classroom… As soon as they get their curiosity piqued, they’ll be capable to provide you with extra modern concepts, and the following step for us ( educators) is to assist them put their concepts into follow. motion,” he stated.
Talking on the inauguration ceremony of the colleges’ joint science exhibition, Shum stated the occasion would assist develop scientific expertise within the Higher Bay Space.
College students go to the Macau Science Heart on August 29. Picture: Sue Ng
“(The Macau Science Expo) encourages college students to consider how we will leverage expertise, particularly AI, to enhance our lives and obtain one thing we could not obtain earlier than. And this subject is finest addressed by our younger folks… as a result of it permits them to suppose prematurely about how expertise can form our cities and profit totally different teams,” he stated.
Lezita Ng, 17, chairwoman of the scholar preparation committee for the exhibition, launched this yr’s theme, clever transformation.
“The final word purpose of sensible transformation is to enhance the competitiveness of native industries in addition to the standard of services and products,” stated the sixth-grade pupil from Pui Ching Center Faculty (Macau). “College students are inspired to discover declining industries with modern concepts. »
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To advertise debate on synthetic intelligence in schooling, the scholar committee additionally organized a “Good Schooling Discussion board” with the Hong Kong Younger Academy and the College of Hong Kong on August 24.
All these actions are a part of Hong Kong’s efforts to strengthen STEM (science, expertise, engineering, arts and arithmetic) schooling in faculties.
In his first coverage speech final October, metropolis chief John Lee set a purpose of getting at the very least 35 p.c of scholars research STEAM topics at publicly funded universities inside the subsequent 5 years. It tasked public major and secondary faculties to arrange STEAM actions every year and appoint coordinators to plan STEAM instructional initiatives.
A photograph of the inauguration ceremony of the 4th Macau Colleges Joint Science Exhibition on August 29. Picture: Sue Ng
In June, the Schooling Bureau unveiled two educating modules on innovation and expertise (I&T) schooling for major and secondary faculties to assist academics combine I&T components into lecture rooms. class.
Hong Kong college students who participated within the Macau journey had the prospect to discover real-world functions of science and expertise.
Lau Equipment-fai, 17, from King’s School in Sai Ying Pun, stated the journey had been eye-opening. “After speaking with college students in Macau, I realized concerning the integration of STEAM into the curriculum and the self-directed studying method in Macau, which supplies a mannequin for me (in my research).”
The scholars visited the Choi Heong Yuen Bakery manufacturing unit in Macau to learn the way expertise is used on the manufacturing line. Picture: Sue Ng
The Kind Six pupil was impressed by the Macau Science Centre. “They current totally different scientific matters in 13 galleries, similar to robotics and acoustics, which is totally different from the Hong Kong Science Museum.”
Au Yeung-yuet, 16, was fascinated by the go to to Choi Heong Yuen Bakery. “It’s an ideal instance of how the mixing of standard (work) and expertise helps older folks survive,” stated a fifth-year pupil from St Stephen’s Ladies’ School.
“In the event that they solely used machines, not solely would almond cookies lose their conventional style, however it will additionally trigger many employees to lose their jobs. »
