STEM Education
The STEM curriculum of our school is dedicated to nurturing women’s achievements in the field of science-related disciplines and mathematics, and can be summarized as the “GIRLS” course elements:
- “G”uided knowledge construction
- “I”CT for learning
- “R”eal-world problem-solving and innovation
- “L”earning with self-regulation
- “S”uccessful collaboration
Our STEM-related subjects emphasize students’ active participation in exploring and developing knowledge and inspire students’ enquiry-based learning and an innovative mind. In order to achieve these, one element we incorporate in our teaching materials is authentic scenarios of everyday life where there are challenges or problems to be solved. Students are to manipulate cross-discipline knowledge and skills to contemplate and implement solutions. Examples of such a learning mode include designing smart home components and smartphone apps, using artificial intelligence for face and text recognition, growing organic vegetables using light emitting diodes and implementing food testing, etc. To complement such innovative teaching initiatives, the school offers various modes of learning and teaching through information technology in order to raise the effectiveness of learning such as virtual-reality in the classroom. Such modes of learning engage students and deepening their understanding of what they have learnt.
Competition-based training - STEM Task Force
By participating in different off-campus scientific competitions, our gifted students in STEM are trained in terms of design thinking and curiosity. Active learning is promoted as a result. With coaches’ guidance, students learn different techniques, and through the steps of “clarification”, “conception”, “prototyping”, and “verification”, they can integrate engineering thinking into inventions, such as designing ‘Smart Walking Stick’, participating in Gerontech Carnival, etc. We were interviewed by The Hong Kong Economic Journal for our development in this field.
Research-based training to nurture scientific research talents
KTL Scientific Research Team is led by the Biology and Chemistry Departments. Our tutors are dedicated to training the gifted students’ research mentality, and to nurture students who are interested in university studies in medicine and science. Under the coaches’ guidance, students read a large amount of research-related scientific literature and research reports in order to find applicable science and technology theories and continuous improvement strategies.
‘Distinguished Master Accomplished Students’ mentorship programme
In order to help teenagers who are interested in becoming scientists and engineers, the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences co-organized the programme with the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences and the Hong Kong Science Society and selected a total of 128 “apprentice” students, who were then paired up with 33 “renowned” scientists in Hong Kong as volunteer teachers for their career planning in the following two years. Our student, Lam Hei Yu had Professor Chan Fan Cheong, former President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, as her mentor.
KTL STEM Hub
All STEM subjects collaborate to organise STEM workshops for students to gain some hands-on experience of some short and interesting scientific experiments with advanced instruments in the afternoon. Students can learn science with fun, thereby arousing their interest in learning science.
Learning without Boundaries: Global STEM Experience
STEM education can widen students' horizons and enhance their creative thinking through different forms of experience activities.
The Belt and Road Initiative Exchange Tour to Russia
Huawei is an important information technology company in Russia. Students visited Huawei’s local technology exhibition hall to learn about the application of 5G technology and information technology in future cities.
Science and Technology Exploration Exchange Tour to Japan
In a five-day exchange in Japan, students visited local high-tech electronics companies and learnt about the latest artificial intelligence technology to stimulate their innovative mind.
STEM Discovery Tour to Korea
Students visited the local automotive industry and technology company development to learn about the latest technology information (such as earthquake detection) and the culture of local science and technology innovation. Not only has the tour broadened students’ horizons, it has also ignited their passion for learning science.
National University Science Camp (Nanjing)
At Nanjing University, participants exchanged with outstanding high school students and college students from all over China. They attended lectures and workshops organized by top professors, and cultivated students’ scientific talents.
Tencent Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Youth Camp (Shenzhen)
Students from Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangdong participated in a wealth of exciting scientific research experiences, so as to arouse their concern toward the future development of technology and the Internet. Students can learn about the development of artificial intelligence (AI), try to operate drones and experience a simulation of chariots.
Greater Bay Area STEM Flash Tour
Students visited the local aircraft manufacturing plant in Zhuhai and observed the aircraft solely developed by China.
NetDragon VR / AR Experience Production Summer Camp
Our students participated in the technology VR / AR experience production summer camp organized by NetDragon. They experienced the application of the latest technology during the summer camp.
Achievements and Awards
Fintech Application and Innovation Interschool Competition
In 2019, our students, Chan Ka Yan and Kwok Tsang In, won the Hong Kong Championship and the Best Presentation Award in the “Fintech Application and Innovation Inter-school Competition” organized by the Department of System Engineering and Engineering Management of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Fun Science Contest 2018 (First Prize)
Our S3 students participated in a fun science competition organized by the Hong Kong Science Museum. They applied STEM knowledge to complete the assigned tasks and were rewarded with a first prize.
Wireless Positioning Treasure Hunt
In this competition, students were required to make use of electronic maps, global positioning systems and other technologies to reach the designated destination and complete specific projects in the shortest time. Four of our S4 students taking ICT defeated 48 teams and won the championship.
NetDragon VR Design Competition
Three students from Campus TV participated in the VR design competition hosted by NetDragon and won the best VR design championship.
“Innovation and Technology Dream” Robot Festival
Our S3 students participated in the “Innovation and Technology” Robot Festival held by the Kowloon City District. They used Dash & Dot robots for programming tasks and won the Robot Teamwork Award.
CLP Smart Metropolis Innovation Energy Competition
Our students got inspiration from the Venetian blinds. They added solar tracking system to the water-cooled wall design to improve the city’s energy efficiency and building energy efficiency. Their design won the Merit Award.
“Personal Data Privacy Guard” Mobile App Design Competition
In June 2018, twelve S5 and S6 students of our school participated in the “Personal Data Privacy Guardian” mobile application design competition organized by the “Hong Kong Personal Data Privacy Commissioner’s Office”. One team won the Merit Award.
STEM Fun Day to promote Science Education
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The scientific experience activities are jointly designed by the teachers and students of our school. Primary school students from all districts are invited to participate in the STEM Fun Day.
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Led by our students, participants combine technology and scientific principles in creative ways, such as the production of molecular foods and holographic images. Parent-child science workshops and STEM competitions ignite primary school students’ interest in science and understanding in scientific knowledge. The success of STEM Fun Day shows KTL students’ ability to apply and explain scientific theories.
Mathematics - Participation in the “Seed” project of the Education Bureau
To develop experiential learning courses
- The Mathematics Department has cooperated with the Education Bureau for many years to jointly develop a number of “Seed” programs in different fields, and is committed to adding experiential learning courses that are closely related to life in the secondary school curriculum, such as calculating the best angle for girls’ “selfie”, ” Whoever freezes to death first “and so on.
- Mathematics teachers are often invited by different groups as guest speakers to disseminate the teaching achievements of the “Seed” project.
ICT- Collaboration with Sense Time to provide artificial intelligence (AI) courses
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The ICT Department collaborates with Sense Time to promote artificial intelligence teaching. It uses the teaching platforms, courses and teaching materials written by Sense Time.
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Our school has become a partner school of the project. After the training of ICT teachers, students of S2 and S3 will be selected to join the pilot programme at the City University of Hong Kong for further training.
Science – Participation in the EDB's school-based support program
To develop an inquiry-based STEM interdisciplinary collaboration course
- The Science Department participates in the school-based support program of the Education Bureau, regularly communicates with co-workers of the Education Bureau and affiliated schools, and jointly organize an inquiry-based “Chocolate Factory” course.
- Through the discussion of lesson plans, class observation, and post-lesson conferences, teachers collaborate to improve students’ level of thinking and their abilities to apply knowledge of different disciplines of STEM-related subjects.
Chemistry - Collaboration with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
To support the research work of the True Light Scientific Research Team
- In order to support the development of the KTL Scientific Research Team, our Chemistry Department and the Department of Chemistry of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology provide valuable advice for our school-based research.
- Students have the opportunity to share their research work in Professor Lin Zhenyang’s laboratory.
Biology - invited Mr To Yiu Kwan
- The Biology Department invited Mr To Yiu Kwan, the former principal of True Light Girls’ College and the writer of the best-seller Biology textbooks to teach students the effective ways of studying the subject.