Physics

By participating in different off-campus scientific competitions, the STEM Task Force members receive training in design concepts. This encourages them to take the initiative to learn and exert curiosity. They learn to use their own designs to solve problems in life. Under the guidance of a mentor, students learn different techniques, and through the steps of “clarification”, “conception”, “prototyping”, and “verification”, they can integrate engineering thinking into inventions. The following are some of the scientific competitions that our students have participated in in recent years:

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.

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.

In order to stimulate students’ creative thinking through life experience, and actualize their innovative ideas with scientific knowledge to solve various problems around them, our STEM Task Force joined the captioned competition where they designed a variety of products, such as anti-shake drinking fountains, automatic follow-up shopping carts, etc. Their scientific and technological innovation capabilities have been enhanced.

The Physics Department breaks the boundaries of the classroom. We encourage students to face challenges and integrate STEM content in pull-out programmes. Taking the ‘New Energy New Generation Manned Solar Car Competition’ as an example, the teacher led students to make solar cars. Students were responsible for different parts according to their own interests and characteristics, such as tires, frames, embellishment work, etc. Through constant negotiation and trials, we finally overcame all difficulties and successfully completed the learning tasks. In the process, students’ potential was brought into play, eventually their collaboration and communication skills were elevated.

In order to help teenagers who are interested in becoming scientists and engineers, the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences co-organized with the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences and the Hong Kong Science Society and selected a total of 128 “apprentice” students, including our student, Lam Hei Yiu.  The students were paired up with “renowned” scientists in Hong Kong as volunteer teachers for their career planning in the next two years. The mentor and students meet regularly in two years’ time to share research experience.

In the five-day Science and Technology Exploration Exchange Tour to Japan, the participants visited local high-tech electronics companies and learned about the latest artificial intelligence technology. Their creative thinking was stimulated.

Students participated in this programme, sponsored by The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and The Ministry of Education (MOE) of the People’s Republic of China, with a view to improving their understanding of China’s science and technology, broadening their horizons and cultivating their interest in science and technology.

Various technologies are adopted to increase students’ interest in Physics during the production process.

Through university visits, students can experience the most advanced technology and this can enhance students’ interest in undergraduate education.

Physics department has been cooperating with our library to cultivate students’ habits of extensive reading. In the Science Book Fair, physics books and literature housed in our school library are displayed. Students write reading reports to reflect upon what they gain after reading. They read extensively, e.g. the theories of many famous physicists such as Newton and Stephen Hawking.