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Schools. (S-2) Creative Science Story Competition for Primary Schools 2021

(submission by Nov) P.7-11 Chemistry News – (C1) Hong Kong Chemistry Olympiad for Secondary School

is BACK!!! – submission by Mar-2022. (C2) From global climate impact to batteries (C3) International Chemistry Quiz (ICQ, previously named as ANCQ (Australian Chemistry) 2021 (C4) DSE Chemistry Mock Exam in Dec. (ALL Centres full but teachers could organize their own exams!) P.12-19

Biology News – (B-1) Hong Kong Biology Literacy Award (15/1/2022) -- Ongoing application P.20-21

Physics News – (P-1) DSE Physics Mock Exam in Dec. (ALL Centres full but teachers could organize their own exams!) P.22

Maths News -- New Maths Teachers Induction Program (17/12/2021) – application due by 6/12/2021 P.22

Calling for Articles of HKASME Journal – P23 Resources Collection -- Stock is LOW! … “Element Cubes”! “Element Packs”!

New “Periodic Table items” P.24-28

… -- What is COP26? Will you encourage

your students to join ... ? What Science & Maths are linked? .... >> ...... Check News items in this mailpack ...or https://ukcop26.org/

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little creativity, using the tools available, you can still teach effectively even from 2 m away.

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Council News More Activities resumed ... under the shadow of pandemic ...

Two months of schooling under the new pandemic situation – lucky that there are no serious issues in schools. We hope this trend could be maintained for the year 2021-22. And, you could check that there are more SME activities resume in this mailpack – the DigiScience, Chemistry Olympiad, Biology Literacy Award, Maths Teachers induction, .... (most applied online at www.hkasme.org)

Most news items will link with the HOT global issue of “Climate Change”. The COP26 (UN Conference) will be held from 31/10 to 12/11/2021 in UK, this affect everyone on Earth. Would you mention this to your student and / or even encourage them to do something within your subject activities? You may even share your experience (activity report or lesson involved) with us in the year through this mailpack or our yearly Teachers’ Journal by sending your notes to us via email. Living with the pandemic, one needs to be patient for delay. Eventually, we have the Chemistry ICQ (previously named ANCQ) results back in October and the Office works very hard to have all certificates and related documents packed for School collection. The delayed results is due to pandemic with some regions have the ICQ run lately (and India [with high participation every year] is missing from this round of statistics). From the overall global participation, Hong Kong should be proud to have a very high rate (around 3000) amongst all regions. For actual results, the top scorers (ALL correct) still maintain high (around 80 this year). However, the overall average results drop a bit. This is in line with the trend that we (our Science Assessment Test last year) and other research organizations have discovered that during the pandemic, the top students could maintain their standards while others (especially the mid- to low-achievers) have their academic standards dropped! Some teachers even phone up the Office asking if the results are alright and we could only answer that the report is a real fact! So, teachers need to alert their teaching strategies in how to make up for virtual learning (less face-to-face teaching), especially for those who are weak. Such students really need alternative learning strategies and more stimuli and feedback should be given to such students. . Another common situation is that when new activities are posted, teachers are more eager than before to fill up the places in most cases. So, we could only remind teachers to apply as early as possible to maintain places for yourself and your students. Keep an eye on the WWW and check frequently.

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Office still open (10 am to 5 pm):MON to FRI in Summer

Phone (23330096, 23337602) ++ ONLINE data & order

Chemistry Olympiad for Sec. Schools – Theme: “Chemistry of Alcohol”

Briefing Session (6/11/2021 via ZOOM)... Submission due by 11/3/2022.

Check WWW for details of regulations & submission

Chemistry Mock Exam in Dec / Jan

All Centres filled. Teachers could arrange OWN school Exams.

NOTE that if work at Exam Centres: need to fill in “Health Declaration Form” & bring it to the Centre!!!

Physics Mock Exam in Dec / Jan

All Centres filled. Teachers could arrange OWN school Exams.

NOTE that if work at Exam Centres: need to fill in “Health Declaration Form” & bring it to the Centre!!!

New Maths Teachers’ Induction Program

17/12/2021 [FRI] Apply online due by 6/12/2021

Digi-Science Video Competition (2021-22)

Theme: “Materials Testing Science in Daily Life”

Apply online & Submission Due by 5/3/2022.

Hong Kong Biology Literacy Award (15/1/ 2022)

Apply online -- due by 30/11/2021

First-come-first serve

Hong Kong Creative Science Story Competition for Primary School 2021

Registration completed – Submission by 20/11/2021

Check emailed registration No. for submission (done online)

ICQ (chemistry) 2021 – (previous ANCQ)!

Results & Reports back to Schools (from 20/10/2021 onwards).

Teachers could still order the PAST ANCQ papers for their reference.

Publication of SME Journal Completed & mailed to ALL schools

Released by new Sch. Year. You could submit your articles via email to us.

>> As the spread of Coronovirus is still developing with weird patterns, no one is sure of anything in the coming months. In case that the activities have to be cancelled, the most update information will be posted via our webpage: www.hkasme.org.

Mail Pack Nov 2021 / p. 6 >>> For some routine activities, regret that they have to be cancelled or delayed!!! If you have any suggestion that they could be handled safely, please forward to our managers for consideration in the New School Year 2021-22!!! Resources for New Year (2021-22)- “Element cubes”, “metal packages”, New “Periodic

Table” items !!! Check details at end of this Mailpack. --- Ordering References / Materials -->> phone up the Office for order & enquiries. Check update catalogue at www.

Some books (Maths & Chem) are on sale .... about 50% OFF! -->> CHECK at office!

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*** << STEM Corner >>*** (ST-1) << STEM for ALL & the Climate Crisis >>

>> What is COP26? It is the UN Climate Change Conference (from 31/10 to 12/11/2021, delayed a year due to pandemic!) Climate change affects everyone!

The COP26 summit will bring parties around the World to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ... : to: protect and restore ecosystems. build defences, warning systems and resilient infrastructure and agriculture to avoid loss of homes, livelihoods and even lives. • What are you doing about climate change? What local projects and programmes would you like to share? • How does climate change impact you, your family, your community? • If you could tell decision-makers at COP26 one thing, what would this be? Reference: https://ukcop26.org/events/stem-and-the-climate/ ((=========================================


** Science News ** -- (S-1) Digi-Science Video Production Competition for Hong Kong Secondary Schools

(2021-22) ...

** Submission due by 5/3/2022. ** ** Briefing Session on 6/11/2021 (SAT) via ZOOM – apply online! ** <<< Add in Digi_Sci data here >> ((===========================================

** Primary Science News **

** (S-2) Creative Science Story Competition for Primary Schools 2021 Already registered students should submit articles via online by 20/11/2021 with the given “registration number” This is a NEW activity for primary students. Due to the pandemic, cancellation of the routine activities for the year had stirred up a lot of enquiries (over phone / email). Eventually, the subject committee has come up with this new competition which encourage students to think about science and our daily life issues -- “A science story about vaccine”. Flexibility of presentation had been allowed and hope this could arouse the creativity skills of our students. ((===========================================


Hong Kong Chemistry Olympiad & “ Digi-Science” Video Production

Competition for HK Sec. Schools 2021-2022Briefing Session with Science Talk Application Form

HKChO Theme: Chemistry of Alcohols (醇。化學) Digi-Science Theme: Materials Testing Science in Daily Life –日常中的材料檢測科學

Deadline : Nov1, 2021 (Monday)

Date: Nov 6, 2021 (Saturday), 9:15 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Venue: Zoom Meeting – online details will be released to participants after registration. Target

Audience:

F.3-F.6 Science students, Science subject teachers 先到先得

Organizer: HKASME & HKCTC Enquiry: Tel: 2333 0096 Fax: 2333 3355Online

Application

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(“ Digi-Science” Video Production Competition for Hong Kong Secondary Schools 2021-2022 ) Regulations

1. Aims The competition aims at:

- promoting students’ interest in learning Science; - developing students’ problem solving, communication and science process skills through

demonstrating and explaining interesting experiments; - encouraging students to communicate scientific ideas to the public in a meaningful and creative

way; and - raising students’ awareness of testing and certification and its importance to their daily life. 2. Participants’ Qualification

Participant must be a secondary student of a whole-day school. 3. Requirement of Entry (a) Theme:

Materials Testing Science in Daily Life “日常中的材料檢測科學”

(b) Video: - The duration of the video should be not exceeding 2 minutes. - The science experimental work should be conducted in the school laboratory using materials

obtained at home, schools or any daily products. Risk assessment should be conducted before starting the experiment. Supervision from the teacher should be provided when the students carrying out the experiments.

- The content could be presented in either Chinese or English. Mixed language is not accepted.

- The content should not be promoting any product brands and should not display the brand name or logo of any products;

- The video should be uploaded on YouTube (URL: www.youtube.com) before submitting the Application Form and the report.

(c) Report: - The video should be accompanied by a report including the experimental principle and the

safety-related aspects for the experiment. The coverage of the report should not exceed four single sided A4 papers (including reference sheet). The idea can be illustrated by texts, diagrams or photos, etc.

- The report shall have a cover page with the title of the video. School logo or name should be avoided on any work, otherwise participants may be disqualified.

- The language used in the report should be consistent with that used in the video. 4. Rules

Mail Pack Nov 2021 / p. 10 (a) The competition consists of Junior Secondary Division and Senior Secondary Division:

1. Junior Secondary Division: Students of S1 to S3. 2. Senior Secondary Division: Students of S4 or above.

(b) Teams, comprising not more than three students in a team, must be nominated by schools. Each school can nominate a maximum of two teams and each team can only submit one entry. A team who submits more than one entry will be disqualified.

(c) Each entry should include a video and a report. (d) Entries must be the participants’ original work that have not been published previously, nor

submitted for other competitions. (e) Entries must not infringe any intellectual property rights or any other rights of any third party. 5. Submission of Entries The report(s) for the video(s) should be submitted together with the attached Application Form via schools by post to “Hong Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education, Rm 114, 1/F., Po On Court, 1 Po On Road, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon”. Please mark clearly on the envelope “Digi-science”. The deadline for the entry submission is 5 Mar 2022 (Saturday) (the postal chop date will be the date of receipt). 6. Judging

(a) The judging panel for the competition will comprise representatives from HKCTC and HKASME. (b) Entries will be marked according to the following criteria:

- How the experiment and the report are presented and elaborated; - Whether the idea of experiment is creative; and - Whether the entry is interesting, original, scientifically accurate and engaging to ordinary

audience. 7. Awards (a) The competition consists of the following awards for each junior secondary and senior

secondary levels: - One Champion : One trophy and book coupons worth HK $1,000 - One first runner-up : One trophy and book coupons worth HK $800 - One second runner-up : One trophy and book coupons worth HK $600 - Two merit awards : One award certificate and book coupons worth HK $300 each (b) All participants will receive a certificate of participation. (c) Winners will be notified of the competition results before end of March, 2022 and be invited to

receive their awards in a prize-giving ceremony, details of which will be given in due course.

Copyright The organisers reserve the right to publish in full or part of the entries. All entries will not be returned to schools.

For details, please visit our website: www.hkasme.org


Appendix I

(“Digi-Science” Video Production Competition for Hong Kong

Secondary Schools 2021-2022)

Application Form (Submission deadline: 5 Mar 2022(Saturday ))

To: Hong Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education, Fax No.: 2333 3355

I nominate __________ team(s) of students(1)(2) to participate in the captioned competition. I

certify that all entries are the original work of my students. The following are the details of participating students and their video:

Participating Team(s) : Team A Team B (if any)

Class Name Email Class Name Email

Division: Junior / Senior* secondary Division: Junior / Senior* secondary

Title of the video:

Title of the video:

URL of the video:

URL of the video:

Responsible Teacher(s) :

Mr / Ms* Mr / Ms*

Email: Email: * Please delete as appropriate Note: (1) Each school can nominate up to two teams of students and each team should not consist of more than 3 students.

(2) Each team can only submit one entry.

School Name:

School Tel. No.:

Name of Principal:

Signature of Principal:

Date: School Chop


** Chemistry News ** (C1) “The Chemistry Olympiad for Hong Kong Secondary Schools” is BACK!

Theme: “Chemistry of Alcohol” ... submission due by 11/3/2022. Briefing Session via ZOOM on 6/11/2021. All application online!!!

<< add in the Chem O data here >> (C2) COP26 and Batteries ...

New recycle processes for Car Lithium Batteries.

How could chemistry help in combating climate change? Any stimuli from the COP26? Would you alert your students about the COP26 and / or uses of batteries in our daily life?

e-vehicles will be more popular as Hong Kong has agreed to reach carbon neutral in 2050. Green energy strategies are to be followed and thus more waste lithium batteries are to be handled in coming years!

At present, Hong Kong has not enough formal recycle facilities to handle the increasing number of car batteries (whether it be old "lead batteries" or the new "lithium batteries"). According to the UK, a tsunami of electric vehicles is expected in rich countries, as car companies and governments pledge to ramp up their numbers – there are predicted be 145m on the roads by 2030. But while electric vehicles can play an important role in reducing emissions, they also contain a potential environmental timebomb: their batteries. By one estimate, more than 12m tons of lithium-ion batteries are expected to retire between now and 2030.

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school students on the relevance of chemistry in an exciting and stimulating way. The RACI invites all students to participate in the ICQ.

The ICQ aims to promote interest in chemistry and the role of chemists in our society. The ICQ is not a nationwide assessment of chemistry knowledge, but rather an opportunity to promote chemistry and for teachers to gauge the understanding their students have of the subject.

Level of Award (with certificates): Award Description HD Excellence Top scorers (30 out of 30): with additional “excellence badge” award High distinction Top 10% in the region Distinction Next 15% (10 to 25%) Credit Next 15% (25 to 40%) Participation All others ANCQ / ICQ Figures (all countries) from 2016 to 2021 (2020 is suspended)!!:

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 No. of country /region

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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 No. of Schools

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ANCQ / ICQ Average Score of each Level (Hong Kong): {No. of participants}

Mail Pack Nov 2021 / p. 15 Year \ Level: F.3 (Yr 7/8) F.4 (Yr 9/10) F.5 (Yr 11) 2016 22.1 22.6 21.7 2017 23.9 19.2 20.9 2018 20.8 {698} 18.9 {1846} 22.0 {1661} 2019 24.5 {737} 18.3 {1791} 22.7 {1441} 2020 Suspended X X 2021 24.4 {392} 19.8 {1183} 22.6 {1306} TOP scorers [all 30 correct! – 80 in 2021 from over 30 schools] : Year 8 (30), 10 (7) and Year

11 (43). Each student will receive a copy of his results with analysis of all questions. The teacher will receive data of his school as well as compared with overall data of Hong Kong.

Hence, this is a very good and easy administrated quiz that bring insights about the students' learning potential in the subject. ALL questions are MC (30 in total). ALL questions are syllabus-free -- that is, most ask for comprehensive skills with basic chemical principles (one of the 21st C skills that STEM would like to develop).

Students could choose their own set of paper for the competition. That is, a F.3 student could take a paper at F.4 level. This also serves as one award that students could be used for JUPAS.

Past Papers are available from the HKASME Office --- just

phone (2333-0096) for order.

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Hong Kong Chemistry Olympiad for Secondary Schools (2021 - 2022)

Information Sheet

The Hong Kong Chemistry Olympiad for Secondary Schools is a project learning competition jointly organized by the Hong Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education (HKASME), the Hong Kong Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry. It aims at promoting the interest of students in learning Chemistry and developing students’ problem solving, communication and science process skills through project learning. Details of the Olympiad are given below:

Theme Chemistry of alcohol (醇.化學)Participants Each team comprises three to five Secondary 3-6 students and each school can present a maximum of two

teams of students to compete in the Olympiad. Rules for the competition

(a) Students will design and work on their own project in school. The project should include experimental work.

(b) Each team of students should write up a report to give a concise and well-ordered account of their project including the objectives, an abstract of not more than 200 words, principles, experimental methods, presentation and interpretation of results, discussions, conclusions and references.

(c) No school logo or name should appear on any works, otherwise participants will be disqualified.

(d) The Competition consists of two rounds. A preliminary screening based on the written reports and all presentation materials will be conducted. The best 6-10 teams (approximate) will be invited to attend the Final Round Competition.

(e) During the Final Round Competition, each team is allowed to give a 10-minute presentation, including a maximum of 7 minutes to report their project and 3 minutes to play the video showing their experiment. After each presentation, there will be 7 minutes for the team to respond to questions raised by the panel of judges and the audience. The softcopies of PowerPoint, video, report, abstract and summary should be stored in a CD-R and submit to the HKASME before the Final Round Competition.

(f) If finalist teams participate in other competitions, they should notify the organizing committee as soon as possible so that proper arrangement could be made.

(g) Students can only use either Chinese or English in their project report/website and presentation. Mixed mode of both languages is not allowed.

(h) Schools will be responsible for the production costs of their projects.

Adjudication The panel of judges comprises representatives from the organizers. All projects will be judged according to the following criteria: (a) whether the project is relevant to the theme of the Olympiad, (b) whether the chemical principles described are sound and whether the methods used are reliable, (c) whether the project describes a novel but significant experience and can be used or applied in other

areas, (d) whether the presentation is clear and convincing, and (e) other criteria as deemed appropriate by the panel of judges. The preliminary screening will focus on the quality of projects. The final adjudication will focus on the overall performance of the team on the day of the final round competition.

Awards Gold, silver and bronze medals will be presented to members of the first three winning teams. A trophy will be presented to the school of the champion team for its retention for one year. Certificates and souvenirs will also be given to all members of the finalist and commendable teams.

Deadline for 11 Mar, 2022 (Fri) before 5:00 p.m.

Submission (to the HKASME office)


Enquiries Enquiries regarding the Olympiad may be directed to Miss CHU of HKASME at 2333 0096, For more details, please visit our website: www.hkasme.org.

Copyright The organizers reserve the right to publish in full or part of the entries. All entries will not be returned to schools.

Safety Matter

All participating schools should take all necessary safety precautions and obey laws announced by Education Bureau and other authorities.

Schedule for Hong Kong Chemistry Olympiad for

Secondary School 2021-2022 Date Detail

Nov. 6, 2021 (Sat) Briefing Session with Science Talk Venue: By Zoom Time: 9:30 a.m.– 11:00 a.m.

Dec. 17, 2021 (Fri) Before 5:00pm

Deadline for submission of application forms for the Olympiad.

An application form (Appendix I) is attached.

Mar. 11, 2022 (Fri) Before 5:00pm

Deadline for submission of written reports and any supporting materials (for website report, please store in a CD-R). All materials should be submitted through the Responsible Teacher to: Mr. Ricky Yeung Room 114, 1/F, Po On Court 1-15 Po On Road, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon.

Mar. 25, 2022 (Fri) Announcement of result for entering (around 6-10 teams)

Apr. 16, 2022 (Sat) Final Competition and Award Ceremony Time: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Venue: To be confirmed


Appendix I

Application Form (Deadline: 17 Dec 2021(Fri))

Hong Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education Room 114, 1/F, Po On Court 1-15 Po On Road, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon

(Fax no.: 2333 3355)

Hong Kong Chemistry Olympiad for Secondary Schools (2021-2022) I nominate the following team(s)† to participate in the above competition:

Participating Team(s) :

Team A Team B (if any)

Class

Name

Class

Name

English (in block letters) Chinese English (in block letters) Chinese

E-mail of team leader: E-mail of team leader:

Responsible Teacher(s) :

Team A: Dr/Mr/Ms* e-mail:

Team B: Dr/Mr/Ms* e-mail:

† Each team comprises three to five Secondary 3-6 students and each school can nominate a maximum of two teams of students to compete in the Olympiad. * Please delete whichever is inappropriate

Signature of Principal :

Name of Principal :

School :

Tel. No. :

Fax No. :

Date :


Appendix II

Hong Kong Chemistry Olympiad for Secondary Schools (2021-2022)

Reports and Presentation Materials Submission Form

Name of School :

Name of Team : Team A

Project Title :

Name of Team : Team B

Project Title :

Signature of Principal :

Name of Principal :

Date :


Biology News (B-1) H ong Kong Biology Literacy Award ( 15/1/2022 at Exam centre)

** apply online DUE by 30/11/2021.

In order to further promote the learning morals among ALL secondary school Biology students, the Hong Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education (HKASME), together with Royal Society of Biology – HK Branch, The Education University of Hong Kong and The University of Hong Kong will organize the above captioned event. Students of your school are now strongly encouraged to participate. Details are described as follows:

Aims (a) To stimulate students’ active interest in Biology (b) To challenge and expand their talents; and (c) To enhance their scientific literacy; and (d) To widen their exposure in cutting-edge biological knowledge and innovation.

Regulations and Eligibility

(a) Students MUST be in S3 to S6 in the academic year 2021-2022. (b) Students SHOULD form a group with 4 students. (Students who fail to form group

will NOT be eligible for taking part in the presentation contest regardless of their scores)

(c) Number of teams nominated by each school is 2 teams, however, if the quotas are exceeded in the first round of enrolment, places will be allocated automatically to FIRST team of each school ONLY.

Fee $500 per team (Include administration, marking, analysis report and certificates) Academic Advisor

Dr. YIP, Valerie Wing-yan (Division of Science, Mathematics and Computing, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong)

Application Deadline

30 November 2021 (Tuesday)

This competition includes the (I) Heat and (II) 3-minute presentation contest cum Prize Presentation Ceremony. 10 TEAMS with HIGHEST AVERAGE SCORES in the Heat will enter the 3-minute presentation. (I) Details of the Heat:

Date: Session: Venue: Assessment:

15 January 2022 (Saturday) Five Sessions 1st Session: 09:00 - 10:00 2nd Session: 11:00 - 12:00 3rd Session: 13:00 - 14:00 4th Session: 15:00 - 16:00 5th Session: 17:00 - 18:00 (All participants will be notified of their respective assigned assessment sessions before the

assessment date.) (Note: place are limited, please apply as early as possible) Kit Sam Lam Bing Yim Secondary School, 9 Fu Mei Street, Wang Tau Hom. Individual 1-hour test with 60 multiple-choice questions


Scope: Awards:

Questions are set in 3 areas: (1) Scientific inquiry; (2) Nature of science; (3) STEM Education; and (4) Science, technology, social & environment connection. Note 1: The areas covered are NOT limited to HKDSE Biology curriculum. Note 2: The test paper is set in bilingual format. Individual: First, Second and Third Class Awards. Best School Awards (schools with the average scores of the students ranked in the top eight among all participating schools.)

(II) Details of the 3-minute presentation contest: Date:

Format: Awards:

19 February 2022 (Saturday) 10 TEAMS with HIGHEST AVERAGE SCORES in the Heat. 3-minute presentation & 1.5-minute Q&A session after 30-minute preparation time. The scoring will be based on: (1) Students’ understanding of the selected topic (60%); (2) Students’ presentation and communication skills (20%); and (3) Team spirit (20%) The presentation may be delivered in either Chinese or English. For participating teams: 1) Champion cup; 2) First, Second and Third runners-up and 2 merit awards; 3) Best Q&A Response to two groups. For student audience, 2 Best Questioning Awards.

(III) Enquiries Enquiri

es For any enquiry, please contact Ms. Chu Tel.: 2333 0096, Fax: 2333 3355, Email: [email protected]

(IV) Submission of Entries

Submission of Entries

(On School Basis) The information of Applicants should submit ONLINE (www.hkasme.org). (Please use CHROME BROWSER for online registration). Application Link : https://form.jotform.com/212784371001043 Grateful if it is completed, returned together with a cheque of an appropriate amount, crossed and payable to “HKASME LTD”, to us by 30 November 2021. (Room 114, 1/F, Po On Court,1-15 Po On Road, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon.)

“ Protecting Biodiversity, Protecting Life” ....


Physics News (P-1) DSE Physics Mock Exam in Dec. (ALL Centres full but teachers could organize their own exams!) *** ONE important note about those who take the Exam at Centres: Due to pandemic situation, all students SHOULD prepare the followings BEFORE going to the Exam Centre: 1) The “Health Declaration Form” -- complete that before entering! 2) The “Admission Form” (hard copy) 3) ID card ((============================================================

Maths News

(M1) -- New Maths Teachers Induction Program *** Application online at www.hkasme.org *** 活動：新教師數學研習課程 2021-2022

日期：2021 年 12 月 17 日（星期五）

時間：18：00–20：00

對象：新入職或已入職一至三年的中學數學教師

費用：免費 (限額：60，會員優先取錄，先到先得)

地點：長沙灣天主教英文中學地下學生活動室，九龍長沙灣福榮街 533 號（由於報名情況踴躍，因要保持場地社交距離，早

前報名的同工將被安排出席實體聚會，今後報名的同工將被安排出席網上聚會，連結稍後以電郵通知）

報名方法：

網上報名：https://bit.ly/2Zf1X4d

截止報名日期：2021 年 12 月 6 日。

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Calling for Articles of HKASME Journal (Volume 38) Dear all members, The latest HKASME Journal (Volume 37) had been issued before. I hope you enjoy reading it and your teaching ideas can be inspired.

Meanwhile, please notice that the next HKASME Journal (Volume 38) will be published and issued in September 2022, as what we scheduled before. We are now calling for articles from authors. Would all ‘potential authors’ grasp the valuable chance of sharing your research findings, teaching ideas, views or experiences on any aspects of the education sector? The following ideas are provided for your own thoughts for sharing: Sharing ideas / difficulties in STEM / STEAM education / implementation Difficulties encountered and techniques to overcome in NSS implementation Experiences on handling SBA tasks concerning Science subjects and Liberal Studies Issues concerning the HKDSE examination Teaching ideas on certain topics of Mathematics, Science subjects and Liberal Studies Experiences in organizing teaching and learning activities Book review / Website recommendation The deadline for submission of articles is 30th June 2022. Articles, photos or any other stuff concerned can be sent through email to me ([email protected]) or Miss Chu ([email protected]). Thank you for your help in advance. Thank you for your support to the HKASME Journal for years. Best regards, Dr. AU Siu Chung Journal Editor, HKASME

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