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M5 Science Projects

Pim, Prim, and Ploy (M5-350) look for Paramecium

M5 Project Presentation Day, February 2016 Ong and Khing (M5-340) check their experiment
This year’s M5 Science Projects looked at improving student promote students' understanding The M5 Science Projects
are already well underway. These confidence when speaking, and of science and how science represent a challenging but
are year-long projects in which all an investigation into Bangkok’s works, through their own open- ultimately rewarding experience
EPTS Science Program students preparedness in the event of an ended investigations. They are for our students. They provide
participate. The students work in Ebola virus outbreak. also encouraged to make links a valuable learning opportunity
small groups on a science project This year’s projects include between what they are learning and one that is relevant whether
of their choice. Students can focus designing a more comfortable in school and how this can relate or not students choose to pursue
on one of the three main fields student backpack, an experiment to society as a whole. In addition, science at a university or as a
of science—biology, chemistry or that aims to discover optimal the projects afford students the career. This is because all of us
physics—or they may opt for a Paramecium growth conditions, opportunity to develop important need to understand how science
project that integrates more than an investigation into the water skills that are increasingly in works if we are to make informed
one area of science. quality in Bangkok, and a look demand by both universities decisions relating to scientific
Last year’s projects included at the potential and physics and employers, such as critical questions that may arise in our
an investigation into materials of kinetic bombardment as a thinking, creativity, problem- lives.
that could be used to improve weapon of mass destruction! solving, collaboration, and the use - A. Adam, EPTS Upper Mathayom Biology
concrete, an experiment that A key aim of the projects is to of ICT to analyze and report data. Teacher & M5 Science Projects Coordinator

Dalton Lab Activities for 2016 – Chemistry

Video Club supporting M5 students in discussions, will discuss opinions
We have set up a video studio, carrying out their science and issues that arise. One aim
complete with a green screen and projects. However, the time is also for this club is to have work
lighting in the Discovery Center. available for other students who published through an appropriate
This is available for student- want help with their homework medium.
centered activities such as or want to perform investigations
presenting work, reports, or ideas of their own. Labs already carried out
in a novel way, and publishing this year include a PbI2
to You Tube or similar outlets. and techniques—for example, Science Lovers Writing Club diffusion experiment, density
We will be running tutorials combining the green screen with Select students and volunteers measurements, solubility lab, and
on the green-screen process time-lapse photography on the will produce articles on various an acidity of salts investigation,
iPhone. This is enough to start the topics in science—fact or fiction, and it is only week 4! Other
creative juices flowing, and then topical, or opinion. Authors will activities to come will include
it is over to the students to start receive expert advice on grammar Foom! a favorite from last year’s
creating…. and style, and their work will M5 class, Bejewelled—the color
receive detailed attention in of ions in solution, and Slime, a
Lab night one-on-one editing sessions. cross-linking experiment.
Tuesday evenings from 4 p.m. The group will read each other’s - A. Kevin Fortune
This is primarily aimed at submissions and during group
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