Ateneo celebrates the 'wonders' of science, math, and technology
In store for this year's SMT Week are the Physics Investigative Project Presentations, SMT Exhibits, Interactive Classes, Bulletin Board Contest, and the grand finale—The Grand Quiz Bowl 2008: Battle of Wizards
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| SCIENCE, MATH AND TECHNOLOGY--THE ATENEO WAY. Pictures attached are photo clips of last year's SMT Week in Ateneo de Iloilo-Santa Maria Catholic School. Similar festive spirit is also expected in this year's (January 21-25) SMT Fair that is themed: "Celebrating the Wonders of SMT." |
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A WEEKLONG festivity highlighting the wonders of Science, Math, and Technology
(SMT) started last January 21, in Ateneo de Iloilo High School Department at Gen. Blanco St., Iloilo City.
In store for this year's SMT Week are the Physics Investigative Project Presentations, SMT Exhibits, Interactive Classes, Bulletin Board Contest, and the grand finale—The Grand Quiz Bowl 2008: Battle of Wizards.
The fair, with a theme "Celebrating the Wonders of SMT," is in line with the school's Golden Jubilee ideals and is aimed to bring students closer, more appreciative with the treasures offered by science, math and technology.
"Science, math and technology are wonderful and indispensable tools to human development," Engr. Herman Lagon, AdI-SMCS high school subject area coordinator for science and technology said, adding, "in fact, they are considered as virtual tripod that supports the weight of reason, the very hotbed of civilization."
"It is, therefore, essential that the flame of awe and marvel among students towards these subjects must be incessantly ignited, especially in school; thus, we mark the SMT Week with all these exhibits, presentations, investigations and contests, to emphasize the importance of this educational triumvirate," Engr. Lagon, national champion of Private Education Retirement Annuity Association (PERAA) Search for Outstanding Teacher 2007, added.
Every noontime, from January 21-24, about 130 investigative projects and science contraptions shall be introduced in carousel fashion by the Ateneo seniors at the school quadrangle. Here, all students, teachers, parents and even visitors are invited to witness how these inventions and researches work while their creators explain its concepts in detail. The presentations include devices such as homemade generators, rockets, electric motors, hydraulic apparatuses, circuits, solar powered machines, air-conditioners, catapults, remote-controlled devices, heat and sound gadgets, electronic thingamabobs, projectors, turbines, gliders, momentum rigs, hovercrafts, and so on.
Hands-on SMT devices will also be in show at the Chemistry and Physics Laboratories of the High School Department in the first four days of the fair. Some of which are Lego-type contrivances that feature common gadgets like real robots, solar-powered cars, and sail boats. There are also about 10 different math games in all shapes and sizes to be introduced complete with doohickeys like sodoku, trigo-geo challenge, and math craze. Also in line are computer-generated science-math games and do-it-yourself pc-science challenges, home economics' show of best works, exhibit of preserved animals, and self-tinkering of digital laboratory instruments like the electron microscopes and a number of electronic scaling equipment.
On the other hand, science interactive-demonstration classes will also be held on these first four days (January 21-24) at the high school's Biology Laboratory with the juniors serving as the student-teachers of the week. Some of the presentations are the "slime," "mystic layers," "spontaneous fires," "smoke producer," and "color changes." Also, more than 12 cork boards in the schools hallway will be re-decorated by students by celebration-inspired furnishings consistent with the SMT Week's theme as part of the SMT Bulletin Board Contest.
In the morning of January 25, all high school students will slug it out in the SMT Quiz Bowl 2008: Battle of Wizards at the school gymnasium. The contest will start with the elimination round that is divided into five major groups, with 100 first-fourth year students per cluster. After series of 12 SMT questions per cluster, only the top 15 per group will proceed to the 75-man semifinal round. Here, only the top 30 will be chosen to go to the Final Level that will determine the Top 10 SMT Wizards of the Year.
Michel Guevara, AdI-SMCS high school department subject area coordinator in math, for his part said, "we are doing this in line with the school's yearlong Golden Anniversary… our own little way of expressing how we value our Ignatian tradition of academic excellence in school."