Monday, April 25, 2011

Professional Development for Science Communicators

Monday 25th April 2011, Kuala Lumpur
A group of science communicators attended a half-day professional development training today. The workshop was conducted to increase their competency in conducting a program called Creative Science for Schools which caters for school children ranging from pre-school to secondary.
The activity called “Energyzer” is all about energy and emphasis is given on renewable energy. In this particular workshop, trainee have hands-on experience in constructing two type of kits; the Hand Generator and Solar Station.
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Jus and Linda searching for the right parts. Farah was quite overwhelmed
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Cooperative learning is part of the action
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The three acts of Nensi and Nuyun
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Participants construct models based on the manual given.
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More actions from the participants.
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We are good to go!
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The car is using solar cells while the energy comes from the spotlight.
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The performance of the car depends on factors such as direct `energy’ received from light source, friction, mass and gears, among others
There are plans for more of such development opportunities in future.

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