KUCHING: Acting as a platform to generate innovative ideas, 200 pupils from Year Four to Year Six of SK St Mary participated in a competition.
Jointly organised with the Sarawak Islamic Information Centre (SIIC), the annual competition was part of the activities in the IIC Cares @ Environment 2019 programme aimed to improve and inculcate interest in learning science and technology in children.
SK St Mary’s science teacher Suwiti Abdul Ranee said the competition served to initiate students to generate innovative ideas based on materials given by implementing the acquired scientific knowledge.
“The competition requires the pupils to invent moon rovers by using reusable materials such as mineral water bottles, used straws, paper and strings, etc with their knowledge in STEM and creativity,” she explained at SK St Mary here yesterday.
She added that the students needed to devise solutions to prevent eggs from breaking when falling from a great height, by using straws and masking tape.
“It is to design a “protector” that can prevent the eggs from breaking when dropped from the second floor.
Suwiti said the task would widen a pupil’s perspective about learning science and mathematics (STEM).
“By organising fun and interactive activities, I hope this can help students to get involved in STEM and look forward to developing innovative technology in future.”
In June 2017, Suwiti attended the Honeywell Educators at Space Academy (HESA) Programme for science teachers jointly organised by US Space and Rocket Centre.
She completed 45 hours of classroom and laboratory instructions on science and space exploration in Alabama, USA.
