Science Castle

Organised by the Leave-a-nest Foundation, the Science Castle Conference is the platform that allows High School students from Japan, Singapore and Malaysia to compete in a Research Competition. The theme of the conference is “Advancing Science and Technology for Global Happiness”. The objectives of the conference are:

1. to bring about global happiness through solving global challenges
2. to support young researchers who engage in Scientific and Engineering Research

Three Main Features in Science Castle are:

1. Science and/or Engineering Research Oral and Poster Presentations
2. Networking Session of students from different countries
3. Visits to Singapore’s University and Companies

The Research Competition was held from the 26th to the 27th of March 2017, at the iMDA-Pixel Lab at  Jurong Regional Library , Singapore.

The Theme of the event was “Turning Everyday Wonder into Scientific Adventure”. The judging criteria for the projects included the following:

1. ​demonstration of passion​ in the subject of study

2. development of a sound ​hypothesis​ of the project

3. able to summarize​ the results of the project in a scientific manner

4. able to generate interest in the topics

5. able to clarify the issues related to the research

6. able to conclude the discoveries of the project

Students from the following 3 classes presented the following 4 projects:  

Investigate the torque produced by different motors

S2-01: Liang Ying Hao Matthew, Jonah Choke Ming Kai, Tan Tian Hao (Mentor: Mr John Tan)

Development of a natural pH indicator using common kitchen materials

S2-03: Oh Jun Rong, Keith Tan Wei Zhe, Dominic Lee (Mentor: Mr Goh Yingrui)

Development of a Photovoltaic Biorock System

S2-04: Gabriel Yap Yong Kang, Goh Chin Ray, Lim Hong Wei (Mentor: Mr Ng Guohui)

Investigation of digestion time of different starchy substances

S2-04: Khrisha Mayilsamy, Chloe Wong (Mentor: Mr Ng Guohui)

Khrisha and Chloe’s project achived the Oral Presentation Grand Winner. Their project was not only aligned to the theme of the event, but also met the 6 judging criteria.  Both students and teachers benefitted tremendously from this programme, as it provided the opportunities for Cross-cultural understanding with our foreign delegates as well as opportunities for our students to Communicate their research, which was done as part of the Investigative Skills in Science module in Lower Secondary Science.