Education | Student science projects exhibited at Macau Anglican College

Student Delfina poses besides her work

Approximately 200 science projects made by Macau Anglican College students were on display last week at the school, showcasing design topics such as recycling, natural disasters and physics, among others.

The science exhibition followed a previous one that took place two years ago. Four school grades were involved in the event, which has since become a competition among students.

According to Nausheen Gull, a science coordinator at the college, the science-based competition is organized every two years. This year, eight teachers from the institution formed a jury to evaluate the projects.

“We give them eight weeks to develop the projects,” said Nausheen Gull, adding that during this period, teachers guide the students while parents can provide assistance back home.

Gull said that the top 20 projects, which had been selected from each year’s group through a preliminary assessment, were at the exhibition.

Group and individual participants were divided into different categories for the jury to evaluate. Recognition would be awarded to the top five group projects and top three individual projects of each year, Gull informed the Times.

When questioned about the students’ interest in science programs, the science coordinator revealed that this exhibition is the most popular in the school.

“They are very excited! This is the homework they get more excited about,” said Gull, noting that the students were eager to finish their projects on time.

“They feel very proud, and we receive positive feedback from parents as well,” he added.

Gull told the Times that both genders “have always mixed results. They work the same way.” She also told the Times that the school would love to “extend the students’ work if there ever is a regional science fair or other competitions where students can represent our school.”

“We do have a lot of potential projects which we can do,” said Gull.

High school student Mike and his teammates designed a QR code system which allows people to vote for their favorite projects.

Another student, Delfina, built a small self-made elevator, which was one of the top 20 projects among those of her peers. Delfina told the Times that the idea of making an elevator occurred to her because she has wanted to become an engineer since she was young.

Another student, Alexandre Gomes made a questionnaire that included pictures of a mother, father and four babies, one of whom was the couple’s actual child. 

The objective was for people to correctly match the parents with their baby. Gomes collected the responses of 160 people to reach the final conclusion. Based on responses collected from 160 people, Gomes concluded that, when ascertaining the resemblance between babies and their parents, people tend to perform better with samples of their own race.