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Science



                                                                                                                                    General



                                                                                                                                    Knowledge



                                                                                                                                    Competition





                                                                                                                                                                                                                Jointly reported by:
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Chloe Soh Ke Er Jr2Z(3)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Goh Yu Xin Sr1ScD
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Grace Low Shing Wei Sr2ScA



                                                                                                                                   On the 7th of June 2022,  text  each other  during  the  to  be  a bit  tough and  45
                                                                                                                                   Kuen Cheng High School  competition to discuss their  minutes was clearly not
                                                                                                                                   Science           Experiment answers. However, googling  enough  for some  of  them
                                                                                                                                   Club organized a science  or  other forms  of research  to finish all  the questions.

                                                                                                                                   competition that was open  were forbidden during the  As a result, quite a few
                                                                                                                                   to all Kuen Cheng students  competition.                           teams failed to submit the
                                                                                                                                   to take part in. The aim of                                        Google Form  in time  and
                                                                                                                                   this competition was to  In the preliminary round,  were eliminated from the

                                                                                                                                   test students based on their  contestants are required to  competition.
                                                                                                                                   knowledge of science, as  answer 40 Multiple Choice
                                                                                                                                   well as encouraging team  Questions              via    Google Semi-final rounds were
                                                                                                                                   spirit.                           Form within 45 minutes.  held the next day, and rules

                                                                                                                                                                     10 groups who submitted  were altered. Contestants
           The                                                                                                                     The competition was held  their answers fastest and  had to answer questions
           award                                                                                                                   via Zoom video platform.  most accurately would be  that were displayed on the
           ceremony                                                                                                                Both Junior and Senior  qualified for the semifinals.  screen. There were a total of

                                                                                                                                   contestants entered their  But apart from the results,  40 questions plus 10 bonus
                                                                                                                                   respective zoom meeting  they were keener towards  questions. It is basically an
           V-Zhen and became the unformidable champion.
                                                                                                                                   rooms. Later, they were  seeing how well the team  oral contest where speed
                                                                                                                                   briefed on the rules of the  members                distributed and accuracy win points.
           As a former member of her elementary school table tennis team, she was proud to win

           the competition and looked forward to participating in the competition the following                                    competition. The person  their questions and had  The                      contestants     would
           year.                                                                                                                   in     charge     encouraged discussions with each other. comment “Me” in the chat
                                                                                                                                   the contestants to work                                            box, and the fastest team
                                                                                                                                   as  a team.  Form  of  A major problem most  to comment “Me” after the
           During the award ceremony, Madam Chong Siew Fah, the School Administrator,
           presented the third to first runner-ups and the champion with medals. She then gave                                     communication was not  contestants                faced     was host entered a dividing line

           a brief speech, hoping that similar activities would be held again. With that, the event                                limited, team members  the lack of time, as they  had the right to answer the
           came to a close.                                                                                                        were allowed to call or  considered the questions  question displayed. The


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