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Deep Dive into Science Week
                                                     Deep Dive into Science Week















            Inexpressibly  groundbreaking  and  enlightening,  Kuen  between  truth  and  falsehood,  thus  allowing  countless
            Cheng High School Science Week 2023 proved itself to  misconceptions to emerge through the depths of all that
            be one of the most memorable highlights of the year. In  is unknown and uncertain. Hence, it reveals the intended
            order  to  delve  deeper  into  the  workings  behind  this  purpose of the event, which is to encourage students to
            extraordinary  event,  the  Kuen  Cheng  Newsletter  Club  plunge beneath the surface of things in order to discover
            organised  an  interview  with  three  Presidents  of  the  the  truth  behind  them.  In  other  words,  the  committee
            Science  Week  Committee,  which  consists  of  the  aimed to help the participants to discover the underlying
            following members:                                principles behind various daily scientific facts, as well as
            – Craig Ng ⻩湛哲, Sr2ScA                            the procedures of numerous scientific experiments.
            – Fong Chloe 邝恺⼉, Sr2ScA
            – Chin Ke Ying 陈科颖, Sr2ScF                        The  presidents  highlighted  that  they  intended  for  the
                                                              science week to break new grounds by introducing fresh
            In fact, this Committee was formed around November  ideas  that  contrast  with  previous  events.  For  instance,
            2022. Craig, a founding member of the committee had  the  six  activities  that  were  organised  this  year  were
            already written a proposal and sent for approval from  unparalleled. These comprised three larger-scale events:
            Madam  Law  Seok  Mooi,  Head  of  the  Biology   Simulated   Crime   Solving,   Science   Knowledge
            Department.  The  initial  plan  was  to  only  organise  a  Competition  and  Mini  Games,  and  three  smaller-scale
            science  experiment  exhibition  but  in  the  end,  the  activities:  Phantoms  of  Bubble  Fantasy,  Bicycle
            committee  also  took  charge  of  the  whole  science  week  Electricity Generator and Mysteries Beneath the Sand.
            event.  The  Committee  was,  in  principle,  made  up  of  On top of this, the ingenious approach of producing a
            students from the senior middle two science classes and  theme  song  and  shooting  a  series  of  trailer-like  promo
            had approximately 300 members. There were a total of  videos were also unprecedented.
            six different main topics which were allocated among the
            committee,  which  consisted  of  Biology,  Chemistry,  The opening ceremony was a tremendous success, with
            Physics,  Mathematics,  Astronomy  and  Integrated  the  striking  flame-passing  ceremony  that  left  the
            Science.                                          audience  awestruck.  It  was  mentioned  that  the  torch-
                                                              passing  ceremony  symbolises  the  passing  down  of  the
            The  main  topics  and  different  groups  were  allocated  essence of knowledge, in the hope that the intrinsic spirit
            among the three presidents. Craig was in charge of the  of  scientific  inquiry  would  be  ignited  amongst  the
            Math,  Physics  and  Integrated  Science  groups,  the  students,  propelling  them  to  never  stop  seeking  the
            activity  coordination  group  and  general  affairs  group.  truth.  The  committee  shared  that  they  wanted
            Chloe was in charge of the Biology group, celebrations  something  striking  and  eye-catching,  hence  the
            group  and  treasurers’  group  while  Ke  Ying  was  in  conceptualization of the flame-passing ritual.
            charge  of  the  chemistry  group,  publicity  group  and
            design  group.  In  the  beginning,  the  science  exhibition  The presidents also stated that they could hardly express
            event  was  supposed  to  include  both  classes  of  senior  their pride for the science week theme song as it was one
            middle two and one, but due to certain circumstances,  of the most alluring parts of the science week but it was
            only  senior  middle  two  classes  were  considered.  also one of the hardest and most time-consuming things
            Members  would  have  to  fill  in  google  sheets  to  pitch  to  produce.  The  committee  had  sought  help  from  the
            their  ideas,  which  would  first  be  approved  by  the  Music Composing Society and teachers from the Music
            committee presidents and then by the teachers.    Department  to  produce  the  song.  There  were  many
                                                              problems  which  arose  during  the  production  of  the
            The  theme  of  this  year’s  science  week—  “The  theme  song  as  they  did  not  have  a  proper  set-up  to
            Illumination of Silhouettes”   《  鉴  幻·  溯  影 》 references  record the singers. However, they eventually managed to
            the everlasting mystery which shrouds the division   record the best version after many hours in the



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