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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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