Hour of Code 2020 It’s a wrap! As one of the hosts for Hour of Code 2020, Penang Science Cluster conducted 1 Python and 5 Scratch online classes. This year, we had over 120 participants from 5 different states. Congratulations to all who coded during Hour of Code 2020!
Support For Students In Need From Tenom (Sabah) With schools closed, SPM students from Tenom, a rural district in Sabah, are struggling to keep up with their studies and to prepare for their exam. Working with Chumbaka and with the support from DHL Express Malaysia, we will be sending over 30 laptops and 25 smartphones…
Uplands School & Soroptimist Penang Support For Digital Learning We are grateful to Uplands School and Soroptimist Penang for the generous donation of over 70 sets of desktops and monitors! Our team will work on the next steps of repurposing and redistributing these devices to local schools and students in need for learning during these…
Lab-on-Wheels Teacher Training: Chemistry of Esters 10 teachers had the opportunity to do esterification as part of our teacher training for Lab-on-Wheels: Chemistry of Esters by Agilent. Teachers also got the chance to see how Agilent’s FTIR machine works in identifying and characterizing unknown materials. Thank you to all the teachers that joined us! These…
Launching Ceremony: Chemistry of Esters by Agilent We launched the Chemistry of Esters program on 15th Oct 2020, with 10 teachers in Kolej Tingkatan Enam Desa Murni, Butterworth. Chemistry of Esters program is part of our rebranded initiative, Lab-on-Wheels, where we would like to bring interesting and exciting STEM hands-on activities to students in Penang!…
The Makings of Makerlab We are grateful to have the support of Penang State Government and Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Pulau Pinang (JPNPP) to set up Makerlab in primary and secondary schools all over Penang to facilitate digital learning! Since September 2020, our team have coordinated Makerlab set ups in more than 30 schools. More schools…
Code-On-Wheels Program at SJKC Keng Koon Penang Science Cluster conducted a Code-On-Wheels program at SJKC Keng Koon on 5th October 2020. Students and teachers had the opportunity to learn about Scratch and Microbit! As this program was conducted in the school, all of us followed the SOP by sanitizing our hands & equipment, wearing face…
Lab-on-Wheels (Physics) Teacher Training As part of our efforts to make STEM learning fun, we are excited to introduce Photogate sensors to Physics teachers! Penang Science Cluster in collaboration with Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Pulau Pinang ran a Lab-on-Wheels (Physics) Teacher Training session on 8th October 2020. Thank you to all teachers who joined us. Not…
“Fun with Arduino” Bersama Mentor Micron As part of the effort to encourage more girls in STEM, mentors from Micron Malaysia reached out to Form 3 students in Convent Bukit Mertajam to deliver a workshop in electronics and programming with Arduino boards on 24th and 25th September 2020. Also, our mentors here were trained by…
Virtual Oscilloscope Teacher Training In collaboration with Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Pulau Pinang (JPNPP), Penang Science Cluster organized a Virtual Oscilloscope Teacher Training for Science and Physics teachers in Penang on the 11th and 18th September 2020! Thank you to all the teachers that participated in our Virtual Oscilloscope Teacher Training!