Pisay application forms available during DOST’s science week
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Grade 6 students who want to take the Philippine Science High School System’s (PSHS) National Competitive Examination (NCE) for Grade 7 for school year 2017-2018 can now avail themselves of applications forms, the Philippine Science High School said.
During the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) from July 25-29, 2016, representatives from PSHS, or Pisay, will be manning a booth at DOST-PAGASA to distribute NCE application forms to interested students.
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SCIENCE QUIZ FROM THE SCIENCE WHIZ
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A youngster tries the Science Whiz inside the Science Heritage Building at the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Compound in Bicutan, Taguig during the 2016 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW). The Science Whiz allows more than one person to play by answering science questions by multiple choice. The player with the most number of correct answers wins. Science Whiz is among the interactive exhibits in the ongoing NSTW which runs July 25-29, 2016. With “Juan Science, One Nation” as its theme, NSTW aims to generate greater appreciation and awareness of science and technology among Filipinos, especially the youth. For more about NSTW, log on to nstw.dost.gov.ph. Free admission. #nstw2016 #juanscienceonenation #PartnerforChange
MOVIETIME AT DOST’S SCIENCE AND TECH WEEK
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Students from Taguig National High School excitedly await the screening of science oriented films at the ational Academy of Science and Technology Audio Visual Room of the Science Heritage Building at the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Compound in Bicutan, Taguig on July 25, 2016. Organized by DOST’s Science Education Institute (SEI), the film showing is part of the activities for the 2016 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) from July 25-29 simultaneously held in Bicutan, Manila, Quezon City, Los Baños, and the DOST regional offices. There will also be science film screenings on July 29 at the same venue. The films are from SEI’s Indie-Siyensya competition and the annual Science Film Festival. The film showings are open to the public. For more on NSTW, log on to nstw.dost.gov.ph. #nstw2016 #juanscienceonenation #PartnerforChange (Text and photos by Espie Angelica A. de Leon, S&T Media Service, DOST-STII)
Smarter Agriculture for PH
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With all the undesirable climate change effects in agriculture, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) initiated and funded programs and projects addressing the negative effects of climate change in the agriculture, aquatic, and natural resources sectors through the utilization of modern tools and techniques or Smarter Agriculture. One of these initiatives under the Smarter Agriculture is the “Smarter Approaches to Reinvigorate Agriculture as an Industry in the Philippines (SARAI)” program, which is led by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).