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news-dost intl fair picks top student science projects-06092015

Photo shows the winners of the poster making contest and the Best Project awards during the recent 2nd Philippine International Science Fair by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine  Science High School System (DOST-PSHS). The fair was participated by high school students from Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Singapore, Sweden and the Philippines who had the chance to be mentored by top Filipino scientists. Selected as Best Projects were “Taal Lakers,” a solution for effective management of Taal Lake; “Sphyder” for faster, efficient and cheaper removal of garbage in bodies of water; and “Maximizing Efficiency of Water Usage,” an innovation to enhance crop production at a permaculture farming site in Nueva Ecija. The fair serves as a ramp-up to DOST’s National Science and Technology Week on July 24-28 at SMX Convention Center where students will display their robot inventions to the general public. (Text by Espie Angelica A. de Leon / Photo by Ceajay N. Valerio, S&T Media Service, DOST-STII)

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 news-dost starbooks in yolanda affected cebu areas-06092015

Carmen Nacario, school librarian from Sta. Fe Central School in Cebu, is all smiles while exploring  STARBOOKS  (Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station) – the country’s’ first digital science library. A project of the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute, STARBOOKS contains science and technology resources in text, audio, and video formats and does not require Internet connectivity.  Thirty-three STARBOOKS units were installed in different public schools in Camotes Islands and Bantayan Island in Cebu – areas severely affected by typhoon Yolanda in 2013, damaging libraries, books, and computers. STARBOOKS will be featured in DOST’s upcoming National Science and Technology Week from July 24-28, 2015 at SMX Convention Center, Pasay City. (Text and Photo by Allan Mauro V. Marfal, S&T Media Service, DOST-STII)

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High school students from science schools in seven countries got the chance to be mentored by Filipino experts during the just concluded  2nd Philippine International Science Fair.

Organized by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Science High School System (DOST-PSHS) in partnership with First Pacific Leadership Academy, the biennial fair aims to promote a culture of science among the youth.

For its second edition, the fair tackled issues concerning the environment and climate change with the theme “Innovate to Mitigate.”

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Thirty-three STARBOOKS units were recently installed in different public elementary and secondary schools in Poro, Tudela, San Francisco, and Pilar in Camotes Islands as well as Bantayan, Madridejos, and Sta. Fe in Bantayan Island – two areas severely affected by typhoon Yolanda in 2013.

Developed by the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII), STARBOOKS or Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station, is the first digital science library in the country. It does not require internet connectivity and has a user-friendly interface.

With most of the classrooms, libraries, books and computers almost washed out due to Yolanda’s wrath, the arrival of STARBOOKS in these areas a few weeks before the start of classes is very timely.