Indie-Siyensya kicks off 3rd run with science communication, cinematography workshops
10 July 2018
Ready to capture science in action. Cinematographer Joshua Reyles (rightmost) gives hands-on camera and lighting experience to the participants of the 3rd Indie-Siyensya Filmmaking Competition Workshop.
More than one hundred students, teachers, filmmakers, and science professionals flocked to the Cinematheque Centre Manila last July 6, 2018 for the program launch and workshop of the 3rd Indie-Siyensya Filmmaking Competition.
Indie-Siyensya, the country’s first and only science filmmaking competition, is now open for submission of film concepts for short documentaries that capture science as it works to answer the needs of communities and the country.
“We are encouraging students to create more science films,” says Dr. Josette Biyo, Director of the Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI), the competition’s main organizer. “DOST-SEI aims to promote a culture of science in the country and film is no doubt a powerful medium to achieve this,” Biyo adds.
Big data to highlight DOST-SEI’s graduate scholars’ conference
11 June 2018
Realizing the importance of the merging field of big data and analytics, the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) with the Accelerated Science and Technology Human Resource Development Program – National Science Consortium (ASTHRDP-NSC) will convene its graduate scholars to discuss on big data’s potential in the country.
The annual ASTHRDP Graduate Scholars’ Conference, which will be held on 18-19 May 2018 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City, hopes to provide a venue to continuing and new graduate scholars, scholar-graduates, and faculty members of the NSC member-universities under the ASTHRDP to get together, share research outputs, and collaborate with other participants. Now on its 7th year, the Conference adopted the theme, “Big Data for Big Science” emphasizing the recent trend of large data sets being analyzed to reveal patterns, trends, and associations, especially relating to human behavior and interactions.
Science Camp in Siquijor to raise awareness on climate change
12 April 2018
UP Marine Science Institute’s Mark Tolentino (rightmost) engages the interest of Science Camp participants in plankton sampling activity.
For most, the dry season or “summer” time is for art workshops and taekwondo lessons; but for students from various public schools in Siquijor, it’s all about the sea, the atmosphere, science, and saving the planet.
Forty students are about to experience becoming scientists in the 2018 Climate Science Youth Camp, a project organized annually by the Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI), which will run this year from April 17 to 22 in the island province.
The Science Camp is one of DOST-SEI’s most anticipated projects that aims to encourage the youth to get into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses. It is also one of the most effective platforms of the Institute as many of the camp’s previous participants are now enrolled in STEM fields while some are now DOST scholars.
Aside from the students, 20 teachers from different public schools in Regions VI and VII will also take part in the series of experiential learning activities about oceanography and climate science.
