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| Travelling Science Centrum - Health Science on the Go (Photo credit: Team Acosta) |
Can you imagine our world today without Science? That would be easy. You wouldn't be facing your computer right now. You wouldn't be holding your smartphones or asking google which direction you would go or what good restaurant is a good place to go to. You wouldn't be having any social media accounts or send messages in a snap. In short, we would be found inside a cave living a primitive life without the technologies we are having right now.
Life wouldn't be as easy as it is.
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| Grade 6 students of Mintal Elementary School (Photo credit: Team Acosta) |
Knowing the importance of Science in human life, the Philippine Foundation for Science and Technology and Science Centrum in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Education launched the Mindanao leg of "Health Science on the Go". This UNILAB sponsored initiative aims to deliver the innovative Science equipments to the young Filipino minds. The travelling Science Centrum goes around the country to allow young and old Filipinos discover more of what Science can offer and do. The equipments are displayed inside the Mindanao Science and Technology Centrum at Bago Oshiro, Tugbok, Davao City. This will be a month-long exhibit where everyone can visit for free.
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| Troy and Smarty DOST mascots dancing Nae nae (Photo credit: Team Acosta) |
The Opening Ceremony of the Health Science on the Go was held last September 23, 2015. The activity was duly attended by Dr. Anthony C. Sales, CESO III, Regional Director if DOST XI, Engr. Filemon T. Berba, Jr., President of PFST, Engr. Alberto Ungab, Rep. of Cong. Isidro Ungab, Coun. Leo Avilla, Rep. of Mayor Rody Duterte, Ms. Donna Escosora, Rep. of Coun. Mabel Sunga Acosta, Ms. Rhodora Palomar-Fresnedi, Executive Director of UNILAB Foundation. Also, students from Mintal Elementary School were there to see the display of the Travelling Science Centrum. The students grabbed the rare opportunity to personally experience how cool the materials are.
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| Ms. Donna Escosora, Consultant of Coun. Mabel Sunga Acosta delivering the Councilor's speech on her behalf. (Photo credit: Team Acosta) |
Speaking in front of the audience, Dr. Sales, CESO III said that the Science on the Go project is a modality of DOST to bring Science to the masses. This is supported by the message of Engr. Alberto Ungab as he encourage everyone to value and appreciate Science. He said that the Travelling Science Centrum is an interactive Science modules available to everyone. He added, with a very strong will that "we have to build Science a gateway to the public rather than just making some terms sound fancy. He encouraged everyone most especially the educators and government officials to create new scientists. In order to fullfil this, according to him we have to start with the elementary and high school grades. "We have to bring science into the consciousness of the students."
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| Engr. Alberto Ungab (Photo credit: Team Acosta) |
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| Engr. Filemon T. Berba, Jr., President of PFST (Photo credit: Team Acosta) |
DID YOU KNOW:
The
only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the
letter “J”.
An
ostrich's eye is bigger that its brain.
Although the World Wide Web is often referred to as the Internet, the
two are not the same thing. The Internet is a huge network of networks
that links computers together all over the world using a range of wires
and wireless technologies. The World Wide Web is the collection of
linked pages that are accessed using the Internet and a web browser.
Sources: http://www.hightechscience.org/funfacts.htm
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/technology/internet.html
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