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Cat 1 Projects
Briefing for
Cat 1
3 Feb 2017
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HCI Projects Day (11 categories)
Category 1
(Experimental
research)
Category 5
(Creative arts)
Category 9
(Infocomm studies)
Category 2
(Humanities &
Language Arts
Research)
Category 6
(Chinese Language
Arts)
Category 10
(Future trends)
Category 3
(Inventions)
Category 7
(Service learning)
Category 11
(Engineering science)
Category 4 (Resource
Development)
Category 8
(Mathematics)
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What is Cat 1 project about?
Experimental research
Need to carry out experiments in the lab
Data collection needed
Must have variables
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The Scientific Method
Ask a question
Do background research
Construct hypotheses
Conduct experiments &
collect data
Analyse results & draw
conclusions
Hypothesis
is true
Hypothesis is
false/partially true
Think again
Report Results
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Examples of non Cat 1 Projects
Causes of Tsunami
Coconut milk extractor
Layman guide to science experiments
Cures to cancer
The Green project – Resource, Educate
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Examples of Cat 1 Projects
Utilization of starch for the production of
biodegradable plastic.
Synthesis and characterisation of
nanometric semiconductors
Effect of mint on growth of bacteria
Deriving biofuel from newspaper
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How to get started?
Source for an idea which is
Creative (if possible)
Feasible
Has good application
Interesting
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Sourcing for ideas
There are many websites on science fair project ideas. For example:
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/
http://www.juliantrubin.com/fairprojects.html
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/
Start early, sourcing for ideas take time. Discuss with mentor to check whether the idea is feasible.
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Where to find ideas?
Search engines
- Google scholar
- open access journal (http://www.doaj.org/)
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HCI projects day websites
- Web report archives. Browse through to find out
what has been done. Project ideas can be obtained by
modifying existing ideas or extending them.
Where to find ideas?
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Where to find ideas?
Science books/magazines/newspaper
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Where to find ideas?
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Project ideas
Not necessary to be 100% novel
Possible to modify from existing ideas
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Doing Background Research
Identify gaps in knowledge.
Research on the history of similar studies.
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Grading – Preliminary evaluation
Focus on feasibility
Rationale/introduction
Clear objectives & hypothesis
Variables (controlled, independent and
dependent)
Materials, Apparatus and equipment
Methods
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Grading – Preliminary Evaluation
Pass prelim I – 10 points
Prelim II – 5 points
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Grading – Mid term evaluation
Everything listed in prelims
Detailed methods (include photos)
Results (organised in tables, graphs)
Interpretation of results
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Grading – Final evaluation
Everything listed in semi-finals
More in-depth discussion of results
Conclusion
Applications
Limitations
Future studies
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Comment on the following ideas
Effect of different organic fertilizers on plant
growth
Healthy and unhealthy food
Investigating bacterial resistance to Dettol
Effect of colours on emotion
Biodegradable microspheres for use in
tissue engineering
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Sharing of a 2016 Sec 2 Project
Eco-friendly Synthesis
of Silver Nanoparticles using
Winter Melon Peel Extracts
Johnny Xiao
2O3 (2016)
Ho Shane
2O3 (2016)
Caleb Liow
2O3 (2016)
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Winter melon peel Bactericidal filter
paper which can be
used to remove
bacteria in water
Colloidal silver
nanoparticles
What the project is about?
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