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Chemists Online Self-study
Award Scheme (COSAS)
2015
Tse Bun Luen, Tim
Science Education Section, EDB
Basic Information of COSAS
Objectives 1. To enhance students' scientific literacy;2. To encourage students to take initiative to learn and
pursue more knowledge;….
Target Participants
- Students taking Chemistry / Comb. Sci. (Chem) are welcome.- S3, S4, S5, S6
Content of seminars
HKDSE curriculum related 20 seminars disseminated in 3 stages
Launching period
16 Jan – 15 Aug 2015
Enquiry General and content enquiry:[email protected] enquiry:[email protected]
StudyPost-seminar
Materials(if available)
StudyPre-seminar
Materials
Watch Seminar Videos
Do Assessment(graded)
Segmented videos
In-video Quizzes between video
segments(graded)
Study Flow in COSAS
Pre-seminar Quiz
(graded)
The seminars
Each seminar contains the following elements:1. Pre-seminar materials (e.g. narrated presentation
slides, glossary), with assessment tasks (graded)2. Segmented Video seminar (around 1 hour), with
assessment tasks (graded)3. Post-seminar assessment tasks (5 MCQs, graded)4. Post-seminar materials and other supplements, if any
Topics Curriculum links
1 Synthetic Polymers in Modern Life Fossil Fuels and Carbon Compounds;
Chemistry of Carbon Compounds;
Materials Chemistry
2 Colour Chemistry Microscopic World I; Microscopic
World II; Materials Chemistry
3 Science and the Aftermath of Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Accident
Microscopic World I
4 Gastronomy Chemistry of Organic Compounds
5 Drug Discovery and Organic Chemistry Chemistry of Carbon Compounds
6 The Importance of Water in Food Chemistry Chemistry of Carbon Compounds
7 Symmetry, Asymmetry and Our Chiral World – A
Personal Recollection of the 2001 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry
Chemistry of Carbon Compounds
8 Electrochemistry Redox Reactions, Chemical Cells and
Electrolysis
9 Food Chemistry and Food Safety I Chemistry of Carbon Compounds
10 Molecules for Liquid Crystals Displays Fossil Fuels and Carbon Compounds;
Chemistry of Carbon Compounds;
Materials Chemistry
Cantonese
Cantonese
Cantonese + English
Cantonese
Topics Curriculum links
11 Air Quality Management Strategies for the Pearl River
Delta Region
Analytical Chemistry
12 A Journey to the Structural Determination of Organic
Molecules: IR, MS and NMR Spectroscopy
Analytical Chemistry
13 Conducting Polymers Fossil Fuels and Carbon Compounds;
Chemistry of Carbon Compounds;
Materials Chemistry
14 Metals in Biological Systems Metals; Chemistry of Carbon
Compounds
15 Photodynamic Therapy – A Promising Strategy of
Cancer Treatment
Materials Chemistry
16 Water Uptake of Atmospheric Particles: From the
Millikan Oil Droplet Experiment to a Blue Sky
Microscopic World II
17 Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds Fossil Fuels and Carbon Compounds;
Chemistry of Carbon Compounds
18 Food Chemistry and Food Safety II Chemistry of Carbon Compounds
19 Nanomaterials for Environmental and Energy
Applications
Materials Chemistry
20 Indoor Air Quality and Indoor Air Quality Certification
Scheme
Analytical Chemistry
Cantonese
Cantonese
Glossary (詞彙)
Chiral world 手性世界
Non-superimposible 非重疊的
Stereochemistry 立體化學
Chirality 手性
Homochiral 單手的
Heterochiral 左右異向的
Thalidomide 酞胺哌啶酮 (反應停 )
Pheromone 訊息素 (費洛蒙)
Plane-polarized light 平面偏振光
Enantiomer 對映異構體
Racemic mixture 外消旋混合物
Details of the Scheme Roles of Students
Roles of Teachers
Important Dates
Roles of students Study pre-seminar materials and view online seminars
Pre-seminar material: A bridge between HKDSE curriculum and the extended learning in the seminar
Online seminars: Video-based, 10 – 20 minutes per segments
Roles of students Complete ALL assessment tasks:
(i) Pre-seminar quiz
(ii) In-video quiz
(iii) Post-seminar assessment
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS in
TWOATTEMPTS!
Roles of students Actively participate in discussion forums, and raise
questions:
Details of the Scheme Roles of Students
Roles of Teachers
Important Dates
Roles of Teachers Submit Application Form (EDBCM December 2014) by
fax (2194 0670)
and
Submit Student Information Sheet by email([email protected]) on or before 16 Jan 2015
Roles of Teachers Complete the student information sheet:
Partial HKID:A1234 instead of A123456(7)** Use Capital Letter – Default password for system login
Last Name and First NameAs in HKID
Roles of Teachers
As a Facilitator:
Encouraging students attending / completing seminars, studying pre-seminar materials
Answering questions raised by your students in school
Extracting information from the seminar for teaching purpose
Giving feedbacks in discussion forums, if deemed appropriate
Roles of Teachers
As an Assessor:
Reviewing students’ progress based on the system
generated progress reports (Feb, Apr and Jun 2015)
Approving students’ attainments in the scheme for awards
based on the system generated final reports (Aug – Sep
2015)
Informing EDB/HKVU if there is any irregularity in the final
report (Aug – Sep 2015)
Details of the Scheme Roles of Students
Roles of Teachers
Important Dates
Important Dates
Technical Requirements Most of the mobile devices are supported
Internet connection – reasonably good is enough