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April 27, 2023MOSTI organised the Minggu Sains Negara Keluarga Malaysia (MSNKM) 2022 with the theme “Merakyatkan Sains, Menginsankan Teknologi” from April to October 2022. The national science initiative’s objectives were to enculture science and to increase public awareness on the importance of STI in every day life and nurture the interest and increase the number of students in STEM subjects. Various national level programmes were jointly organised in collaboration with ministries, state governments, government agencies, corporate sectors, professional bodies and civil societies.
Programmes were organised based on focus areas of the respective month. As such, ASM being the lead agency for the month of April, organised programmes under the focus area ‘Planetary Health’. Various programmes were held, and online contents were developed to educate the general public and instil interest in STEM.
ASM through YSN-ASM has conducted eight programmes throughout MSNKM 2022:
Planetary Health Webinar
1 April 2022
This webinar gave an overview on what is Planetary Health and factors that could affect the planet’s health. A total of 375 viewers through Zoom and 152 viewers from YouTube had watched the webinar.
YBM Mosti’s Engagement Session With Ysn-Asm & The Launching Of The Science Communication Module
26 April 2022
This programme was attended by 90 YSN-ASM members. YSN-ASM had the opportunity to share their overview on the nation’s STI landscape with YB Dato’ Sri Dr Adham Baba and had provided their challenges, concern, and success through the perspective of young scientists.
In conjunction with the engagement session, YB Dato’ Sri Dr Adham Baba launched the Science Communication Module. This module was identified as one of the best tools to help researchers and scientists to transmit scientific ideas, methods, knowledge and research to non-expert audiences in an effective, accurate, and interesting way.
YSN-ASM members with YB Dato’ Sri Adham Baba, Minister of STI.
Planetary Health E-Games
11 April to 27 April 2022
The objective of this e-games was to encourage students to explore the subjects related with planetary health and to improve students’ understanding on STEM subjects through e-games. There were three games played for each week:
Week 1: Health and non communicable disease
Week 2: Climate change and biodiversity health
Week 3: Water and food security
More than 600 students participated in these e-games.
YB Dato’ Sri Dr Adham Baba, Minister of STI attending the Borak Sains session. Around 100 guests attended this programme, which was held in Bandar Tenggara, Johor to celebrate the orphanages while enculturating the awareness of science to the community. Borak Sains Ihya’ Ramadan were organised with the following topics:Borak Sains Ihya’ Ramadan Tenggara
16 April 2022
This programme was held in Kota Tinggi, Johor to increase the interest in science among the local community. YSN-ASM organised several STEM programmes, such as Kebuk Awan experiment, Math Steps Game, and a pocket talk entitled ‘Wireless Bridging System’ to inform the public on the fundamental requirements of an Internet system. YB Dato’ Sri Dr Adham Baba, Minister of STI at the ASM booth promoting STEM to public.Karnival Sains Mosti 2022
14 May 2022
Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE) Module
2 June to 25 August 2022
A series of IBSE training were organised with the objective of improving the understanding and skills of STEM teachers in utilising IBSE methods in their teaching and learning sessions.
This contest was opened to students aged 13 to 17 years old to challenge their ability to think, identify and understand problems related to Planetary Health and how to solve them by creatively expressing it through a TikTok video. There were three winners, People’s Choice Award and five consolation prizes.Cabaran Ceritera Sains TikTok Contest
15 April to 15 June 2022
A student attempting hands-on activity through virtual facilitation by YSN-ASM. YSN-ASM in collaboration with Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) organised the Science & Arts@Home programme that was participated by 100 students. Science experiment kits of slime and quicksand were sent to the students’ house for them to carry out the hands-on activities together with the YSN-ASM facilitator. The session was conducted from their home whilst answering science quizzes. Fifty-six students participated in the Science Poster Competition organised in conjunction with the Science & Arts@Home programme. Science & Arts @ Home
26 November 2022
Impact
These activities received encouraging response and participation, especially from school students. Through these virtual activities, it is proved that learning science can be fun regardless of if it is physical or virtual. Also, students were able to increase their knowledge and awareness in science related with Planetary Health.
Recommendations
- To organise more hands-on activities that come together with the science kits for school students.
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To have activity that enable a mixture of students from university, high school and primary school students. This will encourage diverse knowledge sharing, mentorship and leadership.
MSNKM 2022 activities were not just focused on school children, but also young scientists, researchers, teachers and public. This is important to nurture science as a whole-nation approach. ASM collaborated with various organisations which include institutions of higher learning and socities.
A video on Planetary Health that elaborated on Planetary Health and its components was shown throughout MSNKM 2022 so that the message can be conveyed clearly, especially to school students.