Over 21 schools from all over the Visayas and Mindanao have confirmed visits to the “Science on the Move” traveling exhibit.
The exhibit, which is held at the University of the Philippines Cebu AS Conference Hall, will run until February 26.
Initiated by the Philippine Science Centrum, the exhibit allows students from various parts of the country to immerse themselves in the basic concepts of science and understand how these concepts are applied in real life innovations.
“What Science on the Move allows students to experience is interaction, something they don’t get to experience in the classroom,” said Neil Santos, project administrator of “Science on the Move.”
Santos said the exhibit allows students to interact with various science concepts in three-dimensional formats.
Among the biggest hits in the exhibit are the Anti-Gravity Mirror, which uses reflection to create the illusions of flying, and the Gravity Well, which illustrates the scientific concept of centripetal force by dropping a coin in a cone-shaped well.
Over 20 stand-alone exhibit items are displayed, each having display cards attached to explain the concepts properly, and how they are normally applied in today’s technologies.
Johanna Ilagan, a 15-year-old student from Bogo City, Cebu, said it was her first time to view a “Science on the Move” exhibit.
“Nindot kaayo siya na experience. In class, amo gi kat-on ron kay about Physics and Newton’s Laws of Motion. Sa sugod kay maglibog baya ko ana, pero karon nga makita gyud nako iyang application kay mas dali na siya sabton,” Ilagan said.
(It is a great and new experience. In class, we are learning about Physics and Newton’s Laws of Motion. At first, I really had a hard time, but now that I see its application, it’s easier to understand.)
Jeffrey Montecillos of UP Cebu’s Technology Business Incubation (TBI) department, said the exhibit allows students to not only grasp scientific concepts better, but also to think of ways to apply these concepts to solutions of everyday problems.
“The exhibit really aims to push these young students to parang think outside the box, and to find ways to create their own inventions or improve what they see around them,” said Montecillos.
He added that these students can pitch in their ideas to UP Cebu’s TBI department, better known as Cebu Business Incubator for IT (CeBuInIt), so the university can offer its facilities and services in developing these ideas for business and other ventures.
UP Cebu’s TBI, or CeBuInIt, is a project of UP Cebu and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) 7, which allows Cebuanos to invent new software, technology, or any innovation that can help with today’s common problems in various fields be it in healthcare, information technology, and even in human resource management.
“That’s what makes this year’s Science on the Move very different. It’s not just immersion and understanding. We want to encourage the students who come in to really apply these concepts in the exhibit, and to use their imaginations and creative ideas into coming up with realistic solutions,” Montecillos added.
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