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Indonesian Student Team Earn Gold Medal Competition Se-ASEAN Science


Indonesian student participants of the ASEAN Plus Three Junior event Sience Odyssey.
In the event of ASEAN Plus Three Junior Sience Odyssey (JSO) which took place June 24 to July 1, 2013 yesterday in Bussan, South Korea, a number of students who represent Indonesia recorded a series of achievements. Indonesian student team won the gold medal in the category "Laboratory Skill Assessment" in the fields of biology, physics, and chemistry.

The event is the second time the mat. Earlier in the year 2012, Brunei Darussalam chosen to host. The activity itself was organized by the ASEAN Plus Three Centre for the Gifted in Science (ACGS) under the auspices of the ASEAN Committee in Science and Technology (COST ASEAN) Plus Three (Korea, China, Japan).

According to a written statement received Liputan6.com, Friday (07/12/2013), the event was attended by 75 students and 35 science educators from 10 countries of ASEAN, namely Brunei Darussalam, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, as well as 3 guest country of Nigeria, Sweden and Taiwan.


Because it is a program for smart kids from each state, the task given to the participants was quite difficult and challenging. Each group of participants was assigned to conduct field research in Upo Wetland and Songjeong Beach, to take samples of the various types of plankton and sea water with a salinity level of self-made instruments. In addition, participants also were assigned to make a simple sundial and learn time track the sun.

In addition to the competition, arena fights smart best sons and daughters as well as ASEAN is also filled with lectures and creative workshops for the participants. Amazingly, this event also discussed the possibility to collaborate across borders, exchange of data and information, as well as the development of a data bank that contains a variety of material science learning for all ages.
This activity eventually closed the night session of cultural events to showcase the culture as well as the national dress of each country. Indonesian team received a rousing welcome by the display of martial arts and dance Sajojo of Papua. (Dhi)

Indonesian student team as a whole is represented by two teams consisting of junior high school students from Labschool Kebayoran (Gardahadi, M. Michael Athif ZA, Gianidico Abdillah) and Insan Madani Scholar Serpong (Bagasse Setya W., Elkanah Alifi M., Muhammad Abdurrahman H.) .
Finarya Legoh of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) became leader of the group, accompanied by Dyah Ratna Permatasari of DoctoRabbit Inc.. Ari also participated Hendrarto S. of PP-science and technology, and 2 science educators from each school. (Dhi / dew)

Source : Liputan 6

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