IPS - Crescendas Medal and Prize for Outstanding Physics Teacher (Junior Colleges)

 This happened in 2009.

http://phyweb.physics.nus.edu.sg/~phyips/awards.html

http://phyweb.physics.nus.edu.sg/~phyips/awards2010.html

IPS - Crescendas Medal and Prize for Outstanding Physics Teacher (Secondary Schools)

On 21 Dec 2020, I received the award for the year ending 2019 at NUS-Yale University Auditorium 2. 

I am reminded that I have to contribute to the Physics landscape in Singapore through Research, Education and Outreach. 

http://ipssingapore.org/
https://ipssingapore.org/awards/awards.html
https://ipssingapore.org/awards/IPSAwards2019.pdf

Chief Scientist of NASA, Dr James Green

I am standinng next to a Giant.

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/740/james-green/ 

Associate Professor Dennis Hugh Murphy (1931-2020)

I had the honour to work as his research assistant for a period of 3 holidays (12 months) during my university years (1993-1995). The experience laid the foundation for the development of my curiosity and passion for Science. 

The jungle is the classroom. We will learn about Behavioural Science, Geography, Dragonflies, and the Natural Environment in Singapore. 

We discovered the largest tree in Singapore, threaded through the Nee Soon freshwater swamp, discovered the underground tunnel in Macritchie, mapped out the remnants of the Shinto Shrine in Singapore, surveyed almost every stream in the Nature Reserves, and shared our views of life. 

I marvelled at the fact that this huge-sized guy could be so interested in small insects such as dragonflies, damselflies, ants and termites. And I learnt how to be kind to insects big or small. 

He bothered to read what I have written about the Mathematical Modelling of the stream systems in Macritchie and Nee Soon swamp forests, and discussed issues related to behavioural science in animals and humans. 

He pulled me out of a quick sand in the Mangrove swamps in the remote areas on Bintan Island during one of our surveys, but not before he took a picture of me trapped in the mud. He saved my life.  

If there is a best educational model in the world, I think I know what it is.

https://news.nus.edu.sg/in-remembrance-prof-dennis-hugh-paddy-murphy-inspirational-teacher-and-outstanding-scientist/?fbclid=IwAR24bh-giRvYKbge3wLk4I0fK7HYegzz2rTtZjz5Iaok8RQRlgoFhKuUFro

My presentation during the International Science Youth Forum 2020 (Teachers Sharing) on 15 Jan 2020

Developing a Planetarium for the Teaching and Learning of Astronomy 


 

ASEAN ASTRONOMY WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS (26-28 Dec 2019)

Organized by the International Science Council (ISC), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP), the Asean Astronomy Workshop for Teachers was held from 26-28 Dec 2019 at the University of Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai Johor, Malaysia.

I attended the event and learned a lot about Astronomy Education and networked with teachers in Malaysia and ASEAN countries.