Three Philippine teams captured a total of six bronze medals, two honorable mentions, and a merit citation in the recently concluded international biology, chemistry and physics Olympiads.
The researchers noted that “Will” is a more important factor for science teachers, whereas “Skill” is more important for mathematics teachers when it comes to integrating ICT into the classroom.
After the country reached this year its best record in the Global Innovation Index (GII), the Department of Science and Technology is targeting to significantly advance further in two years.
The bill mandates all provinces in the Philippines which do not have at least one public math and science high school currently operating within their respective geographical boundaries to work with the DepEd to establish at least one public math and science high school within their respective provincial capitals.
In 2007, Dr. Armand Salvador B. Mijares of UP already noted a new hominid species, which was called "Callao Man" based on a foot bone excavated at Callao Cave. But the recent discovery of the teeth and bones were sufficient to reclassify "Callao Man" as Homo Luzonensis.
With Minecraft game designers, computer science educators, and Code.org's learning designers on board, the new Minecraft tutorial introduces coding concepts using the popular video game.
In a decade, the country is expected to have 380 scientists, engineers, and researchers for every one million Filipinos, the suggested benchmark of the Unesco, a science and technology official said.
The collaboration, which aims to inculcate scientific innovation and robotics learning among the kids of Dagupan City and other areas of Pangasinan, was the result of the partnership that started when SEI celebrated the World Space Week in the city in 2011.
