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The Mathematics Project Competition for Secondary Schools is organised by the Mathematics Education Section, Curriculum Development Institute, Education Bureau. It aims at promoting students’ interest in learning Mathematics and developing students’ generic skills through project learning. The competition comprises two categories: Category A (Junior secondary project) and Category B (S1 mini-project).
Level
Junior Secondary
Award
1st runner-up (Junior secondary project)
Awarded work
Throw Away the Compass!
Theme of the Portfolio
Brief of Work
This project is about the equivalence between Geogebra toolsets, and the ways of constructing figures without compass. It is proved that figures which compass-and-straightedge construction is applied in can be constructed with several sets of Geogebra tools. It is found six toolsets that are equivalent to one another.
Work
Level
Junior Secondary
Award
2nd runner-up (Junior secondary project)
Awarded work
The Mysterious Area of the Circle
Theme of the Portfolio
Brief of Work
The project aims at investigating and creating a generalized formula to find the required area of a shape in a circle through different approaches. This shape is formed with an arc, with the arms connected to an arbitrary point in the circle, called the mysterious area of the circle.
Work
Level
Junior Secondary
Award
Outstanding performance (Junior secondary project)
Awarded work
Fence-Posts Light Transmission Problem
Theme of the Portfolio
Brief of Work
The project aims at investigating how the shape and orientation of some fence-posts affect the fraction of light passing through the mesh. With the aid of computer programs, the optimal values of the fraction of light passing through meshes of square or triangular fence-posts are obtained.
Work
Level
Secondary 1
Award
Outstanding performance (S1 mini-project)
Awarded work
Möbius strip
Theme of the Portfolio
Brief of Work
The Möbius strip is basically a strip that is twisted so it has only one edge and one face, though it is a three dimensional object. The project aims at investigating the properties of a Möbius strip.
Work
Level
Secondary 1
Award
Outstanding performance (S1 mini-project)
Awarded work
The Perfect Egg
Theme of the Portfolio
Brief of Work
This project is about the investigation of formulas of Perfect Eggs in 2 different forms — Sunny-Side Up Eggs and Egg Stacking. The objective is to draw conclusions on how to design the shape and appearance of eggs of different sizes which have perfect view for eating comfortably and happily.
Work
Last revision date : 21 September 2023
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