SPCS students@Stanford University (2017)

19 July,2017 Group 8 Winsome Liu Michelle Cheung Jade Ngan Sharon She Sherry She Today, we had a field trip to iFly. Each of us could fly inside the tunnel for one minute and we got to have a once-in-a-lifetime flying experience. We think this is a very fun yet educational outing and we were really glad that we had the opportunity to learn about the working principles of the tunnel. From this field trip, we learnt how to listen to instructions carefully and to stay calm when we are in an extreme environment. We thought this is a very useful learning experience and we were very thankful for having this activity. After dinner, we had fire pit night and we could make traditional American snacks, smores and to enjoy the stunning sunset in Lake Lagunita. We took lots of beautiful pictures and we thoroughly enjoyed being surrounded by the breath-taking scenery and the amazing nature. We really had a lot of fun today and the memories we had today will definitely last forever. ...

19 July 2017 Group 3 Kelly Wong Cherine Chan Serene Lam Candy Lo Anna Tsoi In the morning , we went to iFly , which is an indoor diving centre. We took 45 minutes to go there. We first had a lesson about the theory on how to fly and the structure of the wind tunnel. Most of us thought that the fan is below us , but actually it is above us , we were so amazed. After waited for a long time , it's finally out turn to fly! We lined outside the wind tunnel , and took turns to go in it with the guidance of the instructor. We all flew very successfully , some of us even could fly by ourselves without the help of the instructor. We all had a memorable experience and enjoyed a lot.   After flying , we went a famous California fast food shop called In-N-Out , we had burgers , French fries and milkshake there. It's the first time for us to eat in a fast food shop in US. They're so different from the ones in Hong Kong.  After lunch, we went ...

19th July Melanie Ip Greta Lam Janet Lee Christine Lum Dorothy Ma  Then we had a firepit night. We made s'mores ourselves, we sat by the fire together and roasted marshmallow.  We took lots of photo together and had a great time. We climbed trees and it was a great experience for us as we sledom climb trees in Hong Kong. During the sunset, we took pretty photos. These precious photos help preserve our memories and we will remember this day forever. This morning after breakfast we went to ifly, where we had a minute to experience flying in an air tunnel. We had a class on  the theory behind the air tunnel and learnt about how it worked. As a large group we also had an experiment on how different objects with different masses and surface areas need different wind speeds to fly. It was also rather nerve wracking to try flying but we all had a great time. We were helped by the instuctor and most of us succeeded in flying on our own. Sadly it only lasted o...

19/7/2017 Group 1 Bernice Leung Annie Suen Pamela Tang Beata Wong Vanessa Yu We went to Ifly and learnt how to fly in a giant tunnel filled with strong air in the morning. We were first taught by an Ifly instructor of the relationship between mass, density and speed by the use of different kinds of balls. Afterwards, we were allowed into the VIP room and learnt about how the giant air tunnel operates. We also knew about velosity which will be useful in our studies in the future years. All of us were quite nervous before the flight as we are the first group to fly. However after we have started flying, we enjoyed the process a lot. Being able to fly freely is always one of the dreams of many children and we are finally able to do so! In the afternoon, we attended a talk on Stanford University admissions. The speaker told us about his own experiences and lots of information on university applications. These tips benefit us greatly, giving us a glimp...

19/7/2017 Group 7 Ailsa Leung Annabelle Ngai Idy Ngai Simran Thadani Tinny Wong Today, we went to IFly  and had an indoor skydiving experience. Although it was a bit scary, we were so excited and thrilled. The wind was so strong in the chamber so that the wind blew us up. We had a great time and we had lessons about gravity and drag force. It was such a fantastic experience and we had lots of fun. We also took group photos in Stanford Campus in front of the church. The weather was good and we also took a 360 degrees photo. At night, we had a bonfire, next to really pretty scenery. We were able to capture the beauty of the sunset behind us and we also took pictures with all our friends. We also had the experience to make s'mores beside the bonfire. It was absolutely delicious and we really enjoyed eating and chatting together. We will really miss this unforgettable day at Stanford!    

19/7 Group 5 Victoria Ip Kathy Lau Tivona Yeung Joanna Keung Jacqueline Lo Today was a very fun day. In the morning, we went to iFly, an indoor skydiving facility. All of us from 1047 and French House got the opportunity to get into the air chamber and experience indoor skydiving for one minute. At first, many of us were very nervous, as it felt as if we were in an area that defies gravity, which was quite scary and it was the first time for many of us. As the instructors gave us a briefing on the flying positions and what to be careful of, we were all pumped and excited for the experience. All of us had a lot of fun in the chamber, it was not scary but certainly an enjoyable time. Out of the chamber, we got to see many of our classmates and even Mrs. Haider experience indoor skydiving! The lecture about admission to Stanford was also meaningful and inspiring. It gave us hope and confidence to get into better universities when we grow up. Thanks to the lecturer who told us abou...

Today is such a special Wednesday! We had a field trip with packed activities. In the morning, we played iFly, a memorable experience with professional instruct. After that, we even learned some physics principles to give a detailed explanation of our flight. We really took a lot from such exciting and unforgettable activity which we could never have back in Hong Kong! After lunch, we had a talk on the administration of Standford University and we learned about the detailed information for application of the university. The Stanford University is such a beautiful place, we really hope that we can continue our study there. In the evening, we had a bonfire. The sunset was magical, we had loads and loads of pictures there. It has been a pity that we did not get ourselves some smores, but it was surely a precious experience to enjoy the view and the weather!

Group 2 Cherry Hui Popo Fung Betty Liang Ellie Tang Rachel Tse Today we went to iFLY- an indoor skydiving activity. We watched some demonstration by the trainers, then heard some presentations by the trainers. They talked about the wind speed needed to list up some balls. Then we began to try skydiving. Our group was the first round to try. It wasn't as difficult as we thought. We all flied successfully. We also asked some other people to help us take pictures and videos. Although it was short, it was really a fun experience. We enjoyed the flight very much.  After ifly , we have a talk about the undergraduate admission in Stanford. Through this talk we knew more about how to apply for Stanford and the application system of Stanford. It's slightly different from the Hong Kong one as it concern a lot about our other learning experience and the extracurricular activities that we joined. Through this talk , we are more capable to understand the Stanford admiss...

18/7/2017  Group 1 Bernice Leung Annie Suen Pamela Tang Beata Wong Vanessa Yu For today's morning, our cohort had 'persuasive communication' in which we were taught the skills to communicate with others in a convincing way. We love the way the teacher started off the lesson by asking us to brainstorm ideas on how a persuasive speech is like, and it was a good way to learn by watching examples from TED Talks so as to have a general opinion of the differences between a good and a bad speech. This had been a meaningful lesson and the knowledge we gained on how to deliver a persuasive speech and communicate convincingly can often be applied in our daily lives. We also tried to use the skills we learnt to deliver a speech to a particular audience in each of the scenarios given, and we realised how important persuasive communication is as it helps expressing our ideas effectively. Today afternoon, we had an engineering lesson.  We learned engineering by doing different e...

18 July 2017 Group 3 Kelly Wong Cherine Chan Serene Lam Candy Lo Anna Tsoi In the morning, we had persuasive writing lesson. We have learnt about ethos, pathos and logos. They are credibility, emotions, and evidence in Greek. We had managed ways to present our ideas better and be more persuasive when writing and speaking by using the three skills. Beside, we have also learnt that we need to understand our audience before persuading when in order to achieve a better effect. Then, we analysed a letter written to the editor and an advertisement found in a magazine. We identified the ethos, pathos, and logos there and commented on the passage and the advertisement's persuasiveness. After the lesson, we had more confidence in our writing and improved especially in persuasive writing.   In the afternoon, we attended Mathematical Logistics class. Although we were not particularly good at Mathematics, the teacher was still really patient with us and we had a fun time learning. W...

July18th Group 4 Melanie Ip Greta Lam Janet Lee Christine Lum Dorothy Ma In the morning we had a lesson about rhetoric. It teaches us how to effectively persuade others. Our teacher used persuading our parents to buy a pet puppy. We listed out reasons why we should buy a puppy, how a puppy brings benefits and many more. We can also use threats to persuade although it may not be useful at all times. Then we analysed news and advertisements. We used ethos, pathos and logos to analyse the sources and decided whether they are persuasive or not. Near the end of the lesson, we wrote down a question, a firm point we remember, and three useful points that we plan to use in our daily lives. The lesson was really helpful and I hope after I learning these skills, I can improve in my essays at school. The second class that we had was mathematical logic and problem solving. Since most of our cohort had little interest in math, we decided to talk about problem solving. The to...

 18/7 Group5 Victoria Ip Kathy Lau Tivona Yeung Joanna Keung Jacqueline Lo  Today, we woke up at 6 in the morning and went for a walk. We went to somewhere with a big garden and took some photos there. After our breakfast, we had a lesson about neuroscience. After this lesson, we learnt more about our brain. We learnt that how different parts of our brain function when thinking and finishing tasks. We learnt how our brain develops in puberty. We also learnt what does brain look like when we are conscious or unconscious.   After our lunch, we had our business lesson. We first learnt what are the 10 important parts that business involves in and how they affect the outcome of our product, Then, we gave ideas of what products or apps that we want to invest or investigate in. We then formed groups and discuss about our products. We then did a presentation about our product. As none of us take business studies, it was quite challenging for us to learn about the new con...

18/7/2017 Group 7 Ailsa Leung Annabelle Ngai Idy Ngai Simran Thadani Tinny Wong Today, we had 2 lessons in the morning and afternoon, including rhetorics, neuroscience, business planning, and mathematical logic. During the rhetoric lesson, we learnt about methods of persuasion and how to improve our arguments. We also analyzed advertisements. During the neuroscience lesson, we got an introduction to the world of neuroscience. We learnt about how teenagers think and we got to know more about our own brains and nervous system. During business planning, we had to make our own business plan based on a product. We thought about the sources and price setting of the product as well. During the mathematical logic lesson, we talked about the XOR theory and we used our critical thinking skills to come up with formulas that support certain mathematical theories. After these lessons, we ate dinner and went to the French house to do our Global Solutions project. We make a lot of progress ...

  18 July 2017   Group 2   Cherry Hui Popo Fung Betty Liang Ellie Tang Rachel Tse We had persuasive speaking workshop this morning. We first watched some videos on different talks and figured about some skills to speak persuasively. We learnt that we should focus on our audiences while speaking and the problem-solution relationship. We should target on the benefits and features too. We had different activities such as choosing our audiences and roleplaying to persuade others. We developed some skills during the activities and we can make use of the skills in the future. After lunch , we have the engineering lesson which we talked about the properties and behaviour of light. We had already briefly touched on this topic in our physics lesson. However, in this lesson we definitely experience something new and mysterious. In today's lesson, we did 5 experiments about light. The most tricky and interesting one is about the b...

18/7/2017 Group 8 Michelle Cheung Winsome Liu Sharon She Sherry She Jade Ngan We had Persuasive Communication lesson today. We all participated actively and voiced out our points clearly and confidently. We learnt how to persuade others using various methods and we practiced during the lesson. We all enjoyed the lesson and we thought that it was a great experience to learn how to persuade others when we make a speech. It was an interactive lesson.  After lunch, we had Engineering lesson and we all participated in the experiments and we engaged ourselves in the lesson. It was interesting and fun. Moreover, we had also enhanced our knowledge about lights and the lesson was really informative. This was an engaging lesson and all of us listened attentively. We further developed our knowledge in Physics and it was so memorable as we used M&M's to do experiment.  After that, we had a visit to The Oval and we created lots of memories there. It was such...

This morning, after breakfast, we had neuroscience lesson. It was really fascinating and we all learnt a lot from our teacher. We didn't know much about neuroscience before the class but now we're all equipted with knowledge on neuroscience. After lunch, we're honoured to be able to join the business planning class with Professor Nada. She was truly inspirational and we all loved her a lot. She taught us about the how to create a business successfully considering different aspects. We all found that business planning weren't as easy as we thought they were. We had karaoke after class and we all sang our hearts out. We also spent our time working on the mock trial class this thursday and also the global solution project. The thrid meeting of the global solution project was held after dinner and we split into our groups and worked with the French House. We learnt a lot from them and also we found out more about their cultures! We've had a really nice day!

17/7 Group 5 Victoria Ip Kathy Lau Tivona Yeung Joanna Keung Jacqueline Lo As we are into the second week of the program, we started to take classes at the Stanford campus once again. Our first lesson was cracking codes. In the very beginning, we were given a task to crack codes of boxes with several clues and red herrings. It was confusing at first, but the task taught us about the importance of collaboration and that working together does make the whole progress much more efficient. In the lesson, we were also taught about different methods of encrypting messages, cracking them and how cracking codes evolved throughout the years. The next session was Engineering. It was out of our expectation the content was about optical phenomena. It turned out to be the most interesting lesson for us. Instead of lectures, the teacher chose another method for us to learn which was by doing experiments with gummy bears and M&Ms. We also learned about holograms. We found holograms fun a...

17th, July Claire Chen (2) Eunice Choi (6) Tiffany Chow (7) Jessie Ko (13)\ Christie  Maw (25) The lessons resumed early after our enjoyable weekends. In the morning, we had a class on breaking codes. We learned various worldwide well-known codes that helped us to think out of the box. The lesson is very inspiring and fun! In fact,  it was hard to catch up some part of the course as it was our first opportunity to acquire this kind of knowledge, but we indeed treasured the precious time and improved a lot. In the afternoon we went for the engineering class. Although we have learnt some basic knowledge about light already, we still learnt a lot in today's lesson and are able to discover more about the properties and fun facts about light. the lesson sis conducted in an interesting way as there are many interactive activities and we enjoyed the class really much. in the evening, we discussed about the global solution project again and we made a lot progress today. we f...

17 July 2017 Group 2 Cherry Hui Popo Fung Betty Liang Rachel Tse Ellie Tang This morning we had Mathematical Logic lesson. We learnt about the golden ratio and the equation for it. We can apply this ratio in our daily lives, such as the logo design of Apple. We also had some activities linked to isometry, which are reflection, translation and rotation. During the lesson, we found that maths can be solved in various ways, which can be interesting. We tried to solve the problems in group and we exchanged ideas and inspired each other. This has been a really fun experience and we enjoyed a lot. After lunch we had the environmental science lesson. We focused mainly on climate change. The professor first introduced what is climate, and how climate affects our daily lives. We also learned about the causes of climate change. Then we had some activities. We performed an experiment to show the effects of carbon dioxide on rise in temperature. Although we were not too succes...

Day 8 (18/7/2017) Group 1 Bernice Leung Annie Suen Pamela Tang Beata Wong Vanessa Yu This morning, we had a Mathematical Logic lesson.  We learned about the different applications of mathematics in our daily lives, especially in arts, using the Golden Rule.  We were all mesmerized by the secret of these art works and paintings.  We also learned about the classification methods of symmetry.  This is an unforgettable experience for us as it provides a different way of learning math – to discover the truth and explanation of formulas instead of merely memorizing them. We have learnt how to think out of the box and to appreciate the Math in art. We realized how important it is for us to observe different styles of art and math in daily lives. Meanwhile, our professor has also taught us a logical way of solving problems using a diagram with several branches. This has offered us another way of compiling and revising our notes which is indeed useful for us in the f...