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Need a break from school work and studying? Check out the events in store
for you! 想暫時擺脫繁重的學校課業在有趣的科學海洋中遨遊一下嗎？那就來看看
近期都在舉辦些什麼有意思的活動吧！
Café Scientifique
Listen and participate in discussions of current
technological advancements while sipping a cup
of freshly brewed coffee. World-renowned experts
and scientists are invited to communicate face-
to-face with the public every first Monday of each
month at Café 8, Hong Kong Maritime Museum,
Central Ferry Pier 8. Past events include topics on:
the plague, life expectancy and human emotions.
Visit the Café Scientifique Facebook page
for event updates: https://www.facebook.com/
CafeScientifiqueHongKong or e-mail and subscribe
to them at cafesci.hk@gmail.com.
Google Science Fair
Since 2011, Google has hosted an annual online
science competition, available to students aged
13 to 18 from around the globe. The competition
welcomes any experiments under the umbrella of
science. More importantly, it is free of charge!
Exciting prizes to be won: the grand prize
includes a US$50,000 scholarship funding, a life-
changing 10-day trip to the Galapagos Islands
with National Geographic Expeditions and a
US$10,000 grant toward the winner’s school
among others. That’s not all. There are 7 other
category prizes to be claimed! Check out their
prizes page: https://www.googlesciencefair.
com/en/competition/prizes
Get a head start and plan your submission
now! To get the latest updates for Google
Science Fair 2015, you can subscribe to their
mailing list at https://services.google.com/fb/
forms/sciencefairen.
科學咖啡館系列
一邊聽著科學家講解當前的科學，一邊喝著即磨
咖。每月的第一個週一，於中環碼頭8號香港海事博物館
Café 8，「科學咖啡館系列」將會請到世界知名的科學
家和大家一起討論現實科學問題。過去的講座包括：瘟
疫、壽命和人類情緒。
想得知最新消息請即瀏覽「科學咖啡館」Facebook
網站：https://www.facebook.com/CafeScientifique
HongKong 或在 cafesci.hk@gmail.com 留言。
Google 科學競賽
起始于 2011年， Google舉辦一年一度的在線科學競
賽提供給世界各地 13 歲至 18 歲的學生。比賽歡迎各種有
關科技學科的實驗，而且參賽費用全免。
是次比賽獎品豐富：大獎得主可贏取50,000美元獎學
金、國家地理贊助的加拉巴格群島十日之旅和10,000美元
資金補助給得獎者的學校等等。此外，Google還準備了
7等獎類別，獎品豐富等著你!
查看獎品網頁：https://www.googlesciencefair.
com/en/competition/prizes
取得先機，立即策劃你的項目！ 請於 h t tps : / /
services.google.com/fb/forms/sciencefairen/訂閱
Google科學競賽最新資料。
Useful links 相關網站：
1)https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/?refresh=postlive
(homepage 官方網站)
2)https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/participants/faqs(FAQ)
By Yi Qi 戚益
What’s Happening
in Hong Kong ?
香港科技活動