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iSEE Winter Camp for the Gifted

Venue: National Science & Technology Museum
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Creativity Training Program: Tops

  • Instructor: Dr. Den-Mo Tsai
  • Target: All participants.

By introducing varies of spinning tops to students, Dr. Tsai inspires students' innovations in the very beginning of the camp. Students are asked to design their own spinning tops and to share with others.


Special Lecture

  • Instructor: Prof. Maw-Kuen Wu, one of the inventors of High Temperature Super-conductor.
  • Target: All participants.


Diversity of Taiwan, NSTM exhibition

Students will vist the exhibition "Diversity of Taiwan" in NSTM.



Air and Aviation

Students will study one of the nature's most powerful but effective energy sources, called wind. They will learn how to use wind to produce electricity as well as designing and experimenting air powered rockets and cars.


Crazy Scientist: Atmospheric pressure and Experiments
  • Instructor: Dr. Chien-Ho Chou
  • Target: 5th grader


Mystery of Aviation
  • Class Convener: Ms. Lin
  • Instructor: Yi Chen Chen, Guan Hua Leu
  • Target: 5th grader
  • Contents: The mystery of aviation, and the first course of aerodynamics, the principle and application.

Water-Rocket
  • Class Convener: Ms. Lin
  • Instructor: Yi Chen Chen, Guan Hua Leu
  • Target: 5th grader
  • Contents: Introduction of a rocket and its application, and students will make their own water-rocket and have competition.

Air Cushion Cars
  • Instructor: Dr. Yaoming Chu
  • Target: 5th grader
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Robotics

Young Scientists will explore basic mechanics of gears, chains, and motors in robotic world by understanding how the computer programmed control systems. Students will design their own robots using divergent thinking skills.


Mechanics: gears, chains, and motors
  • Class Convener: Jeff Spargo
  • Instructor: Jeff Spargo
  • Target: 5th grader, 6th grader
  • Contents: Introduction of basic components, including gears, chains, and motors, and several fun hands-on activities.

Simple Machine
  • Class Convener: Jeff Spargo
  • Instructor: Jeff Spargo
  • Target: 6th grader
  • Contents: Assemble one machine from plan, and then innovate, improve and inspire some new designs and functions.

Control System: Signal, Command Driven System
  • Instructor: Dr. Yaoming Chu
  • Target: 6th grader

Build your own procedure machine
  • Instructor: Dr. Yaoming Chu
  • Target: 6th grader

What's Robot
  • Class Convener: Ms. Lin
  • Instructor: Mr. Chi-Hung Tseng
  • Target: 6th grader
  • Contents: Apply several kinds of sensors to program a stronger robot to archive the tasks.
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Materials Science

The Nanotechnology is the 21th century's most important and talked-about field of science. Students will learn how the superconductivity works by understanding the low temperature Physics and also will engage in discussions with the world renown scientists in the lab.


Low Temperature Physics
  • Instructor: Dr. Chien-Ho Chou
  • Target: 7th grader, 8th grader

Experiments of Low Temperature Physics
  • Instructor: Ms. Chen
  • Target: 7th grader, 8th grader

Super-conductor
  • Instructor: Dr. In-Gann Chen
  • Target: 7th grader, 8th grader

Conducting Polymers
  • Instructor: Dr. Changshu Kuo
  • Target: 7th grader, 8th grader

Nano-technology
  • Instructor: Prof. Chao-Ming Fu
  • Target: 7th grader, 8th grader
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