当地时间今天上午9点，第三届国际青少年科学发现影像大赛在美国波士顿开幕！

今天，来自美国、加拿大、葡萄牙和中国内地、香港、澳门的选手和老师参加了开幕式。

本届大赛不仅收到了来自美国、加拿大、葡萄牙等国华裔选手的作品，更收到了来自中国香港赛区、澳门赛区、北京赛区、广东赛区、河南赛区等联席赛区的作品共275项，经过科技与创新、拍摄与剪辑、脚本及解说、出镜与表达、STEMS与教育等10个方面专家的严格初评筛选，75项作品入围今天的波士顿决赛。

开幕前的展板布置

开幕式由哈佛大学分子与细胞生物学系刘鼎博士主持

波士顿是美国麻省的首府和美国东北部新英格兰地区的最大城市。它是美国历史的摇篮，是掀起美国独立战争的地方。波士顿是教育文化古都，目前有100多所大学和学院，包括著名的哈佛大学和麻省理工学院，这里是全美人口受教育程度最高的城市。在未来一周的时间里，我们将在这里感受浓郁深沉的历史文化气息，分享锐意创新的科学发现精神，进行紧张激烈的比赛和讨论。希望大家以最积极和饱满的情绪，投入比赛，享受比赛，收获知识和快乐！

美国青少年科学技术与工程协会主席、本次大赛组委会主席张波博士致辞并宣布大赛开幕

国际青少年科学发现影像大赛是由我们美国青少年科学技术与工程协会 和 香港青少年科学院共同组织发起的、面向全球青少年的、以创新性科学发现为基础、以影像展示为手段、以学习交流为目的的、以“科技创新、放飞梦想”为主题的国际性科学大赛和交流盛会。我们的目标是为全球优秀的小科学家提供一个展示科学探究成果、相互交流的平台；同时也为我们的科学指导老师提供一个学习交流最新科学进展及教学科研方法的机会。我们希望我们的大赛可以成为大家“总结成绩、发现空间、更上层楼”的台阶，为大家来年和未来的成长发展提供方向及动力。感谢蓝鲸教科文集团、亨达集团、胡宝星博士教育慈善基金会对本次大赛的慷慨资助。

中国驻加拿大使馆第一秘书、中国教育部处长，郭宇光先生致辞

本次大赛，一是举办的时间好。现在这个季节是北美最美好的季节，大家一起相约美好。二是地点好。波士顿是全球创新的中心，几所顶尖的大学是人们心中的圣地。看着同学们一张张朝气蓬勃的脸，我想起著名的苹果理论，每人一个苹果，交换过后还是苹果；如果每人都人一个创新的思想和理念，那交换起来是N个思想和理念。三是主题好。“科技创新，放飞梦想”，把科技创新作为主题。科技是第一生产力，科技影响未来，通过大赛这个平台，把小小科学家的成果展示出来，与同伴们交流，让思想理念更加成熟。希望你们成为大科学家，为人类社会的发展做出贡献。

来自哈佛大学的科学家Michael Bonkowski博士做大会主题演讲：衰老——人类永恒的主题

来自哈佛大学的科学家Mike Michael Bukwich博士做大会主题演讲：大脑的奖赏系统

北京赛区学生代表清华大学附属中学王泓乾同学发言

To Find Our Lost Friends—Dragonflies

 (寻找我们失去的朋友—蜻蜓)

Distinguished Teachers, fellow students,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Good morning! My name is Wang Hong-qian. You may call me Thomas. I am a second-year student in the High School of Tsinghua University in Beijing. Thanks for the opportunity to represent the Beijing team to explain our research project.  Great to see you all today.

I attended a summer camp held by the Hong Kong Academy of Youth Sciences this July/August, where we learned and made a micro film about dragonflies. Hong Kong is known for its skyscrapers. However Hong Kong is also heaven for dragonflies. Most parts of Hong Kong land, roughly 76% are in the undeveloped primitive state, that provides an ideal place for a lot of small species. According to books, Hong Kong has 123 kinds of dragonflies in numerous ponds, rivers and wetlands. When we visited the ponds of the Hong Kong Park which was described as “kingdom of dragonflies”, we are very disappointed. We discovered not so much dragonflies! Where are they, our friends? Instead we found a lot of red-eared sliders in the ponds. Hong Kong people call them brazilian turtles. We discovered that many years ago they were sold to Hong Kong from America as pet. This creature has very strong ability to reproduce. The big trouble is that they don’t have any predators except we human being of course. People cannot afford to raise so many at home and therefore abandon them in public water, without realizing they are predators of dragonflies! Our friends, the beautiful dragonflies become delicious food of the turtles. The purpose of making this micro film is to let people have a deeper understanding of the small creatures that often appear around us but are not given enough attention.

This was something I hadn't thought of before We human being are too selfish. Only for our entertainment we actually mobilize wars amongst species. Many useful friends like dragonflies are killed in endless wars. We want to open our eyes to observe the nature, and to find the biological mystery in the place where the city and nature may combine. We want to explore the truth of that ignored world and look for answers to improve. Next we plan to ask the Hong Kong government to improve its relevant policies and laws to create a more favorable environment for dragonflies and other small creatures to live and grow. 

I learned a lot from this research project. I now have observant eyes and heart of perseverance. I want to see the truth of that beautiful ignored world with my video camera and image how to help. As my teacher said in class, imaging makes science more beautiful. Most importantly I realized that the earth is not only belongs to us human being, but also to the dragonflies, the birds, the trees. They are all our friends. Whenever we try to do something, we need to consider more the various effects to all our friends. One day when all our friends disappeared, we will also disappear. I believe this the truth. Thank you.

Wang Hong-qian

High School of Tsinghua University

香港赛区学生代表圣若瑟书院杨沐华同学发言

Unequivocal Love Towards Youth Science Discovery Video

By YANG Muhua, Hong Kong, China

October, 2018, Boston

Distinguished Chairman, Judges, Principles, Teachers, parents and dear fellow students,

Good morning! My name is Yang Muhua from team of Hong Kong. Perhaps you are familiar with this name and this face because of my discovery video. Although it is the first time that I come to Boston, it is the third time that my projects appear at the International Youth Science Fair for Discovery Video. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to present here, and tell my story, a young man who has unequivocal love towards youth science discovery video.

At first, I can speak with confidence that I am a senior fan of Youth Science Discovery Video. During my childhood, instead of watching Transformers and Disney, I have enjoyed watching Youth Science Discovery Video for hundreds of times. At that time, all projects were still produced by Japanese youth. Although I cannot read Japanese, the Discovery Videos have deeply attracted me. I also want to research a project and investigate creatures in the nature just like those little scientists in the videos.

Then, I became a senior producer of Youth Science Discovery Video. Do you remember the documentaries? The water striders and water pollution, the gecko and their eggs , the wasp and her family, the weaver ants and their galaxy nests, and so on. They all were made by my hands. Every years, I spent my summer holiday to research a project. Peoples always joking that the longest distance in the world is not from life to death, but from Introduction to references. Actually for me, this distance is not the longest, but the happiest. From making these projects, I learn more about Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and certainly, Arts. So we got the STEM (STEAM) of our life through Youth Science Discovery Video. Not only I enjoy the STEM in this, but also the students sitting under the stage who with the same experience of happiness.

Last but not least, these experiences inspire me and light my dream. I wish to become not only a scientist to discover the amazing nature, but also a tutor to help more students set off their curiosity through lens. My tutor told me that “Find something to be passionate above.” I found it, I enjoy it, I love it. I hope more teenagers to find it too.

Thanks for your kind attention.

澳门赛区学生代表澳门培正中学欧锦钧同学发言

Good morning/afternoon, honourable judges, teachers and fellow students. I am a student who comes from Macau Pui Ching Middle School. I feel proud that we could come to Boston, the city of United States America to participate in the 3rd International Youth Science Fair for Discovery Videos Competition. Today, we are here together, with students and teachers from different parts of the world. Hope you can enjoy our competition and have a nice day.

We are students from Pui Ching Middle School in Macau, China, and I feel so proud that we can participate in such a grand competition for going abroad. Macau is our hometown, is one of the special administrative regions of China. We are very similar to Hong Kong, such as people there both speak cantonese, and we both have Pui Ching Middle School. I have been studying in Pui Ching Middle School since I was four, so I have a deep relationship with my school, not only with my classmates, but also the human touch of this place. Pui Ching Middle School is one of most great schools in Macau. Our school was founded in Guangzhou, China, 134 years ago, and spreaded to Macau and Hong Kong later.

Science Fair Discovery Video is absolutely a challenge for us. At first, I was only a kid who knows how to read and write. I didn’t know how to use my knowledge. Even I learnt the reason or the result of something, I didn’t know how to present it to others. After I learnt how to film a video, how to direct a video. I have another way to tell others what I have learnt and what I thought. Although the process of shooting a video is not that easy, but it is great for me to have a new way of learning.

At last, I would like to end my speech with a quote. “Develop a passion of learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” By Anthony J.D’Angelo. For me, participating in the competition is a learning method. We communicate with each others, and learn from each others. Hope we can enjoy our competition today. Thank you.

广东赛区学生代表顺德胡宝星职业技术学校李欣同学发言

尊敬的张波博士、姜院长、老师们、各位小伙伴：

大家早上好！

我是李欣，来自中国，广东顺德的胡宝星职业技术学校。

今天能来到美国参加第三届国际青少年科学发现影像大赛，我感到很荣幸，也很兴奋。首先要特别感谢胡宝星博士与胡韵琴女士的鼎力支持，是你们让宝星学子踏上了科学影像之旅；感谢胡宝星职业技术学校的谢丽校长和各位老师对我的栽培，因为你们，我才有站在国际舞台上讲话的机会，衷心地谢谢你们!

我参加了两年胡宝星职业技术学校科学微电影课程，到底是什么让我一直坚持下来呢？第一:我想是因为有世界顶尖的科学老师给我们上课，让我们学到了从未接触过的科学知识。第二:我跟着学校很优秀的老师：徐登峰和李妍老师，我还有一个强大的后盾，就是我的小组成员：陈启涛同学。我想这就是因为我一直坚持参加微电影的两大原因吧！感谢遇见了优秀的您们!

制作《狮舞岭南之人机共舞》这部作品，痛并快乐着，因为我得到了成长，得到了锻炼。记得在拍摄的过程中，为了镜头感更好，有些镜头需要打灯补光，一共需要6台射灯，而学校只有4台，我们尝试过在用4台射灯的情况下去拍摄，可是角度换了又换，拍了又拍，还是没有达到我们理想的效果，那到底怎么办呢？于是我们就去其他影视公司借了专业的打光灯，最终达到了理想型，就是现在你们所看到的视频。经历了这件事情，明白了"做事要不就不做，不然就要追求完美，精益求精。"我们还试过疯狂到凌晨3点还在学校的机器人工作室加班剪辑，一点睡意都没有，反而是越忙越精神，这是我人生中的第一次加班!每次加班，都有辅导老师的陪伴!

三年来，我们不仅在全国各地的赛场上获得荣誉，还多次走出国门，在国际舞台上揽下各项大奖。我们已经用实际行动来告诉全世界“宝星学子很赞!"学校对于我们的科学探究项目很支持，今年，我校将举办全省第一届中等职业学校“匠心筑梦”微电影节，相信届时会有更多的人认识科学探究，认识我们胡宝星职校。我坚信我们顺德胡宝星职业技术学校将会成为全国中职学习的榜样，一颗闪闪的明星逐渐成型！“宝剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来”，希望胡宝星职校的学弟学妹们，能够接上我们手上的接力棒，再次为宝星学校争光、为国家争光！我骄傲，我是宝星人!

美国赛区学生代表波士顿Lynnfield高中Anthony Zhang同学发言

In America, there are many other academic opportunities to explore outside of school. These academic opportunities are usually for more advanced students. Personally, this past summer I attended a summer program for advanced students. This summer program is called the Center for Talented Youth, or CTY. The CTY summer program is a rigorous three week long course in a class of your choosing.To gain admission to this program, you must take a standardized test, and meet a set score for your grade level.Achieving this score is not easy since the test taken is a lot more advanced than regular school work. Much of the material on these tests are not learned in school, so achieving this score is very hard. But, if you are able to get a high enough score, you are eligible for CTY. CTY has a vast selection of classes you are able to take. These classes vary from different subjects. CTY offers english, math, technology, science, and engineering classes. I chose to take “Principles of Engineering Design”.

CTY is available at select colleges and universities across America. You live at the college or university you chose for three weeks. I went to Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island for CTY. The CTY class schedule is intense. There is class from 9am-12pm and 1pm-3pm Monday to Friday. There is also class from 7pm-9pm Monday to Thursday, and Sunday. Since CTY is an advanced program for accelerated students, these classes are usually fast paced. These classes are taught by distinguished, well-educated teachers, instructors, and professors. You use college-level textbooks in these courses. The “Principles of Engineering Design” class was very enjoyable because we were able to apply the math and science we learned in the classroom, to the projects that we built in the lab. There were several projects built in this class during the three week session. In our first project, we were asked to build something that would raise a 100 gram weight 16 centimeters in the air on its own. To do this, we had to use the information we learned about trigonometry, forces, and motion. Other projects we performed included a catapult, a bottle rocket egg drop, a bridge, and a solar boat. In the catapult project, we had to launch a ping-pong ball at a 45 degree angle to achieve the maximum range. In the bottle egg drop project, we attached a module on top of a bottle rocket that would launch into the air. We had to design the module to protect an egg from cracking during the launch, flight, and landing. The module also had to withstand the force of the drop. My group’s egg module succeeded, and the egg did not crack. In the bridge project, we were tasked with the problem of building a bridge able to hold the weight of 19 liters of water, or 19 kilograms. To do this, we had to utilize the information about stresses we learned about in class. The bridge my team built was able to bear a weight of 38 kilograms, or 38 liters of water.In the solar boat project, we were tasked to build a boat that ran on solar energy. After these projects, we performed a final project. In this project, we were able to build anything we wanted. My group attempted to build a mechanical arm for precise motion. This required lots of work. We had to combine our knowledge of circuits, motion, forces and more. My group was making lots of progress, but we did not have time to complete this.

Aside from academics, CTY also has a social side. There are many activities you can chose to do during free time. On the weekends, there are organized events and dances. CTY is a chance to meet lots of different people from different backgrounds. When I went to CTY, I met students from Hong Kong, Dubai, SuZhou, GuangZhou, and Brazil. CTY is available all over america, but international students are welcome. CTY is one of many academic opportunities outside of school.

Overall, CTY has benefited me academically and socially. At CTY, I learned a lot about how actual engineering works and what engineers do on a day-to-day basis. Also, CTY benefited me socially because now I am connected to people I met through CTY, and I know people from all over the world. CTY was a great experience, and I encourage you to try it

校长代表中国优智教育集团董事长聂华发言

STEM教育理念的出现，对教师培养学生的科学素养提供了很大的帮助，它打破了传统的教学模式，体验性、创新性、探究性、合作性等特征，对培养学生创新精神和实践能力起到了重要作用，也给小学科学教育提供了新方法。

家长代表紫荆杂志社主编杨勇先生发言

评委代表教育时报副总编辑张红梅发言

大赛终评场馆安排在具有近380多年历史享誉世界的哈佛大学举行，参赛选手的科学发现微电影作品将进行展播，并在现场接受来自哈佛大学、麻省理工大学的科学家们的问辩。请参赛师生做好答辩准备！预祝大赛圆满成功！