Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DOST Regional Office No. VI
ISO 9001:2008 ISO/IEC 17025:2005

FOR PRESS RELEASE: MARCH 1, 2018

DOST’s ‘Science Explorer’ invades Iloilo schools
ILOILO CITY, FEB 28, 2018— Dubbed as the Philippines’ first mobile science learning facility, the Department
of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Science Explorer has now arrived in Iloilo to bring to schools that are under-
equipped or have no science laboratories, a fun experience in learning science through cool and interactive
experiments in the hope of inspiring them to pursue S&T courses in the future. This is the first time DOST brought
this learning facility in Western Visayas.

The Science Explorer accommodated a total of 570 pupils and students from Lapayon Elementary School and
Lapayon National High School in Leganes, Iloilo on its first leg last January 26, 2018.

Several topics were taught inside the Science Explorer Bus which include Weather Science, Forest Biodiversity,
River Geology, Water Rocketry and Marine Science.

These pupils and students on the first two visits were just part of the more or less 750 pupils and students from
public elementary and secondary schools in Iloilo who are about to experience the said learning facility in the
upcoming days.

Run by the DOST- Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI), this year’s five-day Science Explorer project is set
to invade further the following schools in Iloilo:

1. Bayag Elementary School and Bayag National High School in Leon, Iloilo- February 27, 2018;
2. Badiangan Elementary School and Badiangan National High School in Badiangan, Iloilo- February 28,
2018;
3. Dueňas Central Elementary School and Dueňas General Comprehensive High School in Dueňas, Iloilo-
March 1, 2018; and
4. New Lucena Central Elementary School and New Lucena High School in New Lucena, Iloilo- March 2,
2018

Science Explorer features a growing collection of exciting modules that promote hands-on learning of complex
science and mathematics fields. The Science Explorer Bus goes to underprivileged schools in the provinces as
well as in Metro Manila.

Different strategies are being employed inside the Science Explorer to ensure effective learning. These include
Computer Aided Instructional Materials for elementary or high school science and mathematics using locally-
developed courseware and resources, ETV lessons and resources featuring CDs of educational science programs,
fun experiments and play science, interactive science exhibits, story telling and creativity workshops and invent
school.

Unveiled in 2010, the Science Explorer was conceptualized to help bring to schools that are under-equipped or
has no science laboratory a hands-on experience in experiments and discover the world of science at an early age.
(DOST6/JRAGabiota)

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 Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DOST Regional Office No. VI
ISO 9001:2008 ISO/IEC 17025:2005

DOST’s Science Explorer resource person Michelle Manglicmot, Marine Science Expert from Marine Science
Institute, UP Diliman, gives simple bathymetric activity to the pupils of Lapayon Elementary School inside the
Science Explorer Bus. (Photo: DOST6/GMLegislador)

Excited pupils from Lapayon elementary School in Leganes, Iloilo fall in line to see what’s inside the Science
Explorer Bus. (Photo: DOST6/GMLegislador)

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 Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DOST Regional Office No. VI
ISO 9001:2008 ISO/IEC 17025:2005

Pupils actively join the wind speed activity inside the Science Explorer Bus. (Photo: DOST6/GMLegislador)

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