MEET & GREET AT SINGAPORE CHANGI AIRPORT

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY!

MATH PUZZLESMILLION DOLLAR BOX

written by teoh jing yang

In a game, 7 participants are instructed by the host, “In the other room, I have 100 boxes that have been labe-lled from 1 to 100. One of the labelled boxes contain yourticket to winning one million dollars each. You will each be given slips of paper. Upon receiving your slips of paper, you may enter the room individually and leave the slips of paper inside as many boxes as you leave the slips of paper inside as many boxes as you like.”

“After all 7 participants have left the room, I will announce which participants left their paper slips under the correct box. You can then take a guess on the winning box and the correct guess brings you a million dollars! Begin.”

How do the participants ensure that they ALL bring How do the participants ensure that they ALL bring home the prize money?

CHEMISTRY PUN CAT INTERESTING IMAGES

is diarrheal parasite in the midst of dividing into 2 separate organisms, forms a heart shape.

THIS DAY INis day in 1908 (23rd May 1908), American Physicist John Bardeen was born. Bardeen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956for the invention of the transistor, and again in 1972 for the develo-pment of the theory of supercon-pment of the theory of supercon-ductors.

CONVERSATION BETWEEN ELEMENTS

1. A pen to hold the ink can be made of a compound containing one part bismuth and one part carbon.2. A compound with equal parts tin, oxygen and boron does not mix with other substances.3. One part phosphorus and nine parts potassium makeup this compound that was recently isolated from dog urine.

GUESS THE COMPOUNDS

[BiC (A brand of pen]

[SnOB]

[K9 P (Canine Pee)]

SCIENCE TRIVIA ¿?SCIENCE TRIVIA ¿?

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SIMC 2014

keynote speeches and workshops in store for you to exchange scientiicideas with like-minded peers. Epigraph aims to chronicle your SIMC and ISSF 2016 journey in the form of a daily newsletter. Each issue will com-a daily newsletter. Each issue will com-prise a brief summary of the previous day’s activities and events complete with quirky snapshots of your friends and you! We also aim to give you some insight into the thoughts of the organ-ising team, other participants, educators, and even the judges! And when the event and even the judges! And when the event is over, we hope that the newsletter will serve as a memento of fond memories of your stay in Singapore for SIMC/ISSF 2016.

FROM THE EDITORIAL TEAM

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WELCOME QUOTES

“HEARD IT IS GOING TO BE VERY HOT!”

-Ildikó Zanatiné Szántai, Educator from Fazekas Mihály Secondary Grammar School (Hungary)

“THE AIRPORT CHARGING STATION IS LIKE MY NEW HOME.” - Jacelyn See, Students’ Programme

Overall-In-Charge (OIC)

“I’M PRETTY JETTLAGGED AND JUST WANT TO SLEEP!”

-Zoltán Molnár-Sáska, Fazekas Mihály Secondary Grammar School

“IS THERE KRISPY KREME HERE?”

- Ak Md Haziq Dzulfadhly Mubarak Pg Hj Mohd Amir Ilham, from Maktab Sains Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan Brunei

“THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS BUY TOOTHPASTE, BECAUSE I LOST MY LUGGAGE AND IT’S ONLY ARRIVING TOMORROW.”

-Igor Tarakanov, Moscow South-Eastern Lyceum And Grammar School Complex

“I HAVE NEVER FELT SO LOW IN MY LIFE BEFORE.”

-Mr Terence Fong (on sleeping on the airport oor), Teacher-in-Charge of Students’ Programme

WHY EPIGRAPH?Just as an ‘epigraph’ can refer to a brief motto, saying or quotation at the begin-ning of a literary composition, setting forth the tone or theme of that piece, we hope this newsletter issued at the beginning of each day at SIMC would aptly set forth the tone and theme of aptly set forth the tone and theme of the day.

Just as an ‘epigraph’ can also refer to an engraved inscription, as on a statue, building or some architect-ural ediice, we trust the words we ‘etch’ on this daily newsletter as a record of the daily events would be similarly etched on your minds would be similarly etched on your minds as unforgettable memories.

Just as ‘pi’ is the universal symbol for mathematics and a ‘graph’ is a mathematical representation of the connections between two or more things, we hope this ‘e-PI-Graph’ of a newsletter will aptly capture the milestones of this will aptly capture the milestones of this mathematical challenge.

INTERVIEW WITH ORGANISING COMMITTEE

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