The College of Science offered its yearly extension activity, the Summer Institute in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics last April 6-27, 2022. With the recurring theme of “Upgrading Senior High School  Science and Mathematics Education: Content and Competency”, the Department of Biology, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Physical Sciences and the Human Kinetics Program offered different online talks on various interesting topics thru Zoom and Youtube streaming.  

The Department of the Mathematics and Computer Science kicked off the activity last April 6-8, 2022 which was attended by 426 participants with notable participants from  International School of Asia and the Pacific, University of Southern Mindanao, University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College, Angeles City Science High School, University of the East, Philippine Science High School - Cordillera Administrative Region Campus, University of the Philippines - Diliman and Sorsogon State University Magallanes Campus.

Following the DMCS, the Human Kinetics Program offered talks on some PE games with speakers invited from the other UP campuses, namely, UP Visayas, UP Manila and UP Mindanao. HKP held their talks from April 18 to 20, 2022 and was attended by 62 participants with some participants from Pangasinan State University, Isabela State University-City of Ilagan Campus, Arellano University Plaridel Campus, Philippine Science High School-Bicol Region Campus, Sultan Kudarat State University, Ateneo de Naga University and University of Southern Mindanao.

Talks coming from the Department of Physical Sciences from its three Discipline: Physics, Chemistry and Geology started April 21 and ended on April 23, 2022. There were 408 attendees with some coming from Bicol University, Cagayan State University Lal-lo Campus, Lipa City Science Integrated National High School, Southern Leyte State University, Woodridge College Inc, and Ateneo de Zamboanga University.

Department of Biology was the last Department to hold their talks for the last three days of this year’s SINSM from April 25 to 27, 2022. Attended by 186 participants with some coming from Quezon National High School, Angeles University Foundation, Philippine Science High School-Bicol Region Campus, Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology, Montessori Schoolhouse at Kent, Eastern Samar State University - Salcedo Campus and Saint Mary's University.

Source: Prof. Meijei Bagangao, SINSM 2022 Chairperson