In time for its 79th founding anniversary celebration, the University of Batangas, in partnership with the Philippine Foundation for Science and Technology (PFST), brings an engaging and interactive way to learn science and technology.
The University of Batangas and PFST opened the Science Works Exhibit at the Millennium Gymnasium of the UB Batangas City Campus on February 17, 2025. The event was graced by University President Marlene Hernandez-Bohn, Chairman of the Board of Regents Atty. Jesus V. Mayo, PFST Chairman Acd. Fortunato T. Dela Pena; PFST Executive Director Ms. May M. Pagsinohin; PFST Education Consultant and Trainor Prof. Corazon S. Salumbides; PFST Board Member Dr. Tirso Ronquillo; DOST Regional Director Ms. Emelita P. Bagsit; DOST Batangas Provincial Director Ms. Felina C. Malabanan; and UP ERDFI Executive Director Engr. Alfonso Aliga Jr., and other UB top management, deans, and students, who joined the ribbon-cutting and balloon-popping ceremony.
Science Works exhibits the principles of Science and Technology in objects that can be touched, pushed, switched, and cranked. Among the works featured are the anti-gravity mirror, frozen shadow, square wheels, well of flowers, parabolic dishes, momentum machine, probability machine, and Newton’s cradle.
On the exhibit’s first day, the UBBC Junior High School students, with their teachers, experienced an exciting way of discovering and understanding how science and technology work as they tried the featured works.
The Science Works Exhibit shall last until February 27, 2025, and is open to students and other spectators who wish to learn science and technology in a way they have never wondered and imagined about.
