Science

Explore how CJC science students go beyond the classroom through research, competitions, and enrichment programmes to prepare for university and future careers.

Last updated 15 June 2026

CJC SCIENCE ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES

Our students embark on a range of science activities, competitions and research programmes, on top of their core science H1 & H2 subjects, to further equip themselves with essential skills and knowledge necessary for higher education. Some of these programme provide students with the rare opportunities to work with Research Institutes and universities so that they can make well informed decisions in their choice of study or career after junior college.

Our students have participated in a host of programmes, activities and competitions in recent years. These programmes have been categorized into 5 CORE Areas.

Creativity & Innovation – Students develop their creativity and construct scientific knowledge through the development of ideas/ products (e.g. Greenwave Environmental Care Competition, Singapore Space Challenge, STEP Environment Camp etc.)

Academic Competitions – Students’ knowledge of content beyond the syllabus is assessed and they develop their critical thinking through these rigorous cognitive competitions (e.g. Astrochallenge, Biology, Chemistry & Physics Olympiads, Lee Kong Chian Anatomy Challenge, International Biomedical Quiz, Elementz Research Competition etc.)

Research Programmes with local universities and science research institutes (e.g. Science Research Programme with NUS, Nanyang Research Programme with NTU, SUTD Research Mentorship Programme etc.)

Enrichment (Local & Overseas) – Our students gain greater clarity of what they want to do in future by exposing themselves to these enrichments related to various scientific areas (e.g. Work attachment with NanoBio Lab, stretch academic trips to various overseas universities, Materials Exposition at NTU, STEP NUS Sunburst Brain Camp, Nara Senior High School – CJC Science Exchange Programme etc.)

Servant Leadership – Our science students develop their leadership skills as they develop and facilitate science programmes for their college & larger community (e.g. Facilitating CJC STEM Fest programmes and morning assembly reflections, Collaboration with Science Centre to teach the public about chromatography etc.)

Four masked people pose indoors; two students hold bronze medal certificates from the Singapore Chemistry Olympiad.

Loh Ming Cheng and Nicholas Wee, Bronze medallists at the 32nd Chemistry Olympiad

A young student in a blazer holds an award certificate beside a science poster about lithium ion batteries at two events.

Three men wearing lanyards pose on a balcony at a Meeting of the Institute of Physics Singapore event.

Ignatius Choong, Winner of IPS Poster Award with Distinction and Elementz Research Competition (Silver award)

Young person standing beside a Chinese aerospace museum display board, with a large blue-lit Chinese character sign on the wall behind.

Ong Min Han at the Aerospace Summer Camp

A group of students and a teacher pose outdoors with a CJC-branded board with flame designs under a red tent.

Electric Vehicle Challenge

Four smiling students stand beside a blue poster titled Save The Turtles showing a sea turtle and conservation text.

STEP Environment Camp

My journey through the STEP Environment Camp was an enriching and enjoyable one. I was exposed to the different natural biodiversity Singapore has, such as the marine and mangrove environment, and learnt about the devastating impacts of improper waste treatment on these fragile ecosystems. Additionally, the camp has given me the opportunity to meet new friends from 12 different countries and work with them for our end-of-camp presentation, for which my group was awarded 1st place. Although the camp was draining, it definitely helped me gain more knowledge about other countries and grow to appreciate our natural environment even more. (Reflections by Sherna Cahyadi, 1T32, 2019)

A large group of students in uniforms and two adults pose in a classroom with a projected climate change presentation behind them.

Climate change, melting ice and warming oceans Talk by A/P Adam Switzer, Nanyang Technological University

A man stands near a projected AOGS 2019 presentation slide while students sit around tables in a classroom.

Talk on “Earthquakes, Tsunamis and what we can learn from them” by Dr James Moore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Three students in navy blazers with CJC badges smile in front of a Catholic Junior College science project poster.

Encouragement award at Greenwave Environmental Care Comp