A Future Scientist Among Us!

Congratulations to Trần Minh Thành, a Grade 11 student at TH School Hoa Lac, for winning FIRST PLACE in Science Snippets, a global competition among 150 science clubs worldwide, organized by the International Research Olympiad (IRO) led by Harvard University undergraduates.

Thành's winning project tackled the impact of energy drinks on students' health, specifically testing the effects of drinking Red Bull daily. To achieve this, Thành and his incredible student-led club, the ATD Society Science Club, worked tirelessly to design, conduct, and analyze a meaningful scientific experiment that made waves in the competition.

This victory was a true THSers team effort! This would not have been possible without the support and participation of his classmates Nguyen Dang Khoi, Nguyen Thien Viet, Tran Phan Anh, and Doan Trong Khang and the guidance and support by science teachers at TH School Hoa Lac to ensure the team had everything they needed to succeed.

Thành gratefully shared his journey "Our club were guided very thoroughly by Mr. Alex, Mr. Hoang, and Ms. Ha to measure chemicals and use the centrifuge for some tests. Mr. Alex and Mr. Hoang even stayed after ECA hours with the boarding students to provide additional guidance."

Minh Thành has demonstrated the schoolwide learner outcome of critical and creative thinking through his experiment and a genuine passion for scientific research and discovery.