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reference for the drafting of relevant policies, the project's findings can also provide a foundation for the development of even more possible medical communication strategies. (7) Physics laboratory science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education practice R&D in response to the twelve-year basic education system This project chose to perform R&D concerning experiments in the areas of electricity and optics, which are of great relevance to contemporary high- tech industry. The project focused on high school physics, and employed mass production parts and technologies used in industrial testing or analysis to develop experiments. This approach had the advantages of allowing students to familiarize themselves with physics, enabling students to establish connections with technology and engineering, giving students with different aptitudes to motivation and experience, and reducing equipment budgets due to the low price of mass produced industrial elements. In addition, the standardization of specifications also helped enhance experiment quality. The project's goal was to design instructional electricity and optics experiments using mass produced parts from contemporary high-tech and engineering industries. The project's results consisted of the completion of a diversified set of practical electricity and optics experimental components that can be used in physics instruction. These components can serve as basic instructional experiments or be used in advanced exploration and practice. Prototype production, assembly, and testing was completed during the first year of this project, and the prototype experiments were used in small-scale teaching activities and extension. The second year of the project will include the continued improvement of the finished products, as well as commercialization and large-scale extension. Apart from experimental equipment R&D, the project invited students and teachers to jointly participate in an experiment testing science workshop. While providing an opportunity to test the equipment and collect information that could be used to make improvements, the workshop also served to extend the project's results, and provided the participating students and teachers with a superior summer vacation science education activity. The targets of extension are not limited to in-school students and teachers; the project members participated in several science education fairs and popular science activities during the project period, and hope to extend the experiment components to the general public. Numbers of science education specific-topic research projects and funding, 2016 Units: NT$1 m Item Applications Approved Implemented Projects Funding Projects Funding Projects Funding Science education 103 82.32 60 42.08 105 91.68 Mathematics education 118 85.33 72 45.67 96 69.22 Information education 184 180.65 95 79.46 168 165.68 Applied science education 174 137.88 79 55.44 124 97.80 Medical education 194 189.57 92 68.44 126 102.85 Diversity science education 26 25.58 14 11.26 21 18.15 Gender and science research 26 22.86 11 5.75 13 6.74 Popular science activities, popular science education projects, popular science communications industry-academic projects, and technology, society, and mass communication 77 294 41 104 86 141 Imagination research, practicum projects in science education 50 46.49 27 20.68 42 33.11 Mission-oriented projects, cutting-edge international research centers, S&T risk communication projects 5 180 5 120 22 149 Other 1 42 68.99 0 0.00 24 32.57 Total 999 1,313.67 496 552.78 827 907.8 1 Inccludes High-Scope Program, interdisciplinary engineering education, indigenous projects, and practice research projects. MOST Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Science and Technology 48 2016 ANNUAL REVIEW