Champion
Student Name
Xu Jiahe
Song
凡星 – 陳蕾
Lyrics
誰都可發光只要找對地方
Content
《凡星》的歌詞中，「誰都可發光」原指人都有成功、出眾的可能。但人非發光體，如何發光呢？
根據經典物理學，帶電荷的粒子在改變運動狀態時，會發出電磁波。而且速度改變越急，所發出的電磁波頻率越高。
另一方面，溫度高於絕對零度（0K）的物體，其粒子都有動能作隨機運動。於是，物體內的帶電粒子（如電子），便會在運動時碰撞，速度因而時刻改變。換言之，物體會時刻發出電磁波。
不單如此，物體發出的電磁波，成份與其溫度密不可分。溫度低的物體，其粒子移動速率較低，碰撞時不會有過大的加速度，這物體因此不能夠發出較高頻率的電磁波。所以人只會發出遠紅外線，不會發可見光。
但這不能阻止我發光啊！誰說只有眼睛探測到的才是光？根據量子力學，電磁波就只是一束束的光子。遠紅外線也罷，可見光也罷，也都只是光子，頻率不同而矣。
要發光？要出眾？重點是温度，只要保持那一點做人的溫度，那一份對人對事的熱情，誰都可持續發光！
First Runner-Up
Student Name
Wong Ho Yee
Song
52赫茲 – KOLOR
Lyrics
但五十幾赫茲如何 可聽得到共鳴 如鯨歌
Content
52赫茲是一種頻率，亦是一隻鯨魚的歌聲。
牠在1989年被首次探測到，藍鯨頻率大多在10-39赫茲區間，長鬚鯨則在16-40赫茲區間，而牠卻是以52赫茲的高頻鳴唱，在當時比起任何已知的鯨魚物種都要高。牠被認爲是最孤獨的鯨魚，無法被傾聽，無法得到共鳴。
牠或是鯨魚雜交生下的混種，或是歌唱著不一樣的語言，或是離群享受獨處。這些都只是人類對牠的猜測，這一切我們無法確定。
在2010年，有著和牠相同頻率的鯨魚，在兩處地方同時被發現，代表牠並不孤單，牠的歌聲也能得到共鳴。
有時我們自覺孤獨，不被理解，無法得到共鳴，就和牠一樣。但是否只是我們想多了？我們太渴求他人的理解和與他人共鳴，但是尋找同伴否真的那麽的困難？是否只是我們自覺不被理解？
「但五十幾赫茲如何 可聽得到共鳴 如鯨歌」一句借牠的聲音得到回應，寓意著世間上並不會有絕對的孤獨。而如何打破這份孤獨，就是要我們打開心扉，表達自我，才有機會得到回應。
Second Runner-Up
Student Name
張子軒 Cheung Tsz Hin
Song
august – Taylor Swift
Lyrics
Salt air, and the rust on your door
Content
Describing a romance that only lasted for a summer, the song begins with this line, which well-depicts and encapsulates the atmosphere bred in the hot and humid season. 'Salt air' implies that the narrator lives close to a shore, where the summer breeze gusts the waves and brings seawater droplets from the ocean to the seaside. The sprays of brine consist of salt particles, as well as VOCs discharged from the sea which gives rise to its remarkable salty odour. What's more is that salts are electrolytes. Dissolving them in water gives mobile ions which increases electrical conductivity of the surroundings. They enable iron to oxidise and transfer electrons to oxygen in air much more rapidly. By accelerating the redox reaction, seawater catalyses the rusting of iron. On top of that, under the high temperature of the scorching sun and muggy weather in summer, more salt particles are carried in the wind. The reaction rate increases under the high temperature and high concentration of electrolytes, further intensifying the rusting, which is why 'rust on your door' ingeniously indicates the arrival of summer in the song.
Honorable Mentions
Student Name
Tang Chor Xi
Song
The Moss – Cosmo Sheldrake
Lyrics
Legend has it that the moss grows on
The north side of the trees
Well, legend has it when the sunbeams come
All the plants, they eat them with their leaves
Well, legend has it that the world spins 'round
On an axis of 23 degrees
Content
The general population perceives the earth as upright and spinning, but the third verse of "The Moss" describes "The world spins round on an axis of twenty-three degrees". How did this come to be? It is unknown but a highly speculated theory is that a Mars-sized object slammed into the Earth, tilting it and forming what we now know as the moon. Without the tilt, seasons would not exist causing humanity to perish.
The first verse, stating that "moss grows on the north side of the trees" is another byproduct of the Earth's tilt. We now know seasons exist due to the Earth's tilt, but it also causes the northern and southern hemispheres. This influences the sun's distance from the Earth, causing the northern hemisphere to receive less sun in the north and vice versa. Moss prefers shaded places, and due to the lack of sunlight, we can observe moss growing on the north face of trees.
The final stanza I will be analysing is "when the sunbeams come all the plants, they eat them with their leaves" It is common knowledge that all animals need food to live, but plants instead. "eat sunlight", otherwise known as photosynthesis. This event occurs when a plant has enough water, CO2, and sunlight, causing the plants to make glucose through photosynthesis.
Student Name
Chiu Tin Long
Song
夜曲 – 周杰倫
Lyrics
一群嗜血的螞蟻 被腐肉所吸引
Content
我們眼中的螞蟻，可能是一種團結、無害的昆蟲。牠們經常成隊成列地走在路邊、窗旁，運送着比牠們大數倍的樹果等食物。螞蟻和蜜蜂一樣，分有不同的階級。我們常見的工蟻會合力抬着樹果等食物帶回蟻窩，分享給蟻后及其他螞蟻。牠們的體形和威脅性都和獅子、老虎等肉食性動物迥然不同，讓我們有機會認為螞蟻是一種草食動物。其實，牠們是雜食性的。工蟻偶而也會搬運腐肉等肉類作為食糧。雖然味道和營養不及新鮮掉下的果實，但螞蟻小小的身體內卻有着完整且功能完善的消化系統，能讓牠們吸收腐肉裏較少的營養，維持生命。歌詞中形容螞蟻是「嗜血」的，且會腐肉吸引。這指的是螞蟻發達的嗅覺。由於視力不好，牠們會靠着靈敏的鼻子亂覓食。在聞到食物的氣味後，牠們會像一群獵豹一樣，蜂擁而至，並在沿途留下氣味，讓其他同伴幫忙。歌詞以一種特別的角度描述螞蟻覓食的特點，讓我們對螞蟻有了另一層認識，學習到螞蟻雜食性這個鮮為人知的特點。
Student Name
Lv Luosi Moses
Song
Tongue Tied Twisted–Suit Up, Soldier
Lyrics
You've got me tangled up in knots
T-t-t-t-tongue tied and twisted I can't talk
Content
Why do we get "tongue tied twisted" when we are nervous? It is because our limbic system, which regulates the fight or flight response, sees public speaking or talking to crush a "dangerous threat", and then activates the response. Causing our muscle to be tensed up. Since our tongue, jaw and lips are responsible for converting soundwaves produced by the larynx into actual words. Our ability to speak become worse. Making us "tongue tied twisted".
However, when we are talking about Tongue Twisters, it's a completely different story. Different parts of our brain control different parts of our mouth. Such as the lip sound "ma" produced by the lip, and the back tongue sound "ga" produced by the back tongue, are controlled by separated parts of our brain. The difficulties of Tongue Twisters are actually our brain messing up words produced by the same part of our mouth. For example, "she sells seashell on a seashore" focuses on the teeth sound "ss", while "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" focuses on the lip sound "pe".