"From time to time, the school will launch articles and videos related to the subject of nature on the WeChat public account, just to let students understand nature and increase their knowledge."
Chen Lin, principal of Luming School, said that under the leadership of the natural science teacher, the students in the school will come to the school early and watch birds with telescopes; they will trace traces in the campus after school and investigate "bird collisions"; they will go to the outer ring forest belt of Gucun Park to clean up the invasive alien species Fushou snail; they will bow their heads in front of the less conspicuous plants and observe carefully...
Children's curiosity and interest in nature stems from the careful cultivation of Luming School and teachers - under the "double reduction" policy, the school uses the classroom, after-school service courses and other spare time to vigorously promote the construction of natural courses under the joint efforts of natural science teachers, forming an interesting, distinctive and bright natural curriculum system, so that children can cultivate curiosity, observation, discover the fun and beauty of nature, and grow up happily in a relaxed educational atmosphere.
Located in the western part of Baoshan District, Luming School is a school established in 2015.
At the beginning of its establishment, Luming School, which has superior natural conditions, attached importance to the construction of natural disciplines, and now, under the "double reduction" policy, it is even more important to use after-school service time to take students into nature and conduct nature curriculum education.
The school fenced out a labor practice and observation base on the campus, organized students to form interest groups, and observed everything that happened at this observation base for a long time - in this way, insects and birds, flowers and flowers, all remained in the eyes of students and entered their hearts.
The plants in the garden are divided into two categories – vegetables grown by students and weeds that grow naturally. In the vegetable area, the school has specially set up a sunshine shed, where students grow vegetables in the shed as a class unit, and in the weed area, all kinds of grasses grow freely in the sun, full of wild fun.
"This area provides a platform to showcase biodiversity, just so that children can go from books to nature and embrace nature." Principal Chen Lin said that the students do not use the potion to water the vegetables in the vegetable cultivation area, so the vegetables are very healthy and luxuriant; after that, the school has arranged to test the vegetables and put healthy vegetables on the students' tables, so that the students can taste the fruits of their labor.
Liu Zhenjun, a nature teacher at Luming School, is a person with a natural passion for nature, and she often leads students to watch birds, stargazing, night creatures, and participate in "bird collision surveys"... Nature classes have become more colorful under her thinking and design, and she herself is affectionately called "Potato Teacher" by children.
Luming School is adjacent to Gucun Park. Once, a "new thing" came out of the residential area near Gucun Park: there was a bullfrog in the river channel in the residential area, which was too noisy and affected the rest of the residents.
Teacher Liu Zhenjun, who learned of this, had a clever move: this is a good opportunity to give the children a "pure nature" nature lesson! So she contacted the natural museum's teacher, who specializes in bullfrogs, and the two of them met with the students at night to catch bullfrogs in the river.
This action not only solves the noise problem of the residents, but also takes the children to a vivid nature lesson, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Afterwards, students interested in bullfrogs began to actively explore the life habits and biological characteristics of bullfrogs, and learned more about this alien creature.
"I think the education of the nature curriculum should be long-term, and students should be under the guidance of the teacher to truly feel and understand the world around them." Teacher Liu Zhenjun said that she feels that natural observation is a cumulative process, when students always observe, always think, and accumulate to a certain extent, there will be a basket of problems, and then, the learning process will naturally occur.
In addition, Teacher Liu Zhenjun also led the children to participate in a citizen scientist project , "Bird Collision Survey", that is, to understand the collision of birds with flying artificial aircraft, high-speed trains, cars, buildings, etc., causing injuries. In this project, she is often full of surprises: students will insist on investigating themselves when she is not in school; when the bird carcass is not found, they will write in their journals "Glad that our building is not too bad for birds"; when they find the bird, they will be both excited and frustrated and want to bury it well...
Teacher Liu Zhenjun told Zhou Zhijun that from these things, she could feel the children's respect for life.
"In fact, the educational process can also be two-way, and I can learn from them respect for nature and kindness to life... These are also worth learning. ”
"In the construction of natural sciences, we insist on letting children 'walk in' and 'go out'!" Wang Xu, a teacher at the Student Development Center of Luming School, explained that "walking in" refers to the fact that children participate in nature clubs and nature courses on campus, and observe the natural environment on campus under the guidance of teachers; "going out" means that children go out of the campus and come to Gucun Park, Natural History Museum and other places to personally explore the knowledge of nature.
Principal Chen Lin said that in addition, the school often organizes social practice activities, such as leading students to participate in the Chongming Flower Expo, organizing activities, etc., so that students can solve their own problems and cultivate curiosity during play.
On the School WeChat public account, it also often pushes manuscripts of natural science subjects, and the articles have various themes and various categories, which have aroused the concerns of many parents and society.
"One of the things that makes me happy is that many parents, under the leadership of their children, have also become interested in nature, not only supporting their children to participate in these nature course activities, but also communicating with me and discussing knowledge and experience." Teacher Liu Zhenjun said that nature has endless charm, so that children, parents and teachers have established friendly connections to explore and discover them together.
Principal Chen Lin revealed that the school hopes to cultivate students who "have light in their eyes and love in their hearts", hope that students have curiosity, have a positive desire to explore the world and nature, have the strength to study, and hope that they will care about the world and environment around them with love and action.
Source: Thoughtful