After the "double reduction", meteorological science popularization entered the campus

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2022-01-21 13:32

Just this past semester, the children of Mingqiang Primary School (hereinafter referred to as "Mingqiang Primary School") in Qibao Town, Minhang District, Shanghai, experienced a wonderful experience of meteorological science popularization like "apples smashed on the head" on campus, and the hierarchical education model of fine meteorological science popularization spawned by the double reduction policy was able to bloom in the form of a campus science and technology festival event, and the teachers and students of Mingqiang Primary School were immersed in it and were very happy.

Coincide with

At the beginning of September, after the summer clouds dispersed and the autumn breeze rose, the children, who had experienced a summer vacation, returned to school and prepared to embark on a new journey of curiosity. Li Baoqing, secretary general of the Shanghai Meteorological Society, also "walked" into the campus gate, and he is considering how to make meteorological science popularization one of the specific practices to promote the implementation of the double reduction policy on campus.

At that time, Yao Feng, the principal of Mingqiang Primary School, was also leading the backbone of the school to plan the teaching plan for the new school year. How to make the established campus weather stations and established meteorological societies promote the better implementation of the double-reduction policy, so that children have a richer educational experience in the campus, has become a key consideration part of the semester teaching plan.

In the end, through the "matchmaking" of Pu Jiawei, director of the Shanghai Minhang District Meteorological Bureau, Li Baoqing and Yao Feng hit it off, and the campus science and technology festival with the theme of "Researching Wisdom Meteorology and Inspiring the Dream of Strengthening the Country" sprouted. The two sides hope to take this as an opportunity to explore the sample of meteorological science popularization to promote the effective landing of the double reduction policy.

According to Li Baoqing, the activity considers the implementation of refined hierarchical education based on the cognitive level of children of different grades, and the students of low, middle and senior grades participate in different roles, with the purpose of allowing children of different ages to have a sense of gain in the knowledge of meteorological science.

Yao Feng believes that this science and technology festival activity is to promote the double reduction policy to land on campus "timely rain", through the activity, let the main front of education and teaching return to the campus, children can also have multidisciplinary integrated learning experience in school, for the construction of a high-quality teaching system and a good educational ecology has a positive role in promoting.

Carefully brewed

Just do it! With the support of meteorological experts from the Shanghai Meteorological Society and the Minhang District Meteorological Bureau, Mingqiang Primary School quickly set up a science and technology festival work team with the theme of "Studying Wisdom Meteorology and Inspiring the Dream of Strengthening the Country". After several rounds of brainstorming, a detailed and actionable activity plan jumped out of the paper.

According to the activity plan, the activity runs through almost the entire semester and becomes part of the classroom education, and the children can also explore the mysteries of meteorological science through practice, learn scientific skills and cultivate scientific spirit in the classroom. Fifth grade students participate in activities as "meteorological researchers", carry out meteorological experiments, study meteorological small topics, and display the research results to third- and fourth-grade students; third- and fourth-grade students participate in activities as "meteorological science popularizers", make popular science show works, design popular science exhibitions, and display them to first- and second-grade students; first- and second-grade students participate in activities as "meteorological experiencers", recording the popular science shows and science popularization exhibition visits with paper and pen.

"Compared with the traditional teaching mode, this refined hierarchical teaching mode of meteorological science popularization on campus is more inclined to hand over the main body of science popularization and teaching to students, so that senior students can know the principles of meteorological science popularization through independent exploration, form meteorological science popularization results, and explain and impart meteorological science knowledge and scientific research methods to lower grade students." Liu Yiting, director of the Science and Technology Teaching and Research Office of Mingqiang Primary School, is one of the main designers of the event, and she believes that through the hierarchical education model, no matter what role students play in the activity, they can get the corresponding growth experience.

Bloom on the ground

In October, after more than a month of brewing, the activity was launched simultaneously in the east and west campuses of Mingqiang Primary School, and more than 4,000 teachers and students participated in it.

In the classroom of Mingqiang Primary School, Han Kezhu of the fifth (6th) class presented the research results of his project to the students of the third and fourth grades in the form of a project report show - "The Influence of Cotton, Linen and Chemical Fiber on Human Body Temperature in Different Temperature Environments", he was calm and confident, and had the style of a small scientist.

This is a demonstration of the results of the "Meteor researcher" series of activities carried out among fifth-grade students. They independently carry out literature review, network surveys and other activities to find interested meteorological science knowledge points, and at the same time carry out science popularization experiments based on knowledge points. There are also some fifth-grade students who integrate scattered scientific inquiry methods, carry out popular science research, and comprehensively solve meteorological science problems.

The third and fourth grade students convert the meteorological science knowledge points into popular science exhibits and popular science show works. The content presented is full of spirit, even if the same theme is selected, each science popularization team has different exploration priorities and presentation methods. Taking tornadoes as an example, some teams explored the causes of tornadoes, some explored the types of tornadoes, and some used experimental materials to simulate tornadoes of various strengths, and the scene was extremely attractive and shocking. It attracted many teachers and first- and second-grade students to stop and study.

"Precautions for Thunderstorm Days: Don't Shelter From the Rain Under the Tree" This is a (1) activity list record of Ban Cao Jiaying, and she also drew a tree hit by lightning on the record sheet. The main task of the first and second grade students in the activity is to observe and record, through visiting the science exhibition and science show, to stimulate the interest in science popularization, learn popular science knowledge.

At present, the science and technology festival activities have come to a successful end, but the seeds of meteorological science have taken root in the hearts of teachers and students in Mingqiang Primary School, and the hierarchical education model of fine meteorological science popularization on campus that has been tested in practice will continue to solidify and promote, benefiting more students.