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Mr. Tao Xingzhi, an educator, once said, "Children are the biggest inventors." ”
Children seem to be born with a curiosity about science, but in the end there are not many people who really like science, and only a few have become scientists. Even when children reach the upper grades, they are particularly afraid of science subjects such as biology, physics, and chemistry, and using them as stumbling blocks on the road to success.
This is because a child's interest in inquiry is stifled at an early age, or there is no fertile soil to flourish.
From the perspective of children's psychological development characteristics, childhood is in a period of innovative psychological awakening, strong curiosity, love to ask questions and love to use the brain, which is the key period to stimulate the cultivation of the spirit of scientific inquiry. If you can make good use of it, your child will be interested in science, and learning physics and chemistry will not be intimidating, increasing the possibility of becoming a scientist.
Like some well-known scientists, they have loved science since childhood. In addition to Newton and Edison, who are talked about, there are not a few top scientists in China.
For example, Shi Yigong, the winner of the Future Science Prize, when he was in elementary school, he thought that doing science and basic research was cool and could change the world. Chen Ping, a young female scientist, was full of yearning for science when she was in elementary school, and she also did experiments of plugging wires into water to produce hydrogen and oxygen.
In order to encourage children, we will habitually tell children the stories of scientists when they were young, but this is a passive education that can play a certain motivating role, but it is only a kind of spiritual guidance.
What allows children to truly achieve the unity of knowledge and action is active education, such as allowing children to really do some scientific experiments, so that children can subjectively stimulate their interest in scientific inquiry.
It can be said that it is better to tell the story of a scientist ten thousand times to the child, it is better to let the child do a small scientific experiment himself, why do you say so? Take a look at these benefits at a glance.
There are many benefits to children doing small science experiments
Stimulate an interest in inquiry
To do a small scientific experiment, you need to prepare experimental materials, carry out a specific experimental process, will produce a variety of magical experimental phenomena, each process is full of freshness for children, they are particularly curious why they do it? Why are there any changes? One question after another came to mind, trying to find out, attracting them to do it one by one.
Exercise hands-on skills
To do experiments, you must operate by hand, whether it is processing experimental materials or operating the experimental process, you will use various movements of the hand, such as pinching, pulling, flipping, patting, winding, stirring, grasping, tearing, flexion, pushing and shaking, etc., to fully exercise hand flexibility.
The philosopher Kant once said: "The hand is the brain of the body", and the movement of the hand is actually exercising the brain.
Cultivate scientific thinking
Zhu Yongxin said that science laboratories are an important way to develop children's observation and thinking ability.
Allowing children to do scientific experiments is not only an effective means for children to understand a specific scientific knowledge, but also for children to learn to observe and analyze scientific phenomena. Repeat multiple experiments, the child will learn the way of thinking of scientists, using observation, hypothesis, confirmation and other means of scientific inquiry, rather than just passively accepting a theoretical knowledge, knowing it but knowing why it is so.
Let children be selective in doing science experiments
There are many scientific experiments, not any experiment can be done by children, but it is necessary to choose some small experiments that are really suitable for children, generally adhering to the following 3 principles.
Fun: Experiments have to be particularly fun to attract children to do it. Like some experiments with obvious color changes, experiments with prominent sounds, experiments with large volume changes, etc., children will be particularly curious.
Simple operation: children's ability is relatively limited, to find some more easy to succeed in the experiment, so that children are full of a sense of achievement, willing to challenge and try.
Materials are convenient to collect: "work wants to do good, must first use its tools", do experiments must need some experimental materials, the more convenient the material preparation, the higher the enthusiasm for experiments, otherwise, it is difficult for smart women to cook without rice, waste time on finding materials, and do experiments that cannot lift emotions.
Two pathways are recommended to obtain science experiments that are appropriate for your child
Now there are many resources, but the good and the bad are uneven, we must check the child, find a more suitable scientific experiment for the child, and recommend two better ways.
The first is to use specialized experimental books.
What I use for my children is "A Serious Play of Science", which is very good, compiled and approved by professionals from the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is very authoritative.
A total of 36 small scientific experiments, such as unbreakable balloons, floating ping-pong balls, color magic, unpolished paper, etc., have visual impact, experimental phenomena break the norm, so that children are full of curiosity.
The materials required for each experiment are very simple and can be easily found around you, and the experiment becomes easy to find. For example, the experiment of small paper towels with soft and rigid only needs salt, paper tubes, chopsticks, rubber bands, and paper towels. Table salt can also be replaced with sugar and sand, which is very thoughtful.
The experimental process is introduced step by step in great detail, and is equipped with high-definition real pictures, which can be operated at a glance. There are also very clear details to ensure the success rate of the experiment.
The experimental principle is explained in a simple and easy to understand, using language that children can understand, so that children understand the principles behind an experimental phenomenon, and plant a scientific seed for children.
An experiment is not done to end, but also provides an expanded knowledge, combined with real life, from multiple perspectives to consider the problem, analyze the problem, and inspire more thinking.
The typesetting is also very careful, and the experiments of the same kind are arranged together in order, which is convenient for doing multiple experiments at the same time and it is easier to understand the experimental principles. For example, the 6 experiments of balloons are put together, as well as the experiment of table tennis, the experiment of water, the experiment of light, the experiment of fire, the experiment of electricity, etc., all of which are arranged in combination, which is very clear.
This book is not expensive, but it can stimulate children's interest in scientific inquiry and prepare them for the future.
A serious science picture book is purchased for ¥29.95
Second, use an experimental box.
If you feel that it is not addictive to experiment with local materials, then choose a set of experiment boxes, there are hundreds of experiments, there are experimental consumables, we only need to add a small amount of materials to successfully do a complete experiment, very convenient.
What I prepared for my children is the "Martian Pig Children's Science Experiment Set", which has apple discoloration experiments, air extinguishing, colorful crystal balls, oil and water fireworks, etc., which are very interesting and operable. When I took Erbao to do experiments, he always couldn't help but exclaim, feeling particularly magical.
The experimental instructions are simple and clear, experimental materials, experimental steps, experimental principles, we control step by step operation, methodically complete the experiment, and then easily understand the experimental principle behind it, so that children can increase scientific knowledge.
In order to fully exercise children's interest in scientific inquiry, hands-on ability and scientific thinking, remember to prepare an experimental set for children, so that children can use their brains, entertain and teach, and unconsciously improve their abilities.
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