Correspondent Zeng Ting
From September 17 to 23, the 2023 National Science Popularization Day activities were carried out in various places, with the theme of "Improving the Scientific Quality of All People, Helping Science and Technology to Rely on Self-reliance". In the past few days, a series of science popularization activities with rich content, diverse forms and highlights have been carried out in various places in Zhengxiang District of Hengyang City, presenting a rich "popular science feast" for the masses.
Make popular science more popular
On September 21, the main event of the National Science Popularization Day in the district "shined" at Zhongping Primary School. "Drone show", "Dancing robot", "The mystery of flame", "Air cannon", "Liquid nitrogen delicacy", "Suspended ping-pong ball"... A series of beautiful, fun and delicious science experiments and science performances brought the mobile science and technology museum to the students, allowing them to feel the charm of science at zero distance and experience the mystery and happiness brought by science and technology. Accompanied by the teacher's enthusiastic explanation, the children cheered one by one, applauded one after another, and were completely immersed.
"Wow! The drone show is wonderful! "One more air cannonball!" "Science experiments are so much fun!" ......
"This is the first time that a popular science caravan has driven into the school, bringing scientific knowledge to rural children that cannot be learned in books. The activities are informative, interesting, participatory and interactive, which not only broadens the children's horizons, but also stimulates their enthusiasm for science, which is very helpful for their future learning and growth, and hopes that such activities can continue to be carried out. Chen Yuanpeng, secretary of the party branch and principal of Zhongping Primary School, said.
Children watch the "Air Cannon" science show
Teacher Cai Cai brought an interesting lecture on creative programming science knowledge to the children. In the classroom, Ms. Cai Cai explained the basic programming knowledge to the students in humorous and easy-to-understand language, and taught the children to learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, not to be addicted to games, and to become the protagonists of making games through demonstration game adaptation and interactive experience.
"The spirit of being a scientist is not just in books and classrooms, it exists in every corner of our lives. Now, let's walk through the 'science tunnel'! "In the 100-meter corridor of the wind and rain field, the children, led by science and technology teacher Zhu Mengyan, watched the themed popular science exhibition while stopping to recite the famous sayings and aphorisms of scientists." Man is like a seed, to make a good seed "...
Through publicizing and displaying the major achievements and vivid practices made by the mainland in scientific and technological innovation and popularization since the new era, it tells the touching dedication stories of scientists, so that young people can perceive the charm of cutting-edge science and technology, understand scientific knowledge, and enhance scientific literacy. For nearly a week, Zhongping Primary School organized students to watch themed popular science exhibitions and micro-movies of scientists' spirit, tell short stories of scientists, draw scientific and technological hand-copied newspapers, and make scientific handicrafts... The spirit of science permeates every corner of the campus.
"Three chickens on top of one durian?" "Is it true that red heart eggs are more nutritious?" "How can people with depression help themselves?" ...... In March 2022, the Zhengxiang District Association for Science and Technology took the lead in opening a district-level official Douyin account in the Hengyang Science and Technology Association system, gathering popularity for science popularization in the form of "real-time explanation + focus on hot spots + animated short films". Up to now, 117 popular science videos have been released, with more than 200,000 views. The establishment of a new front for popular science has got rid of the traditional one-way teaching mode of popular science, enhanced the sense of audience participation, further expanded the coverage of popular science publicity and the public's awareness rate, and improved the public's awareness and enthusiasm for participating in popular science education.
"The Association for Science and Technology is to make the public more understand and support science, and shoulder the responsibility of better disseminating scientific knowledge to the society." How to make popular science activities more 'popular, grounded and warm', we have been working hard. The relevant person in charge of the district science and technology association said.
Make popular science more grounded
On September 18th, the themed science popularization activity of "Experience Farming Skills and Promote Intangible Cultural Heritage Culture", sponsored by the Zhenxiang District Science and Technology Association and undertaken by Hunan Manyan Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., was launched in the Labor Practice Education Base of Gengxiang District. The instructor of the base explained the cultivation culture and intangible cultural heritage content while leading the students into the base.
Students display their clay sculptures
"If Earth were the book, which page would you most like to read?" If agricultural tools understand science, what will it say to us? "In the agricultural exhibition hall, the instructor explained in detail the use and use of traditional agricultural tools, so that the students could feel the splendid farming culture created by their ancestors in the agricultural practice of spring planting, summer plowing, autumn harvest and winter storage; In the Agricultural Technology Science Popularization Hall, the popularization of modern agricultural knowledge of drip irrigation and soilless cultivation allows students to understand the rapid changes of agricultural science and technology more concretely; In the Star Drawing Museum, there are 15 major venues, including woodworking workshop, smith workshop, clay sculpture hall, dyeing workshop, face painting hall, and paper art hall, each of which independently contains the essence of representing traditional occupations and folk handicrafts, showing students the unique charm of traditional crafts from ancient times to the present, the spiritual wealth of intangible cultural heritage, and the wisdom crystallization of working people.
Students are eager to try clay sculpting, weaving, paper cutting, dyeing cloth... In the hands-on operation, feel the charm of traditional crafts and the breadth and depth of intangible cultural heritage.
From September 22 to 24, Hunan Huada Tianyuan Ecological Agriculture Co., Ltd. carried out a special action of agricultural technology association science popularization with the theme of "green agriculture, protecting the safety of the 'tip of the tongue'", and opened high-quality farmers' vegetable planting technology training to the field.
"Crop fertilization should be applied differently to the elemental needs according to its different growth stages." "We should adopt biological control methods for pest control, such as yellow plates, insect traps, etc. to catch insects." ...... Technicians from Hengyang Vegetable Research Institute and base planting technical management personnel are patiently explaining the technical specifications of vegetable planting to vegetable farmers, and guiding them through on-site demonstrations and interactive exchanges, which greatly benefit vegetable farmers.
Subsequently, the technical management personnel of the base demonstrated the product testing before the launch of vegetables, allowing vegetable farmers to experience the production process of modern agriculture and facility agriculture on site, popularizing food safety knowledge to them, strengthening their food safety awareness, and giving play to the role of science and technology in helping rural revitalization.
"This year's National Science Popularization Day activities are full of dry goods, the service is targeted, and the high-quality and characteristic science popularization resources in the region are further tapped, and the activity is more grounded." The relevant person in charge of Yumushan Town said.
Make science more warm
"Doctor, why do my eyes tear when the wind blows?" "Why are my eyes always dry?" During the popular science day activities, in Wanda Plaza and Zhangjiashan communities, you can often see aunts gathered around the "little blue tent" of Aier Eye Hospital, and the "white coats" warmly answer their questions one by one to help the public establish a better awareness of eye care.
The joint action of "paying attention to eye health and enjoying a happy life" allows residents to enjoy mobile science popularization experience and high-quality medical services at their doorstep in the form of "popular science classroom + free medical service experience".
"Wisdom to help the elderly" warms the service into the community
For the elderly, the district focused on the theme of "technology empowerment, wisdom to help the elderly", and organized a special science popularization action of "Silver Age Crossing the Digital Divide". The science and technology volunteers of Hengyang Unicom Zhengxiang Branch helped the elderly learn to use smart terminals, enjoy smart life, and eliminate the digital divide through on-site explanations and practical demonstrations; At the same time, real cases are used to popularize the common use of telecom fraud as modus operandi and anti-fraud skills, enhance the awareness and ability of the elderly to prevent financial and telecommunications fraud, meet the needs of the elderly for network communication, intelligent technology, fraud prevention and other knowledge, help the elderly enter the digital age, integrate into the smart society, enjoy the smart life, and continuously enhance the sense of gain, happiness and security of the masses.
The relevant person in charge of Hengyang Unicom Zhengxiang Branch said that they will take the special action of "silver age crossing the digital divide" science popularization as an opportunity to accelerate the construction of "love station" and recruit more scientific and technological volunteers. It also deepens cooperation with the government of Zhengxiang District, combines smart city construction, launches more "age-appropriate" application scenarios, and promotes the elderly to share the achievements of digital civilization construction.
In addition, a series of popular science activities and special actions focusing on key areas such as science popularization to help "double reduction", food safety, emergency care, energy conservation and environmental protection, disaster prevention and avoidance are still in progress in Zhenxiang District.
Up to now, Zhenxiang District has carried out more than 20 mass themed science popularization activities during the National Science Popularization Day, and the whole district has synchronized the same frequency, building a "bridge connecting hearts" for science popularization to benefit the people. Science popularization day "zero distance" to serve the masses, not only speed but also temperature.