In order to popularize popular science knowledge to young people, improve their scientific awareness, and cultivate their scientific practice ability and innovative spirit, on April 8, 2024, Xiping County Science and Technology Association and Xiping Erlang Scientific Research Station of Henan Agricultural University jointly held a youth science education practice activity. Dong Pengfei, Deputy Director of Henan Provincial Farmland Ecosystem Field Observatory, Song Rui, Director of the Office of the State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science jointly built by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Jia Xucun, Director of the Office of the Huanghuai South Maize Regional Technology Innovation Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhu Ruiping, Secretary of the Youth League Committee of the Academy, Wang Hongwei, Vice Chairman of the Xiping County Association for Science and Technology, and other leaders attended the event.
The launch ceremony of the event
During the activity, experts from Agricultural University played popular science videos for young students, explained scientific knowledge, and allowed students to observe biological specimens, observe the growth of crops, and experience the use of scientific instruments. Through a series of popular science education and practical activities, the young students have a preliminary understanding of agricultural scientific knowledge and the process of science and technology empowering food production, improve the understanding of the importance of food security and food conservation, and ignite the children's scientific dreams.
Students are watching a popular science video
Professor Dong Pengfei introduced the advantages and characteristics of Xiping wheat, the significance of the construction of high-standard fertile land, and the outstanding achievements of Henan Agricultural University in wheat breeding, which stimulated the sense of mission and responsibility of primary school students to learn agriculture and love agriculture, strengthen agriculture and rejuvenate agriculture.
The experts of the Agricultural University then explained the growth law of agricultural insects to the students
Experts from Henan Agricultural University taught the students the growth path of wheat, corn, rape and other crops from seed germination, seedling, rooting, leaf-growing, flowering and fruit-bearing in an easy-to-understand language, and combined with interesting quizzes, seed and insect specimen display and other forms of science popularization of the growth and development process of crops. On the experimental operation table, the students listened carefully to the teacher's high-powered microscope operation knowledge and experienced the microscope operation process. Next to the artificial climate room, volunteers led primary school students to identify common crops, explained commonly used crop growth experiments, and guided primary school students to establish noble sentiments of loving agriculture, being close to nature, and advocating science.
Experts from Agricultural University explained the growth process of rapeseed and the popular science knowledge of field management to the students
During the activity, the students were enthusiastic, sometimes listening attentively, sometimes observing carefully, sometimes asking serious questions, sometimes hands-on practice, and their hearts were full of yearning for science and longing for a better future.
The teacher of Agricultural University explained the knowledge of high-power microscope operation to the students
(Xiping County Association for Science and Technology)