Hotter than the outdoor temperature is the enthusiasm for science and technology inspired by this summer camp. Just past the weekend, the members of the 2021 Shanghai Youth "Play with Science, Unlimited Creativity" Enterprise Practice Experience Tour Summer Camp walked into Shanghai Oriental Teaching Aids Co., Ltd., with the theme of "Environment and AI", playing with scientific experiments and intelligent device production. The two days of activities were colorful and the little campers were hooked!
"Happy, healthy and beneficial" is the key word in summer vacation life. In 2017, the Education Technology Equipment Center of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission founded the first youth enterprise practice experience tour summer camp, which allowed middle school students to enter the front line of enterprise research and development and production for the first time, providing students with a rare opportunity to go deep into the front line of enterprise production and research and development, personal experience and practice. Ni Dongbin, deputy director of the Educational Technology and Equipment Center of the Municipal Education Commission, introduced that so far, the Educational Technology and Equipment Center of the Municipal Education Commission has successfully held three consecutive summer camp activities. This year's new summer camp opened again, and after the recruitment notice was announced, 100 campers were sold out.
【Scientific experiments to explore new energy】
"What does the current of a solar cell have to do with it?" "How do hydrogen energy vehicles work?" In the "Environment and AI - Scientific Experiments and Intelligent Device Production" summer camp route, it is better to explore new energy than to operate experiments!
In the activity class of the summer camp, the small campers are counted in groups, hands-on unboxing, and hands-on scientific experiments. Take out the solar test board, install it step by step, turn on the light source, and start generating electricity! Observe the speed of the motor fan operation, and then learn to measure with a multifunctional meter... Under the guidance of the teacher, the little campers operate step by step, changing the angle, adjusting the size, and summarizing the rules.
"We succeeded!" Only to see that the small campers first used the recycled battery to electrolyze water, collect enough hydrogen and oxygen, and then use hydrogen and oxygen to generate electricity, so that the small motor of the teaching aid car moved. In the hydrogen energy trolley experiment, the campers repeatedly tried and operated, and the successful team could not help but cry out with joy.
Jiang Chenfei, the instructor of the summer camp, introduced that these two small experiments allowed the children to experience the characteristics and practical application of solar energy and hydrogen energy, and the understanding of clean energy also changed from abstract concepts to practical experience, cultivating children's hands-on practical operation ability, problem discovery and processing ability, teamwork and expression ability.
【Induction experience production line】
How are the products we come into contact with on a daily basis produced? The summer camp also specially set up a "production line experience" link, so that the small campers can experience the whole process of product production "zero distance". Of course, they are still young and can only experience the final packaging session, but the children are very excited, and each child has packaged the lab supplies that will be sent to the school.
Don't underestimate this task, after assembling a box of teaching aids, it is necessary to cooperate closely with more than ten stations on the assembly line, and the efficiency of each station should be highly consistent. The reporter saw that in front of each station, the staff had prepared a detailed assembly operation instruction for the small campers, and the operation of each process and the attention points were clear at a glance.
The assembly line started, the little campers were in full swing, and the two groups also started the game! Don't underestimate this small packaging assembly line, which really tests the children's hands-on ability and teamwork. After the experience, camper Yang Jinlin said: "I always thought that the assembly line has little labor except for machines; today I experienced the artificial assembly line, and I feel that every link is interlinked, and teamwork is very important." ”
In the "Science Exhibition Hall", which is more attractive to children than mobile games, children experienced a variety of interactive games. Dancing paper clips, contour lines that can be seen and touched, cones that automatically roll high, straight iron rods that can pass through the trough, feeding dinosaurs with VR technology... A variety of fun experimental equipment makes the children have fun, and they also unconsciously learn a lot of scientific knowledge in the relaxed and pleasant process.
【Solve garbage classification with AI】
"How do you sort garbage by artificial intelligence?" In response to this problem, the young campers carried out a "brainstorming", and all kinds of fantastic ideas burst out.
"You can design a program that lets a robot sort the garbage." "But how do robots identify a wide variety of garbage?" "How to distinguish between garbage made of paper and watermelon peels?" "You can distinguish it first by color and then by thickness." "For example, how to distinguish between two bottles of seemingly clear liquid, one bottle of potion and one bottle of ordinary water?" "It can be identified by distinguishing the components inside by the device." "Wet garbage and dry garbage are mixed together, how to distinguish between them?" "A screening and filtration device can be designed to identify and sort like a factory assembly line." ......
After brainstorming, the summer camp instructor began to take the children to complete the installation of the MODEL of the AI equipment for garbage sorting. The purple circle represents wet garbage, the blue triangle represents dry garbage, the red square represents hazardous waste... From mechanical assembly, to circuit layout, to program settings, a small model of a garbage sorting AI equipment was born in the hands of small campers. Learning about AI knowledge, sharing learning experiences, and completing their own works with a great sense of accomplishment, the young campers are worth the trip.
After two days of getting along, the feelings of the little campers are getting deeper and deeper. Tolerance of mistakes, teamwork, perseverance... These are the qualities that the little campers have been showing over the past few days. In this process of active exploration, hands-on practice, innovative design, and project experience, the children have gained growth. "Summer camps are full of practical future learning methods: interdisciplinary learning, integrating various fields of humanities, science and technology and even the arts; project-based learning, through real simulation, so that children have a real experience; problem-based learning, so that children can discover real-life problems, in the process of problem solving to explore and practice." Lego theme summer camp teacher Pan Shunda said.
It is understood that the summer camp has three other themes, namely "Explore the magical journey of Lego, experience the fun of programming", "There is "mud" to do it - pottery design and production" and "racing light wheel simulation", these theme summer camps are carried out in batches.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Xu Ruizhe Text Editor: Li Lei Title Image Source: Courtesy of the Education Technology and Equipment Center of the Municipal Education Commission
Source: Author: Lei Li