Under the clear sky, the UAV slowly flies up, constantly changes its shape, and the "Phoenix" spreads its wings in the air—— This is not the title of a science fiction film, but the opening ceremony of the 2024 Science and Technology Festival of Wuhou Experimental Middle School.
On May 20, Wuhou Experimental Middle School held "Participation, exploration, cooperation, innovation, growth - technology and life" The opening ceremony of 2024 Science and Technology Festival with the theme of.
At the beginning of the opening ceremony, a wonderful UAV performance was accompanied by music. Twenty UAVs were flying in the air, showing various patterns such as love, rings, etc. In fact, students are no strangers to UAVs - Wuhou Experimental Middle School took the lead in introducing UAV courses in the district in response to the national strategy and future talent training direction. The UAV show not only demonstrated the achievements of the school in science and technology education, but also set an example for students in science and technology innovation.
UAV performance at the opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the science and technology festival also invited experts, scholars and entrepreneurs in the field of science and technology: Gai Liwei, a science popularization expert of Sichuan Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jiang Chao, Secretary General of Chengdu Aircraft Association for Science and Technology, and Yang Mei, director of Sichuan Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, as guests to attend the opening ceremony.
The UAV slowly fell down, and Gai Liwei, a science popularization expert of Sichuan Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, stepped onto the stage and presented the theme of "The blue sky belongs to the brave" 's speech.
Gai Liwei graduated from an air force college and participated in large-scale exercises and training missions for many times; Air Force special class pilot, mainly flying Su-27/J-11 and J-10A/S third-generation fighters, with 30 years/3500 hours of safe flight and 11 types of aircraft; He won the second class merit twice, the "Gold Medal of Honor for Flight Personnel" and the "Gold Medal for National Defense Service".
Taking his own experience as a clue, he told the students about his flight history and aviation situation, and encouraged the students to pursue their dreams bravely, because the blue sky belongs to the brave.
Gai Liwei was employed by Wuhou Experimental Middle School as an off campus instructor for young pioneers
Wuhou Experimental Middle School has held the Science and Technology Festival for six years. During this Science and Technology Festival, a series of colorful activities and competitions will be held to give students more opportunities to exchange and display.
Activities during the Science and Technology Festival
In the afternoon of the second day of the Science and Technology Festival, professors from Southwest Petroleum University walked into the stadium of Wuhou Experimental Middle School to communicate with students and help the seeds once buried germinate and blossom.
An exchange in the name of science and technology is extending across the four walls of the school to a broader field, affecting more children.
Two years ago, I'm afraid no one expected that AI would enter our lives so quickly. From text creation to code tapping, from drawing to video generation, technological innovation is reshaping our way of work, learning and even life.
Helping children understand and grasp the rapidly changing technological world is the top priority of education.
In 2018, the Ministry of Education released the Education Informatization 2.0 Action Plan in combination with the task arrangement of the national "Internet+", big data, new generation AI and other major strategies, which defined the path of talent training and education development in the digital era. The building and construction of "smart education" and "science and innovation campus" were also quickly put on the agenda of each school.
Wuhou Experimental Middle School is one of many schools that respond to the national strategy and future talent training direction. The school has set up characteristic science and innovation courses such as artificial intelligence and aerospace to create a new scene of AI sports in smart campus with the integration and innovation of "artificial intelligence+sports teaching".
On May 17, 2023, the Ministry of Education and other 18 departments jointly issued the Opinions on Strengthening Science Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in the New Era Through three to five years of efforts, various measures to do a good job in science education addition in the "double reduction" of education have been fully implemented. Cultivating scientific spirit, improving scientific quality and enhancing scientific self-confidence and self-reliance have become the requirements for primary and secondary school students in the new era.
This year, on the basis of the original "science and technology+" characteristic education, the new five-year plan of Wuhou Experimental Middle School incorporated science education into the school's characteristic development system, and Science popularization, science education and scientific innovation And other three dimensions to achieve innovative development and cultivate students who are more adaptable to the future society.
“ The significance of UAV performance at the opening ceremony is not how beautiful the shape is, but to popularize science and technology to students through it. ”Yan Qingsong, headmaster of Wuhou Experimental Middle School, said.
Wuhou Experimental Middle School has reached strategic cooperation with off campus companies and Chengdu Normal University, and students often have the opportunity to go out of the school and go to high-tech enterprises and university campuses for research under the leadership of teachers.
In the real scene, students can contact more subject areas and accumulate deeper scientific knowledge And personally experience the operation of scientific principles, transform the knowledge in textbooks into practical skills, so as to understand and master knowledge more deeply.
Students go out of school to start a research trip
In addition to letting students go out, scientists will also go into the campus to communicate with children face to face.
combination Special Event of "Hundreds of Scientists Enter the Campus" in Sichuan Province During the Science and Technology Festival, scientists from Southwest Petroleum University gave 180 junior high school students a lecture on experimental science popularization. Next, more scientists will enter Wuhou Experimental Middle School to bring surprises to children.
Today, Wuhou Experimental Middle School has opened more than ten characteristic project courses , paper making, pickle making, programming, artificial intelligence, unmanned aerial vehicles, etc.
Many characteristic courses require interdisciplinary learning, such as papermaking, which requires both art teachers to teach art knowledge and chemistry teachers to explain the principles of chemical reactions in each step. Another example is making pickles, which was originally a labor course. After some exploration in school, it has become a characteristic course combining labor and biology.
On the spot of elective course "grabbing class", teachers and students introduced and demonstrated the course on the stage
In the learning process, in addition to the teaching of scientific knowledge, teachers of different subjects will guide students to pay more attention to the study and research of multidisciplinary modules.
Some courses are beyond the scope of basic education. Wuhou Experimental Middle School has invited strong "foreign aid" to help. For example, for UAV, programming and other courses, the school cooperates with professional institutions and colleges, and employs professional teachers to teach students at a fixed time every week by combining theoretical explanation with hands-on operation.
The characteristic courses also don't only cover science. Yan Qingsong, the principal of Wuhou Experimental Middle School, explained: "We can't let everyone go all out to engage in drones and programming. We should set them according to the doll's interests. Some of the doll's interests may be in economics and art, We will design characteristic courses according to our own needs. "
He also said that a richer variety of science and innovation courses will be developed in the future, and the current content and form are still in the process of exploration: "First, let students be interested in participating, and then let scientific knowledge naturally enter the children's knowledge system."
At the "Three Conferences on Science and Technology" held in 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that, Scientific and technological innovation and scientific popularization are the two wings to achieve innovative development.
In addition to the daily learning of disciplines and characteristic courses in the school, Wuhou Experimental Middle School encourages students to explore and create, and actively participate in various scientific and technological innovation competitions to step onto a larger stage.
Students of Wuhou Experimental Middle School won prizes in various competitions
The school will also hold science and technology papers, science fiction essay contests, UAV competitions and programming contests from time to time, so that students can turn the knowledge learned in the school classroom into more innovative ideas and designs, and help education travel deeper with scientific and technological innovation.
Yan Qingsong, the headmaster of Wuhou Experimental Middle School, envisioned that the school should establish a scientific education pattern suitable for this group of students from the three dimensions of science popularization, science education and science innovation based on the school situation and regional conditions. Let "scientific literacy" take root in the school and in the hearts of every teacher and student.
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