VSP celebrated the fourth 2021 Science Week which themed ‘Science is WEIRD’, and our students were involved in a series of activities with a focus on research methodologies and scientific presentations.
浦东万科学校举办了2021年的第四场科学周,围绕“Science is WEIRD”的主题,学生们在各种形式的活动中,聚焦科学研究方法,展开科学知识讲解。
Science Poster Competition
科学周科学海报设计大赛
The purpose was to impart a spirit of healthy competition among fellow students to have best practices for self-promotions in the near future. VSP believes a well-presented documentation is half way to success and all our students were actively involved in making scientific posters with high level of creativity. We have witnessed a wide variety of artistic and creative writing skills in our students which will replicate in bringing a new wave of freedom in reaching greater heights in their scientific career. How will the world know their talents unless they reach the proper channel with required promotional activities and this poster design task has fully used by our dear students enabling them to have a cutting-edge technology in one hand and great communication skills in the other.
设立这一比赛,目的是在良性竞争的氛围中,培养学生自我展示的能力,以便为他们的未来发展做好准备。我们认为, 内容充实、引人入胜的展示和文字能为成功打下坚实的基础。在此次比赛中,学生们充分调动了自己的创造力,展示了出色的科学海报制作能力。我们看到了很多艺术气息浓郁且充满想象力的文字内容,通过一点一滴的积累,学生在今后的科学生涯中也会逐渐收获更多的自由空间,释放自己无限的想象力。想让世界了解并欣赏未来精英的才华,这些青年才俊首先要懂得如何通过合适的方式,展现个人的优势和能力。通过此次海报设计工作,学生们在充分拥抱尖端科技的同时,更提高了自身的沟通技能。
Science Quiz Show
科学测验
The purpose of our science quiz program is mainly to develop the spirit of participation and then to encourage the students for wider reading. This develops curiosity and makes them to explore knowledge. Further it creates a sense of searching and inquiry. As a grading necessity it helps to recognize bright and talented students. The achievers will always thrive to go for greater targets which is the driving force for them to dedicate their life towards an undistracted goal in academic heights. As a whole we will have more scientists, engineers to help the society futuristically. Our students came out with bursting enthusiasm to participate and won many prizes for various rounds.
我们组织科学测验的初衷,是想邀请更多的学生参与其中,并鼓励他们广泛阅读。阅读有助于培养学生的好奇心,让他们主动获取知识。此外,阅读还能激发学生提出问题和进行钻研的热情。测验这一形式还能对表现出色的学生给予奖励,从而激励这些学生进一步制定更高的目标,更加专注地攀登学术生涯上的一座座高峰,这样学校才能更多地为社会培养出包括科学家和工程师在内的栋梁之材。我们欣慰地看到,学生对于测验的参与热情高昂,而且很多学生在不同的测验中都获得了奖项。
Science Fair Display
科学展会
Our students brought their project display and gave a live demonstration from the evaluation of their choice of project and how they made it. As budding scholars, students were asked to design a scientific investigation, for a testable hypothesis, present the collected, transformed and interpreted data, and validate the hypothesis based on the outcome and write improvements or extensions to the method.
我们的学生将他们的作品带来后,为大家现场展示了他们的成果,还分析了相应的制作过程。这些小小学者们对可测试的假设开展了科学调查,收集并分析数据,最后基于结果验证了假设,并提出了对研究过程相应的优化和扩展方法。
Models Display
模型展示
Throughout our academic year our students are asked to make a scientific model or a prototype of what they learn in science and STEAM classes. These includes atomic structures of various elements, solar system, any electric plan, 3D human organ samples made of clay, parts of a plant and many more. All these work samples are displayed in a specific place for all to see and explore what is happening in the current science and technology field. Our students get a great recognition and appreciation which will encourage them to do more.
在每一学年,我们的学生都需要根据他们在科学和STEAM课程上接触的知识,制作科学模型。这些模型可以包括不同元素的原子结构、太阳系系统、电子图、3D粘土制作的人体器官模型,以及植物等等。在展示当天,所有学生都可以参观这些模型,感受目前科学和科技领域的前沿发展。学生们制作的模型得到了很多人的认可和好评,这样的表扬也会激励学生在科学领域完成更多探索。
Virus Research Display
病毒研究展示
As part of sensitising the student community on the pandemic developments around the world, our students are asked to do an individual research and present the findings of the origins of various viruses. Further they collect pictorial evidences of their structures and how they enter into the lives of people. They also give a detailed report on how to control/prevent such virus entering to our body. These details are displayed in charts, 2D and 3D models, handmade clay structures. By doing these works, the engaging students as well as the spectators are become aware of certain threats and safeguard themselves by becoming very alert.
除了在学校学习,学生也需要实时掌握世界范围内发生的大事,疫情防控正是目前全世界人民都关注的问题,我们的学生也进行了疫情方面的研究,并对不同病毒的本源做了展示。学生还搜索了病毒的结构,研究了它们侵入人体的过程,同时详细介绍了抵御病毒侵袭的方法。这些细节以图表、2D及3D模型,以及手工制作的粘土结构呈现在了大家面前。通过这些展示,学生和观众都对我们目前面临的危险有了更深入的了解,在保护自己和他人的时候也能更加到位。
Conclusion
结论
Every science fair brings great excitement to students as it gives them opportunity to think beyond their existing knowledge. They produce undeniable scientific craftsmanship showing us what the future will be with their contribution for a better life style. Beyond the class room learning these science fairs seeds in the spirit of a scientist allowing their thought process to expand for new horizons. Science fairs help to form a healthy competition between individual and group to strive for more performance. Even the faculties also get better understanding of the calibre of the students and nurture them more effectively.
科学周总能让学生们全情投入,享受其中,让他们有机会超越目前所学,进一步开动大脑。学生们展现出了非凡的科学能力,让我们对他们在未来可能取得的成就和对社会做出的贡献充满了信心和憧憬。科学周播下科学的种子,帮助学生在今后的学习过程中开拓思维,促进了学生和学生、团队和团队之间的良性竞争。教师团队也同样受益匪浅,通过在活动中更为全面地和学生互动,了解他们的兴趣所在,在接下来的教学工作中便能更有针对性地助力他们更好成长。
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