This innovation competition demonstrates the enthusiasm of young people to change their lives and encourages children to discover "golden ideas" from life
"How did you come up with this idea?" "Have you done any preliminary research when doing this questionnaire?" "Whose life do you hope to change with this idea of yours?"
This past weekend, a lively random question and answer session was held at the Zhangjiang Science Hall - the final evaluation event of the 39th Pudong New Area Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition was held here. Participants from Jiaotong University, Tongji, East China Normal University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai University of Science and Technology and other units 48 experts and scholars served as the final judges, randomly asking questions about the scientific and technological creativity of the participating students, and the students gave impromptu defenses, and finally selected the outstanding winning works.
After preliminary selection, 309 projects were shortlisted for the final evaluation of the Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition, and a total of 385 students participated in the competition's final evaluation exhibition event.
The content of the competition includes two series: competition and exhibition review, with a total of 5 activity sections. The competition series includes three sections: "Youth Science and Technology Innovation Achievements", "Youth Science and Technology Creativity" and "Technology Counselors' Science and Education Innovation Achievements". The exhibition review series includes two sections: "Youth Science and Technology Practice Activities" and "Youth and Children's Science Fantasy Painting". In addition, this competition has specially set up the "Beautiful Pudong Ecological Creation" ecological and environmental protection works special project, and special selection will be carried out for the projects related to ecological and environmental protection themes in the competition.
The Pudong New Area Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition is a demonstrative and directional district-level youth science and technology education activity. It aims to promote the vigorous development of youth science and technology activities, cultivate the innovative spirit and practical ability of young people, and improve the scientific and technological quality of young people. After being reviewed at the school and district levels, this competition received a total of 2,895 officially submitted projects. Among them, there are 2,544 individual projects and 351 collective projects. A total of 3,411 teachers and students participated, and 760 schools participated.
After the preliminary evaluation of the competition, a total of 309 projects were selected for the final evaluation of the competition. 385 students from 103 schools participated in this final evaluation activity. Including 72 youth science and technology innovation achievements, 108 youth science and technology innovation achievements, 15 youth science and technology practice activities, 60 children's science fantasy paintings, and 54 ecological and environmental protection special selections. It is worth mentioning that this competition has a special ecological and environmental protection project of "Beautiful Pudong Eco-Imagination". Schools actively participated and received a total of 357 ecological and environmental protection works. The competition gives every young person the opportunity to use their creativity, participate in environmental protection innovation, and contribute their creativity and wisdom to beautiful Pudong.
Siblings Le Yuan and Le Shuo from Shanghai Private Shangde Experimental School and their classmate Ju Yilin designed a "foldable GPA positioning intelligent rescue and three-proof walker for the elderly." This rollator can prevent falls, accidents, and loss. Three friends installed safety devices such as GPS positioning, remote call for help, high-decibel alarm lighting, and luminous warning strips on the ordinary rollator for the elderly at home. "The original idea came from our grandfather. The elderly people felt that ordinary rollators were inconvenient to store and were unwilling to use them. So we discussed together whether to make the car foldable, and then thought about adding other functions to it. This car allows the elderly to ask for help with one click and travel conveniently," Leyuan said. Inventions and creations from life are not only not difficult, but also make him "inspirational". "I am very happy to be able to bring convenience to my grandpa. "
Designing a rechargeable shared bicycle, Deng Borui from Shanghai Zhiyuan Middle School was inspired by his mother. "My mother rides a shared bicycle to the subway station every day. The distance is neither long nor short. She rides five or six kilometers every day for more than 20 minutes," Deng Borui said, so she wondered if she could give the shared bicycle a ride. Connect a wireless charger, and if mom can use electric shared bicycles in the future, it will be more convenient and labor-saving. His little idea was affirmed by the review experts, who also gave him some suggestions: "If you can put a solar panel on the bicycle and use this charging method, wouldn't it be more environmentally friendly and convenient?" Deng Borui said happily: “I’m so lucky to be recognized by expert teachers and receive their professional guidance.”
In addition to the written review, the final evaluation of the competition also included a highly interactive questioning activity. During the defense process, the participating students will introduce their innovative achievements to the expert judges based on the content of the exhibition board, the actual works, original records and other relevant materials and conduct an on-site defense. At the same time, students who participated in the final evaluation of children's science fiction paintings also underwent an on-site skills test to further examine and exercise the students' painting abilities.
When the participating students faced questions from knowledgeable experts, some were very calm, some were slightly nervous, and some were able to defend and communicate with a little humor.
Teacher Xue Hong from the Department of Sociology of East China Normal University was the judge of this final evaluation event. Before each work, she listened carefully to the topics of the young contestants, listened to the sources of their creativity, and carefully guided the children on how to write essays in a standardized manner. "I have participated in this competition for five or six years. I feel that it is a very good way for the judges to come among the students and communicate with them," Xue Hong said. Although some of the children's topics are still a little immature, they all come from their own lives. , this is what we need to encourage, "They use their own research to make life better, and observe it from the perspective of a social participant, which is very real." Xue Hong said that the judges are not just scorers. In the Youth Innovation Competition, it is especially important to encourage children’s efforts and help them grow.
This competition not only has many projects, high quality and large scale, but also integrates scientificity, innovation and practicality, playing a very good demonstration and guidance role in the development of scientific and technological innovation activities for young people. The competition also built a platform for teachers and students in Pudong schools to display and exchange scientific and technological education achievements, fully displaying the outstanding innovative achievements of young people, effectively reviewing young people's innovative and practical abilities, and achieving the goal of further creating a culture of advocating science and technology, scientific and technological innovation and science and innovation education. good atmosphere.
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