Is sashimi still edible? The "Parasite on the Tongue" Science Popularization Exhibition Brings the "First Lesson of School"
Today, the "Parasite on the Tongue" science popularization exhibition opened at the Shanghai Museum of Nature, bringing the "first lesson of school" to primary and secondary school audience. The Shanghai Science and Technology Museum recently integrated the science popularization resources of three museums, including the Natural History Museum and Planetarium, and collaborated with multiple cooperative schools and museum research units to jointly launch a series of activities called "First Lesson at the Beginning of School", allowing young people to experience the wonders of the scientific world while exploring and welcome the arrival of the new semester in a better state.
China was once one of the countries with the most severe prevalence of parasitic diseases. Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, remarkable achievements have been made in the prevention and control of parasitic diseases. In 2007 and 2021, respectively, the country achieved the elimination of lymphatic filariasis and malaria, and parasitic diseases such as schistosomiasis were at their lowest historical levels. Due to a significant decrease in the number of cases of parasitic diseases, the public and some medical workers have insufficient awareness of the harm and prevention of parasitic diseases. In addition, due to the diversity of dietary sources and methods, food safety issues caused by foodborne parasitic diseases are gradually becoming prominent.
In order to popularize scientific knowledge on parasitic disease prevention and control, the Institute of Parasitic Disease Prevention and Control of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Shanghai Parasitic Society, and the Shanghai Museum of Natural History jointly organized the "Parasites on the Tongue" science popularization exhibition. The exhibition adopts authoritative science popularization, cartoon characters, puzzle games, expert interactions, and other forms, starting from lifestyle and dietary habits. It consists of four sections: "The World of Parasites", "Parasites from Meat", "Parasites from Vegetables", and "Insect Battle", to educate the audience on the classification and distribution of foodborne parasites, guiding citizens to protect their safety on the tip of their tongue.
Enlarged images of various foodborne parasites are presented to the audience.
"Hello everyone, my name is Jiangpian fluke because I look like ginger slices. My cysticercus likes to live on aquatic plants such as water chestnuts, water chestnuts, water chestnuts, and lotus roots. When people eat raw or undercooked foods, they can become infected, causing abdominal pain, diarrhea, intestinal obstruction, malnutrition, and so on." The reporter saw that the popular text and cartoon pictures on the display board attracted many children to stop and watch. The exhibition reminds them to develop good eating and drinking habits, not to drink raw water, not to eat raw or half raw meat products, and not to eat wild animals; Try not to eat raw vegetables and fruits. If eaten raw, thoroughly wash and peel them.
Today, the Shanghai Museum of Natural History also held the first event of the "Protecting Nature - First Lesson at the Beginning of School" themed week series. Professor Yu Li and Professor Wu Hong, specially appointed professors from Yunnan University, gave popular science lectures on the origin and evolution of the Qian golden monkey for primary and secondary school students. During the theme week series of activities, four original new courses with the theme of trees, including the "Urban Tree Doctor Internship Plan", the library based course "Window of Nature - Homeland of Animals and Plants", the environmental education course "Journey of the Plastic Human Body", and the brightest star in the night sky, will make their debut. To assist after-school services for primary and secondary school students in Shanghai, the museum has also launched a "330 Classroom" that includes 70 courses. Every Thursday at 15:30, open science course customization services are provided for primary and secondary school students, allowing them to participate in observation and recording, hands-on experiments, and game play in the venue.
The "Science and Technology Innovation First Lesson" launched by the Shanghai Planetarium today invites Professor Chen Pengfei from the School of Astronomy and Space Science of Nanjing University and Director of the Collection and Research Office of the Astronomical Research Center of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Du Zhimao, to introduce the Xihe satellite in the sky and the Xihe Sun Tower on the ground, discuss how scientists study solar activity, answer students' questions about the sun, and invite everyone to participate in solar observation together.
The Sun Model in the Shanghai Planetarium
In the future, the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum will continue to work with primary and secondary schools, research institutes, and technology innovation enterprises to deepen science popularization education activities, and promote the effective integration of science education in primary and secondary schools with the social classroom in a more diversified and innovative way, and do a good job in adding science education to the "double reduction" of education.
