Twelve years of education at the science and technology library, with 600 or 700 parent-child events and lectures at the campus, i found a very strong fact: the vast majority of children are not repulsed by science per se, but by the moment the word "science education" was spoken. Parents think i'm in class, teachers think i'm filling ducks, kids think, "it's over, sit still." the core of science education is never indoctrination, but instead it turns "why" into "you look interesting."。
How should science education be conducted
I've seen too many institutions turn science education into a small classroom, where ppt reads for 30 minutes and the children's eyes are completely empty. The true running logic is simple: give a specific, touchable thing first. For example, floating power, not from akimid's law, but letting the kid put a coin in a glass full of water, see the water spill, throw another marble, ask, "why not?" and then you introduce the idea that there's an anchor in the child's head. I took a class in the third grade of elementary school and made a set of ejections with popsicle sticks and rubber bands, ten times better than two pages of paper。
Don't be greedy about choosing the content. Parents come to me and ask me if i can get a class full of photosynthesis, respiration, ecosystem, and i usually say, "no."。One point at a timeIt's much more effective than laying ten sides. It's true that a point of knowledge comes with a hand and a "anti-intuitive" phenomenon in a life, and when a child leaves, he or she can repeat it to his or her brother or sister。
How can science education attract children
The thing about attracting kids, the biggest pit i ever stepped on was "mystery." a lot of cope videos came up and said, "the next thing you see, it's gonna turn your mind." the kids just cut it out. What really works is..Make him think, "i know more than adults."I don't know. I've designed a little test session at every event, and i've deliberately set up a trap, so kids guess first, parents guess later, the wrong one is usually an adult joke. Once the baby's in "i'll tell you," it's completely different。
Don't keep staring at the screen. Last winter i did a series of science education activities in a community, using science kitchens four times in a row: the molecular structure is baked, the crystal growth is made from ice cream and the gas expansion from coke garmentus. There was not one projection, but 30 families were filled each time. The chain of transmission is stronger than any propaganda。
For 12 years, the deepest feeling is that the child doesn't need you to educate him, that he needs you to give him a good start, and then step back and let him step on it. Good science education, quiet on the ground, bad on the scene, high on the scene, but nothing in the child's head。
