Level 1: set up a science and technology interest group.
Since 1980s, the school has set up science and technology interest groups such as model airplane group, specimen group and science and technology gizmo group according to students' specialties. Students participate in the activities of science and technology interest groups to cultivate their practical ability and indomitable spirit. The team went to Purple Mountain to pick beehives. Because wasps can't bite people once, twice, twice or three times. The team members put their heads together and finally took off the huge beehive from the tree on the steep cliff. The hive was made into a specimen by students and won the second prize of national science and technology small production.
When making plant specimens, the team members should collect them first, and the collected plants should be pressed in the specimen holder first. In order to dry the specimen, the paper should be changed once a day, about one month. When the specimen is dried, it will be put on paper and labeled. This series of work, without a serious and responsible work attitude, is difficult to complete with a patient and meticulous work style. It takes courage to collect insect specimens; It takes several hours to make bird specimens at a time, and it is not easy to stick to it without willpower. After participating in the activities, the students deeply realized that nothing is smooth sailing. Only by constantly summing up experience and lessons can we finally succeed and reach the peak of glory.
The second level: the establishment of the biology branch of the Academy of Juvenile Sciences.
In order to adapt scientific and technological activities to children's psychological and physiological characteristics, the school established the "Biology Branch of Nanjing Academy of Sciences" in the early 1990s. The primary academy of sciences mainly studies biology, including bird biology, human and agriculture, protection of rare plants, fascinating insects and so on. These learning contents are related to various venues in the school. Students learn quickly and remember well. In order to implement science and technology education, we specially invited Professor Zhou Shihua, a famous bird expert from south china agriculture University, Professor Tao Jinchuan and Professor Xia Baochi from Nanjing Botanical Garden to give lectures to the students. Teachers and students gave lectures on popular science, conducted field visits and visits, taught for more than 400 class hours, and trained more than 500 small scientific and technological backbones in 9 batches. We adopt the methods of class and school, popularization and improvement, and combination of theory and practice, and expand the usual single teaching to theory-practice-theory: we expand the single specimen making to the serialization of similar specimens, such as making birds-eggs-bird anatomy-bird making; The production of bird specimens extends to the production of plant specimens and insect specimens; From indoor to outdoor, satisfy children's interest and curiosity, let students catch butterflies, insects and leaves in the wild, investigate herbs in Zijinshan, and measure tree rings in the botanical garden. Investigate the bird market in Confucius Temple to make students happy, interesting and knowledgeable. At the same time, students' awareness of autonomous learning has been strengthened, and their curiosity, thinking ability and ability to use their hands and brains have been greatly improved.
Teachers guide students to observe, invent, make and write small scientific papers, and hundreds of students have won prizes in various scientific invention, paper and production competitions, adding honor to the school. The Academy of Juvenile Sciences was named the first "Excellent Academy of Juvenile Sciences" in Nanjing, which formed an atmosphere of loving science in the whole school. Learn science and make good use of the scientific atmosphere.
The third level: using popular science bases inside and outside the school.
Since 1993, the school has invested and established the first popular science base in the province year by year, namely, the Science Palace of Zhongshan Primary School and the outdoor popular science base, namely, the winding path science exploration park. It is divided into five museums: Ecological Environment Museum, Butterfly Museum, Botany Museum, Bird Museum and Fossil Museum. More than 5000 fossil specimens of mammals, birds and butterflies were collected. Taking the infiltration of scientific and technological knowledge into disciplines as the core, relying on activity courses and edifying by environmental courses, it is integrated into the objectives, plans and contents of scientific research and education. So as to enlighten students' scientific consciousness, make students master and understand scientific and technological methods, and cultivate students' scientific spirit and innovative spirit.
After the visit, the students set up the concept of protecting animals and plants, understood the relationship between man and animals, man and plants, biology and nature, and knew the importance of environmental protection. After the students found the injured bird, they immediately sent it to school and asked the teacher to treat it. Students found illegal vendors selling frogs in the vegetable market, immediately reported to the market administrator, and publicized environmental awareness to the citizens who bought frogs and asked them to send them back. The school launched the "Little Guardian of Environmental Protection" appraisal activity, and organized students to publicize and practice in the society in combination with "Bird Love Week", "Arbor Day", "World Environment Day" and "Earth Day".
In order to let students have a rest on weekends, it is interesting and rewarding not to be idle. We insist on "one class a week, one museum at a time, one experience" to visit the off-campus science and technology base on weekends. On weekends, teachers organize students to visit Nanjing's science and technology bases such as Purple Mountain, Observatory, Nanjing Museum, China Southern Airlines Model Museum, National Defense Park, Ganxi's former residence, Baima Park Crocodile Exhibition, Wulongtan Giant Tortoise Exhibition, Laoshan, Egret Gathering Place, Science Museum and Science Museum. Students were also organized to visit Jiangsu Oilfield in northern Jiangsu and carbon dioxide gas field in Taixing. Such activities are not only loved by students, but also welcomed by parents. These visits have benefited students a lot. Many students wrote after the visit: "I like this kind of activity, which enriches my extracurricular knowledge and broadens my knowledge." I feel that the world is bigger and the world is more wonderful. I will study hard and create the future. "
Level 4: Apply for two activity courses.
First, do a good job in subject activity classes. We put forward: "It is the duty of every teacher to educate and study students." Teachers are required to seize the main channel of the classroom, cultivate students' scientific spirit and popularize popular science knowledge. The school has the audio-visual education project "Research on the Innovative Thinking of Primary School Students by Information Technology" by the Central Institute of Education. We integrate the idea of this project into various disciplines, carry out information technology education in subject teaching and develop children's innovative thinking. Teacher China teaches elk lessons, and through the audio-visual media, students can more vividly understand the appearance characteristics and living habits of elk.
Second, strengthen school-based activity curriculum. The school-based curriculum of the school relies on the Science Palace and makes full use of the existing resources of the school, such as the Butterfly Pavilion, the Botanical Pavilion, the Bird Pavilion, the Ecological Environment Pavilion, the Paleontological Fossil Pavilion and the Labyrinth Exploration Park. More materials are selected from the usual works and achievements of students and teachers. The total volume of school-based teaching materials for Exploring the Biological World and the sub-volume of school-based teaching materials for Walking in the Biological World have been formed.
What students like best is school-based curriculum. When offering school-based courses, we pay more attention to evaluation and feedback. Under the guidance of the teacher, the students go to nature to observe and write down their own observation records. Under the guidance of the teacher, they made many small analysis reports, read their own learning results and tasted the joy brought by success. They are becoming more and more confident. The school has established a portfolio of students' "Young Eagle's Growth Footprint", which contains students' observation records, small analysis reports and many works, achievements and certificates affirming their learning ability to help children carry out school-based courses. Students' thinking ability and inquiry ability have been greatly improved.
Level 5: Grasp two scientific research topics.
(1) Do a good job in planning projects-Now the school has the audio-visual education project "Research on Cultivating Primary School Students' Innovative Thinking Ability by Information Technology" by the Central Education Institute. The municipal planning project "Research on Adapting to Children's Nature and Developing Children's Potential" completed the sub-project implementation plan and mid-term self-evaluation report.
(2) Do a good job in individual projects-On the basis of the successful application of individual teachers in 2007, this semester (that is, in 2008), actively organize teachers to actively apply for individual projects at the municipal and district levels.
In the process of project implementation, we also found some problems, such as: the enthusiasm of middle-aged and elderly teachers to participate in project research is not very high. In order to solve this problem, we put forward the principle of "full participation". How to give full play to the scientific research strength of all teachers? Every semester, the school distributes two newspapers and 1 this education and teaching magazine to teachers to encourage them to read education and teaching books, and provides each teacher with a personal computer for them to read online and keep abreast of the new trends in education and scientific research. Encourage middle-aged and elderly teachers to participate in the research. In fact, they have rich teaching experience and can try to write some educational essays and educational narratives, which are good materials for the research group. In order to help teachers understand the subject knowledge, we hold lectures and set up a subject learning salon, so that young teachers can lead older teachers to get started and build a home for scientific research and education. The school also organized teachers to study and attend classes in Shanghai, Huai 'an and other places. Let the teacher learn something useful. Organize teachers to actively participate in the selection of "excellent papers on education and teaching at city and district levels".
Over the past 20 years, we have found a strong fulcrum of "science and technology education" and formed a "five-level leap" to promote the rapid development of the school. The development of science and technology education activities not only stimulates students' desire for knowledge, develops students' intelligence, broadens students' horizons, cultivates students' ability, but also teaches students to learn to be a man. The school has practiced science and technology education for more than 20 years and studied the science and technology topic 10 for more than 0 years. The development road of "taking science and technology education as a breakthrough and implementing quality education in an all-round way" is successful and has also been recognized by parents and society.
Comments: Characteristics are the lifeline of school development and an inevitable choice for a school to adapt to social and economic development and its own development. According to its own advantages, social needs and development direction, Zhongshan Primary School has formed a characteristic road of "taking science and technology education as a breakthrough and fully implementing quality education" in its school-running concept. The formation of the school-running characteristics of Zhongshan Primary School is a long-term precipitation process of gradual accumulation, five leaps and perfection. It can be seen that only by taking the school's own sustainable development as the concept of running a school, constantly improving self-management, improving educational means, gradually improving the efficiency and benefit of running a school, and actively promoting the school to take the road of sustainable development, can the sustainable development of running a school be realized.
Advocate friendship and conform to nature.
After 80 years of ups and downs, teachers in Zhongshan practice and embody the wisdom of "holding a heart without half a blade of grass" with words and deeds. Teachers in Zhongshan primary school work hard and are happy, which is not the stimulation of money, the temptation of welfare treatment, or the promise of honorary status. It is a spirit, a belief, a value orientation of life, and an edification and infection of personality charm. "Teachers' morality" has condensed into a spirit in Zhongshan, and that is "universal love and dedication"! Teachers in Zhongshan moisten every seedling with the nectar of love, care for every student with the spirit of "love all over the world" and extend love to every corner of the campus. The "three zero management" of "zero rejection, zero distance and zero gratitude" enables every student in the school to receive an equal and fair education. The school's school-running characteristics have also attracted more than 80 international students from the United States, Germany, Britain, South Korea, Japan and other countries 15, and Zhongshan Primary School has become a veritable "small United Nations on campus". Under the people-oriented educational philosophy, Zhongshan creates every opportunity to fully tap students' specialties and potentials. In order to develop students' personality and let them grow more freely, the brigade department has set up a question mark station and a doctor station, so that every child can think, dare to think, think and think while stimulating interest and questioning differences. The school has opened up "write if you want, draw if you want;" "Shout if you want, and sing if you want; Roll if you want, and climb if you want; Ask if you want, and do it if you want. " Four platforms for free flight. Here, students can realize their wishes and do what they want to do. If you want to show your beautiful singing, there is a stage for students, and you want to show your painting skills. School windows and blackboards allow students to doodle at will and express their feelings. The school "planted" a wishing tree on the playground and regularly organized students to hang their wishes and achievements on the tree. Today, this tree has been "flourishing" and "fruitful". In order to enrich students' knowledge, the school set up a "little book bar" under the wishing tree so that every student can read freely.
With the dedication of "loving the whole world", Zhongshan has built a stage for children to fully display their personalities, so that they can tap their potential and grow freely in harmony with nature.