April 22, 2024 is the 55th World Earth Day, and the theme of this year's Earth Day is "Planet vs. Plastics". In order to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, publicize Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, guide the whole society to establish the concept of ecological civilization of "respecting nature, conforming to nature, and protecting nature", promote the construction of beautiful Qianshan, and jointly build an earth home where man and nature coexist in harmony, Tianzhushan Global Geopark, Anqing Qianshan Ecological Environment Branch and Qianshan Pailou Central Primary School jointly carried out the 55th "World Earth Day" and the 5th Asia-Pacific Geopark Week Science Popularization Campaign. In the form of museum-school cooperation and joint construction and common benefit, Tianzhushan Geopark will give full play to the social education function of the museum and jointly build a "second classroom" for popular science education.
On Dec. 16, Tianzhushan UGGp gave a science
popularization lecture in Zhangfashan Primary School. The lecture focused on
three kinds of rocks in Tianzhushan UGGp: magmatic rocks represented by
granite, metamorphic rocks represented by eclogite and sedimentary rocks where
Paleocene mammalian fossils were discovered. The lecture, aimed to disseminate
geoscience knowledge and cultivate correct ecological concept, attracted
students’ attention through vivid stories and interesting interactions.