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.
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In recent years,
Tianzhushan UNESCO Global Geopark has continuously attached great importance on
the science popularization education. Relying on the advantaged resources, it
has strengthened cooperation and actively organized various forms of science popularization
activities with rich contents, attracting more young students to participate in
nature education.
1. Creating a
science popularization brand of Tianzhushan Nature Lecture Hall
Since 2019,
Tianzhushan UNESCO Global Geopark has organized some local amateurs of natural
science in the park to join the volunteer science popularization service team
of Tianzhushan UGGp, creating a science popularization brand of
"Tianzhushan Nature Lecture Hall ".
Tianzhushan Geopark regularly disseminates the knowledge of nature and
ecology for primary and secondary school students in the city. So far, 15
sessions have been held, covering biodiversity protection, bird-watching, plant
grafting, plant leaf observation, science lectures on nature education, etc.,
involving nearly 5,000 primary and secondary school students.
2. Developing
science popularization courses
Tianzhushan UGGp
and China University of Geosciences (Beijing) jointly compiled primary school
edition, middle school edition and high school edition of the "
Research-Travel Manual of Tianzhushan UNESCO Global Geopark " , and
designed teaching tools, courseware and teaching plans. The park has compiled
popular science books, such as Qianshan Fauna and Tianzhushan Birds, covering
modern biology, paleontology, earth sciences, geology and other disciplines. In
terms of teaching methods, specimen display, knowledge teaching, video,
pictures, mutual interaction and other ways are combined, so that students can
think in activities and explore natural knowledge in practices.
3. Focusing on
creating high-quality research trips
At present, the
park has a total of 120 interpretation boards of geological relics, 30 natural
interpretation boards, and 8 science popularization corridors. At the same
time, the park has upgraded plant signage system, with owl as the background of
the new nameplate, adding Pinyin and QR code information.
Tianzhushan
Geopark Museum, opened in 2019, is a local natural museum integrating
exhibitions, popular science education, academic research and social services.
Heping Forest Education Base has also been built, with forest experience
education as the carrier, various forms of forest experience are organically
connected through the original ecological forest experience paths, so that
teenagers can explore and understand nature. All these have greatly expanded
the natural research resources in Tianzhushan area.
In order to create an environment of loving science and respecting innovation in the whole society, and cultivate the consciousness of advocating science among young people, Tianzhushan UGGp is committed to popularizing scientific knowledge in the field of natural resources, constantly advocating the ecological civilization concept of "ecological priority, green development", and striving to create a new horizon of science popularization and research in the whole area.
