Team:ECNUAS/Communication
Communication
Primary school education
On July 21st, we went to Tianlin Community Cultural Activity Center to hold a science
popularization activity for children from grade one to grade five.
Ice-breaking game
Before the science popularization activity began, we played a simple but
interesting game with the children. We designed a game called “Blindfolded for direction” (children were
blindfolded, using their ears to tell the direction of the sound). In this amusing way, all of the children
had a preliminary understanding of the specific concept of a sensor.
Drama
After the ice-breaking game, we played a short playlet.
We invited the children to take part in the drama. In the relaxed and humorous storyline, we gave the children a preliminary introduction to the dangers of atrazine, and led them to our theme -- what do we know about atrazine?
We invited the children to take part in the drama. In the relaxed and humorous storyline, we gave the children a preliminary introduction to the dangers of atrazine, and led them to our theme -- what do we know about atrazine?
The main body of the popularization of science
In the first part of science popularization, our team members first introduced the
generalized sensors which are relatively easy to understand.
After the introduction of generalized ones, our team members introduced our
research orientation —biosensors to the children in details.
When we explained the building blocks of biosensors and how they worked, the
children started to get confused. But after we listed some examples of everyday use of biosensors (glucose
sensors for diabetics to measure blood sugar levels; Nucleic acid testing also needs to use biosensor
technology, etc.), they gradually began to accept and had a preliminary understanding of biosensors.
And then we taught the kids what atrazine was and we introduced the dangers of
atrazine to them. In order to make them more directly feel the harmful effects of atrazine on the
environment and animals, our team gave an example of the American army spraying weed killer over Vietnam
during the Vietnam War. We described the serious consequences the soldiers and the environment got from the
weed killer and could not recover from the illnesses in the future. After hearing this, the children started
to have a new understanding of the harm of herbicide.
At the end of the science popularization activity, we introduced to the children
the development orientation of our team, which is to make a quick, convenient and inexpensive cell-free
atrazine biosensor to detect the content of atrazine in water bodies, fruits, and vegen.
Official WeChat Account of Team Silent Spring (ECNUAS)
We established an official WeChat Account of our team and documented 6 articles in
it. We hope that WeChat will become an effective channel to proliferate the impact of our project. In total
we have won over 3000 views through these articles, ranging from introduction of our project idea, to
experiment procedures, to fundraising activities and etc.
