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chongqing science and technology museum held a science and technology and humanities forum themed "laboratory reappearance" popular science activity. photo by hualong.com reporter shi tao

hualong.com (reporter yi yongjun) on the occasion of the national science popularization day in 2024, the chongqing science and technology museum science and humanities forum "laboratory reproduction" themed science popularization activity was officially launched on september 20. the classic experimental scenes of scientists were reproduced on site, allowing young people to feel the charm of science in their own experience and deeply understand the spiritual core of scientists' courage to explore and unremitting pursuit.

more than 1,000 teachers and students from six schools, including chongqing renhe street primary school, chongqing forest experimental primary school, chongqing shuren lide primary school, and chongqing tiantaigang primary school, participated in this scientific journey online and offline.

with the theme of "magnetic and electric wonderland: seeing the invisible 'field'", this event focuses deeply on the field of electromagnetism in the "basic disciplines". relying on the resources of the science and technology museum's exhibition hall, the exhibition hall is transformed into a scientific laboratory. a combination of online and offline methods is used to carefully create a laboratory classroom for scientists.

students experience the "faraday cage" discharge experiment on site. photo by hualong.com reporter shi tao

during the event, liu hui, the director of the chongqing university physical exploration science and technology museum, vividly reproduced the scientists' classic experiments around the three classic exhibits, "jacob's ladder", "tesla coil" and "faraday cage". starting from the experimental phenomena, he explained the scientific principles of high-voltage discharge in an easy-to-understand way, and told the exploration and discovery process of scientists such as michael faraday, nikola tesla and benjamin franklin, "bringing" the students back to the scene of scientific discovery, drawing strength from the footprints of scientific masters.

afterwards, liu hui led the students to experience the classic "tesla coil" experiment, allowing the students to experience the fun of science through hands-on operations, understand the scientists' path of exploration, and cultivate hands-on ability and innovative thinking.

students carefully observed the experiment. photo by hualong.com reporter shi tao

in addition, in the "dialogue with scientists" session, students interacted with scientists face to face, igniting their infinite love and yearning for science.

the relevant person in charge of chongqing science and technology museum said that this "laboratory reappearance" activity is an innovative practice of museum-school cooperation in the "science and technology humanities forum" brand event, and it is also a vivid ideological and political lesson. while reviewing the scientific research process of scientists, it fully demonstrated the scientists' rigorous and realistic scientific research attitude and innovative scientific spirit, and through a concrete presentation method, it made abstract scientific principles within reach, greatly stimulating the public, especially young people's interest in science.

in the next step, the chongqing science and technology museum's science and humanities forum will continue to integrate high-quality resources, driven by innovation, constantly enrich the forms and content of popular science, launch more distinctive popular science activities, lead the general public, especially young people, to delve into the wonderful world of science, and jointly promote the improvement of the scientific literacy of the whole people and the inheritance of the spirit of scientists.