Linyi Galaxy Primary School turns science into a show

Linyi Galaxy Primary School in Lanshan district, Linyi, East China's Shandong province, hosted a science exploration day on Nov 5, bringing a popularization team from the Linyi Science and Technology Museum to campus for a science drama and a series of live experiments.

Students of Class 6, Grade 5 opened the event with a science drama, "A Lighthouse on the Barren Mountain", which tells how agricultural researchers used technology to light a path out of poverty for a struggling mountain village — a staged retelling meant to illustrate the spirit of innovation that drives China's scientific community.

The experiments that followed were built on contrast. In the atmospheric pressure series, a water glass was turned upside down without spilling, two Magdeburg hemispheres resisted a tug-of-war by a roomful of pupils, and snacks "exploded" in a vacuum chamber, demonstrating the invisible force of air pressure at close range. A second series brought a ball through a suspended hoop, lit a lamp without touching it, and fired a ping-pong ball cannon.

The school said the event was intended to build an atmosphere of learning, loving and using science, and that it will use the day as a starting point to strengthen science teaching, coordinate extramural popularization resources, and continue building its "Technology Galaxy" campus brand.

Editor：韩蒙蒙