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To give wings to science and technology dreams


"As a brand activity of science and technology education for the youth, the science popularization community tour goes into communities to bring science and technology closer to the youth. By means of colorful competitions and original activities, we hope to stimulate their passion for science and technology."

According to Xia Ning, director of Activity Division of SIP Youth & Children Center (SIPYCC), the organizer of the science and technology series, this year's tour involved more communities and residents than previous years, with over 500 families signing up for the event.

 

Everyone takes part in science popularization

This year's community tour set up 12 fun contests of science popularization to encourage the young participants to experience the charm of science and technology through wisdom and creativity. These contests included "Through the Jungle" model car assembly contest, "Flying to the Blue Sky" rubber ornithopter race, Suzhou trial of Jiangsu family robot competition, "Collecting Ice Hockey" robot ice hockey challenge, "As a Sharpshooter" catapult position shot, "Braving Winds and Waves" amphibious yacht race, "Marching Forward Bravely" simple robot assembly contest, "Soaring up into the Sky" hand thrown airplane cross race, "Knight in Battle" robot arena knockout, etc. 

 

An easy way into the world of science and technology

On the basis of previous events, this year's tour carefully chose a few new competitions, such as "Nano Exploration" 4D science popularization painting. After downloading the cellphone app 4D Bookstore and the book series Amazing Nano Little Superman, the participant families could finish their works by the deadline and upload it to the designated platform to get the job done.  

"The community tour was more widely received than SIPYCC's other activities. We held the activities in communities, and it took the youth nothing to take part in it; meanwhile, we also encouraged family participation, hoping to bring harmony to family relations and beef up parent-child communication."

 

Science and technology dreams lead the way 

As the event's permanent organizer, SIPYCC has been working hard to explore new content of science popularization activities, expand the coverage of quality out-of-school education, keep improving youth's creative spirit and practical ability and build an extensive platform for the young people to fall in love and participate in science and technology activities.

SIPYCC currently boasts the Sungent·Adolescence Future Engineer Studio, which has two subsidiary societies for model and robot, and an echelon society system has gradually taken shape. Its science and technology societies are quite influential in China and even internationally.