Changjiang Network News (Reporter Wan Ling, Correspondent Ding Yan and Yu Zhen)Science experimental show, robot dog performance, scientific device operation... On September 11, the 2025 Wuhan, Huanghuang and Huang in Huang, Wuhan, helped to improve the scientific literacy of young people, "Science Popularization Caravan +" drove into the experimental school in Hengdian Street, Huangpi District. More than 5,000 primary and secondary school students in the school explore the mysteries of science under the leadership of popular science counselors.
In order to cooperate with this year's "National Popular Science Month" event, the 2025 "Wu, Hubei, Huang, Huanggang and Huangshi Science and Technology Museums" series of tour activities, jointly sponsored by the Wuhan Metropolitan Area Popular Science Alliance and the Science and Technology Museums of Wuhan, Ezhou, Huanggang and Huangshi City, will promote the improvement of scientific literacy for young people - 'Popular Science Caravan +' Entering Rural Primary and Secondary Schools" series of tour activities will go deep into rural primary and secondary schools in Huang, Huang, Wuhan, Ezhou, Huanggang and Huangshi City this month.
On the same day, the Wuhan Science and Technology Association presented an intangible cultural heritage scroll with the words "Careers and Schools Working Together with Science" to the Experimental School of Hengdian Street, Huangpi District.
In the science experiment show, the Wuhan Science and Technology Museum and the Huangshi Science and Technology Museum respectively brought three programs: "Exploring the Secret Red and Blue", ""Ball", "Don't Show" and "The Big Tao of Small Balloons". Through situational interpretation and on-site interaction, the science counselor explained to primary school students scientific principles such as thermal expansion and contraction, nitrocellulose making the substance burn more thoroughly, the thermal effect of current can cause the balloon to self-detonate, and the buffering effect of elasticity on pressure. The science popularization counselor's easy-to-understand language and infectious performance made the students present feel inspired by science while laughing.
The popular science counselor of Wuhan Science and Technology Museum demonstrated "The Greatest Sense of Small Balloons". Photo by reporter Wan Ling
The popular science counselor of Huangshi Science and Technology Museum interacted with primary school students in the science experiment show "The Ball", don't show". Photo by reporter Wan Ling
In the observation and experience session, more than 80 popular science exhibits brought by the Science and Technology Museum of the Four Cities attracted students to do it. There was also a robot dog that could run and jump at the scene, like a star, surrounded by curious children.
Primary school students watched the robot dog performance. Photo by reporter Wan Ling
Huang Yi, Secretary of the Party Branch and President of the Experimental School of Hengdian Street, Huangpi District, introduced that the school starts from software and hardware to improve students' scientific literacy, and opens maker spaces, reading corners and science popularization works display areas on campus; invites scientific and technological workers to the campus to conduct popular science lectures, organizes students to visit and study in science and technology museums, nature museums, university laboratories, scientific research institutes and high-tech enterprises; supports students to establish programming clubs, science and technology activity clubs and other club organizations; regularly holds science and technology park fairs, science fiction painting competitions, science and technology production exhibitions and other activities to create a strong scientific atmosphere on campus.
The maker space of the Hengdian Street Experimental School in Huangpi District displays 3D printed works made by students. Correspondent Yu Zhen Photo provided by
Yi Jiaqi, a fifth-grade student at the school, is a science expert. He said that the "Popular Science Caravan" opened his eyes like a magician. He learned a lot of scientific knowledge from the activities.
The person in charge of Wuhan Science and Technology Museum introduced that "Popular Science Caravan+" is a comprehensive science popularization exchange platform integrating education, interaction, innovation and mobility. Taking traditional caravan popular science as a carrier, we will give full play to the advantages of wide coverage, strong mobility and deep into the grassroots level. According to service needs, we will revitalize existing in-vehicle popular science resources, select targeted popular science content, and carry out popular science activities through various forms such as tutoring and explanation, scientific experiments, popular science drama performances, scientific research, popular science lectures, online science popular science and other forms to provide a rich and diverse scientific learning experience for the public of different ages.
In 2025, the "Wu, Hubei, Huang, Huang, and the four localities in Huang, promote the improvement of scientific literacy among young people, the "Popular Science Caravan +' into rural primary and secondary schools" series of tour activities integrate the science caravan resources and scientific and educational activities resources of the four localities. The content is richer and more diverse, the form is more flexible and diverse, the linkage mechanism is more perfect, and the focus is on the cultivation of practice and innovation capabilities. In May this year, the first stop of the "Science Popularization Caravan +" in the Wuhan-Huanghuang Metropolitan Area opened into the Fourth Primary School of Luocheng Street, Xinzhou District. Later, the "Science Popularization Caravan" will also be opened in Huangshi Tieshan No. 1 Middle School, Hubei Emergency Management Vocational and Technical College (Huanggang) and other schools.
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