China News Online, August 1st (Reporter Chen Jing) Young students from all over the world will focus on the theme of "Technology·Innovation·Dream" for 480 hours of uninterrupted "review" in the cloud for 20 days from the 1st. Science and technology feast.
The Shanghai International Youth Science and Technology Fair (Youth Fair) opened on the 1st. Affected by the global new crown pneumonia epidemic, this year's Youth Expo has turned into a "cloud exhibition", trying to present it in a virtual pavilion, breaking through the limitations of time and space in the past. Young people from all over the world can learn about the achievements of technological innovation and compete for creativity without ever leaving home.
Clicking on the virtual exhibition hall, the reporter feels like being in a modern science and technology expo. Six major exhibition areas such as "Achievements of Youth Science and Technology Innovation" and "Excellent Works of Tomorrow's Science and Technology Stars" are available for young people to explore. This cloud exhibition designed multiple interactive sessions. In the "I Create My Show" interactive experience display area, children can explore AI and challenge AI.
The Youth Expo principals summit focused on "Future-oriented Science and Technology Education" and had a wonderful dialogue with middle school students. Photo courtesy of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
It is understood that this year's Youth Expo has set up a stage for young people from all over the world to showcase "innovation without limits, technology without borders". The scientific and technological innovations involving multiple subject areas are full of new ideas.
The work of British teenager Ryan Maguire is a smart cane that can provide walking support for people with diabetes or visual impairment. Ryan Maguire told reporters that the work was inspired by the needs of his grandfather. Singapore's Lin Yingjie and Tong Siyuan borrowed traditional Chinese educational toys, Gobang, and combined the turntable to design a game of chess. The player can visually see the chemical reaction. The two teenagers hope to help their peers learn chemistry easily and fall in love with chemistry.
Zhao Wangsheng from Anhui is a special child. Although he could not hear the outside world, he did not stop thinking. He "played" with super-powered toy locomotives and drawing machines.
Founded in 2005, the Shanghai International Youth Science and Technology Expo is dedicated to showing contemporary youth's love for life, a good sense of innovation and a strong sense of social responsibility. The Youth Expo has been successfully held for 7 sessions, attracting the participation of young people from 21 countries and regions on five continents, and has become an influential international youth science and technology exchange project.
It is reported that in order to fully demonstrate the theme of "Technology·Innovation·Dream", during this year’s Youth Expo, web summits will be held, famous domestic and foreign principals’ summits, science and technology teachers’ salons and other activities will be held online. New ideas and new methods to explore new ideas for the development of innovative education in the future. According to reports, the "Year Expo Live Room" which debuted for the first time will also present 10 wonderful live interactions for audiences around the world.
The Presidents Summit of the Youth Expo held on the 1st focused on "Future-oriented Science and Technology Education". Professor Lu Jing, President of Shanghai Maritime University, and Shen Zhiqiang, Director of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, made keynote speeches. Ben Nelson, the founder of the University of Minerva, Russel Ellicott, the principal of the Pater Grammar School, and Lu Yunquan, the principal of Beijing No. 1 High School, had a wonderful dialogue with middle school students and asked about science and technology education. (Finish)