Space education on "China Space Day" sows the seeds of the "space dream".

April 24, 2022, marks the seventh "China Space Day." At a press conference held by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on April 21, Lu Bo, Deputy Director of the System Engineering Department of the CNSA, stated that this year's theme is "Space Lights Up Dreams," aiming to further promote the ideals and beliefs of respecting science, exploring the unknown, and daring to innovate, using the space dream to support the Chinese dream, and inspiring a powerful force to pursue and build dreams.

Each "dialogue between space and space" ignites countless space dreams, and the continuation of these dreams requires generations of young people to carry on the torch. How to deepen students' understanding of my country's space program, sow the seeds of the "space dream" in their hearts, and inspire young people's enthusiasm for science, exploration of the unknown, and innovation is an important issue in my country's youth education.

Aerospace Science Popularization Education：A guide for teenagers to look up at the stars and move forward with determination. 

On April 16, 2022, Shenzhou-13 returned triumphantly.

At 9:56 a.m. on April 16, the Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft's return capsule successfully landed at the Dongfeng Landing Site in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. This 183-day in-orbit flight set a new record for the longest continuous in-orbit flight by Chinese astronauts and also marked the perfect conclusion of the key technology verification phase of the space station.

Today, the space station is not only a research platform for scientists to carry out space science, space technology and space applications, but also a popular science education platform for my country to popularize scientific knowledge, promote the scientific spirit, disseminate scientific ideas and advocate scientific methods.Since 2013, space lectures have attracted more and more teenagers to pursue their "space dreams." Astronauts serve as "space teachers," and classes are set up in spacecraft and the Chinese space station. Members of the science popularization expert group answer questions for the audience through the media. The special space environment, combined with a variety of scientific experiments, is not only extremely attractive in terms of content, form, and effect, but more importantly, it can take teenagers through the process from rational thinking to skepticism, then to empirical operation, and finally expand their infinite imagination. It conveys the spirit of science in an invisible way, thereby inspiring their enthusiasm for respecting science, exploring the unknown, and pursuing innovation.

△On December 9, Hong Kong primary and secondary school students watched the first lesson of "Sky Classroom".

By effectively integrating aerospace technology, spirit, and culture with science literacy education for primary and secondary school students, we can effectively inherit and promote the aerospace spirit, inspire students' enthusiasm for science and their ambition to serve the country through science and technology, encourage more students to participate in the aerospace industry, and thus promote the development of aerospace science popularization education in my country.

Aerospace Science Popularization Education：An important supplement to school education under the "double reduction" policy 

The "double reduction" policy allows education to return to its true essence.

In recent years, my country's school education has been undergoing continuous reform. In July 2021, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Further Reducing the Homework Burden and Extracurricular Training Burden of Students in the Compulsory Education Stage," aiming to further reduce the homework burden and extracurricular training burden of students in the compulsory education stage. The introduction of the "double reduction" policy has promoted the continuous innovation of my country's school education system.

Against this backdrop, science popularization education has become an important supplement to school education, playing a unique role in stimulating students' interest and guiding their exploration.Due to its intuitive, fun, and easy-to-understand characteristics, it is highly attractive to children. It can be said that school education and science education complement each other. Diligent and comprehensive school education gives children the ability to be down-to-earth and bravely pursue their dreams; while good science education has a profound impact on children, sowing the seeds of love for science and aerospace in the hearts of teenagers and guiding their life direction.

This shows that school education and aerospace science popularization education should cooperate and complement each other to benefit students.For example, aerospace science popularization courses can be arranged on campus, guiding students to engage in hands-on interactive activities; or science popularization and education can be carried out in science museums, creating learning scenarios through numerous interactive exhibits. Breaking through traditional learning and living scenarios is precisely the charm of aerospace science popularization education.

Promoting aerospace engineering education for middle school students in my country can comprehensively improve students' scientific literacy, enhance their innovative awareness and scientific practice ability, continuously advance the development of various scientific disciplines, and build an academic atmosphere of scientific innovation on campus.

Aerospace Science Popularization Education：Organic transformation from aerospace resources to popular science education 

△The ground classroom during my country's first space lecture

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have made a series of important deployments for popularizing science and promoting scientific and technological innovation, and have successively issued important documents such as the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Scientific and Technological Progress", the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Popularization of Science and Technology" and the "Outline of the National Action Plan for Improving Scientific Literacy (2021-2035)", showing an increasing emphasis on popularizing science.

From a scientific perspective, aerospace technology deeply utilizes principles from disciplines such as physics, chemistry, and mathematics in modern education. For example, interstellar flight of satellites and spacecraft requires knowledge of mechanics, using physical laws to calculate flight trajectories, conserve fuel, and improve flight efficiency; the chemical components in propellants undergo a series of intense yet controlled chemical reactions to generate propulsion; and the autonomous control of onboard computers utilizes knowledge from multiple fields such as electrical engineering, circuit design, electronics, software, and artificial intelligence. Therefore, aerospace resources can be deeply integrated with modern teaching to organically transform aerospace resources into popular science education.

△ Wang Yaping demonstrates a physics experiment on Tiangong-1

Therefore, while completing engineering and technological innovation, we must also shoulder our inherent responsibilities and social obligations in popularizing science. Transforming aerospace industry technological achievements into aerospace science popularization can provide young people and the general public with a window and opportunity to learn basic scientific knowledge and understand the development of manned spaceflight, showcasing the achievements of human civilization in a concentrated way and avoiding the drawbacks of rote learning.

Currently, my country's aerospace science and technology industry is experiencing a major strategic opportunity period characterized by numerous tasks, rapid development, and increasingly fierce competition. my country's youth are shouldering the important responsibility of developing the aerospace industry, building a strong aerospace nation, and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Conducting more science popularization activities with Chinese characteristics and contemporary relevance can sow the seeds of the "aerospace dream" in the hearts of young people and cultivate more reserve talents and youth forces for my country's aerospace industry.

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