China News Service, Lhasa, September 15 (Reporter Jiang Feibo) On September 15, the first "Academician Tibet Trip" science popularization activity was officially launched at Nagqu No. 3 Senior High School in Lhasa. Academicians and experts such as Duoji, Nima Tashi, and Wang Shuangjie of the Chinese Academy of Engineering visited the plateau campus to give cutting-edge science popularization courses, inspire students' scientific thinking face-to-face, and provide rare science popularization resources to plateau teenagers.
With the theme of "Academicians passing on knowledge and enlightening, science popularization empowering youth", this event adopted a combination of online and offline methods and was held simultaneously in some middle schools in seven cities in Tibet. A total of 3,620 teachers and students participated in the event on the first day. It aimed to continuously improve the scientific literacy of Tibetan teenagers, cultivate fertile ground for scientific and technological innovation on the plateau, and cultivate high-quality scientific and technological innovation reserve talents.
It is understood that in the next two days, a number of academicians and experts will continue to carry out a series of science popularization activities in many middle schools in Tibet, and set up high-quality science popularization lectures focusing on cutting-edge fields such as geothermal energy, frozen soil engineering, and artificial intelligence.
The science popularization experience section of this event is fully supported by the Tibet Natural Science Museum, and diversified interactive projects such as popular science drama performances, interesting scientific experiments, and popular science specimen displays are simultaneously carried out. In the form of intuitive and vivid science popularization, young people can touch science up close and feel the charm of science and technology.
The relevant person in charge of the Science and Technology Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region said that in recent years, various departments in Tibet have coordinated and linked up, made efforts at multiple points, and regularly carried out special science popularization activities such as science and technology activity weeks, science popularization aid to Tibet, and science and technology to the countryside. The scientific quality of citizens in the region has been steadily improved. At the same time, due to geographical and resource constraints, there are still shortcomings in the supply of high-quality science popularization resources on the plateau, and the channels for young people to access cutting-edge science and technology and connect with high-quality intellectual resources still need to be broadened. The first "Academician Tour to Tibet" activity accurately made up for the shortcomings of science popularization on the plateau, effectively broke down the barriers to the sinking of high-quality scientific research resources, and injected strong impetus into the science and innovation education of Tibetan youths.
Lobsang Dawa, the principal of Lhasa Nagqu No. 3 Senior High School, said that the school always attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' scientific literacy and the improvement of innovation ability, and regularly opens science and technology clubs such as model aircraft, image creation, and micro-video animation, and is equipped with various standardized laboratories. In recent years, students from this school have repeatedly achieved great results in various levels of science and technology competitions such as digital creation, drone application, 3D design, robot innovation, animation creation, etc., and the atmosphere of science and technology education has become increasingly strong.
Nyima Tashi, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor of Tibet University, communicated and shared with the students based on his own academic and scientific research experiences. He said that the original intention for scientific exploration mostly sprouted in childhood, and persistent learning, accumulation, and practical exploration are the foundation for deepening scientific research and pursuing dreams and innovation. He encouraged plateau students to establish lofty ideals, integrate their personal growth into the overall development of the country and hometown construction, study hard and think hard, persevere in exploration, actively embrace the wave of smart technology, and make good use of artificial intelligence to empower learning and growth.
Gasang Namgyal, a student representative of Grade 2 and Grade 3 students at the school, said that he will take this event as an opportunity to think diligently, explore well, dare to innovate, never shrink back, and integrate his love for science into his daily learning.
