The Science and Technology Center aims to enhance the hands-on, thinking, logical reasoning, and problem-solving abilities of young people, allowing students to learn while playing and enjoy learning. It offers over ten courses throughout the year, including C++ programming, Scratch programming, Python programming, Paraka 3D programming, button circuit blocks, LEGO robotics, technology models, drones, scientific experiments, program design, DIY robots, AR-code programming for children, Arduino hardware programming, and mobile app development, with more than seventy teaching classes.
Since 2017, the Science and Technology Center has actively organized students to participate in various competitions, accumulating numerous provincial and municipal awards in aviation model competitions, maker competitions, robot competitions, programming competitions, and receiving unanimous praise from students and parents.
1. Competition Class Courses
Aviation Model Drone Competition Class,
Fixed-wing Aviation Model Class
Learn the basic knowledge, production methods, debugging, release, and launch techniques of various model airplanes and model rockets, understand the principles and control techniques of remote-controlled flying devices, and simulate flying control skills, primarily focusing on free flight competition projects. The course content includes not only theoretical teaching on flight knowledge, principles, etc., but also indoor simulated flying and actual flight practice. Prepare for provincial and national youth aviation model competitions, cultivating students with special technology talents.
2024 Dongguan Youth Drone Competition Award Certificate
8th National Youth Drone Competition
(Provincial Competition Award Certificate)
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【Congratulations】 Congratulations to Changping Youth Palace for achieving excellent results in the Dongguan Drone Competition
C++ Programming Competition Class
(Preparatory Class, Competition Class)
In-depth learning of greedy, recursion, backtracking, depth-first search algorithms and data structures, organizing participation in informatics programming competitions, and Ministry of Education whitelist events, etc. Improve students’ logical thinking ability, problem-solving ability, and innovative design ability.
2024 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Informatics Innovation Competition
(Municipal Selection Competition) C++ Programming Award Certificate
2024 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Informatics Innovation Competition
(Provincial Competition) C++ Programming Award Certificate
Robot DIY Programming Team Class
This course combines team learning with robot car competition projects, such as: robot car relay race, robot arena competition, and robot DIY regular competition, etc., exercising students’ hands-on and programming abilities. Students can participate in Dongguan’s artificial intelligence and robot activity competitions, the Pearl River Delta DIY robot competition, and the creative labor and intelligent design competition for primary and secondary schools, etc., cultivating students with science and technology talents in the field of artificial intelligence robotics.
8th Pearl River Delta Science Education Seminar and Youth Robot DIY Exchange Activity
First Dongguan Primary and Secondary School Creative Labor and Intelligent Design Activity Electronic Production Live Competition
2. Introduction to Other Courses
Arduino Hardware Programming
and Mobile App Development
Arduino hardware programming and mobile app development: This course uses the globally popular open-source electronic platform Arduino; app development uses the App Inventor software developed by Google Labs. Various sensors are used in hardware, combined with mobile apps to design and develop various interesting or practical works. The course combines graphical programming and code programming, covering multiple disciplines such as electronics, materials, structures, programs, and scientific exploration. It cultivates students’ scientific interests, conveys cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology, and improves students’ scientific thinking habits and problem-solving abilities.
Program Design
Scratch Program Design: Using Scratch programming as a platform, students learn to create mathematical calculators, computer games, music MVs, computer drawings, story shows, etc. Through basic learning, students improve their logical thinking abilities. With the teacher’s technical guidance, students enhance their logical thinking abilities and information technology literacy.
C++ Program Design: This course teaches simple loop statements, sequential structures, selection structures, arrays, functions, etc., further cultivating students’ logical thinking, allowing elementary students to learn to apply computational thinking to solve problems, and enabling students to experience the fun and charm of programming through exploration.
Fun Python Programming: This course uses language that is close to children, through multiple simple and interesting programming cases, to stimulate children’s learning interest. Centered on programming, students learn Python input and output, data types, basic structure of loops, functions, etc., improving students’ logical thinking abilities.
Paraka 3D Animation Programming: Using Paraka programming as a learning platform, students can present any ideas from their minds through 3D movie animation creation, 3D graphical programming, and toolset particle programming in the Paraka world and share them with others, creating their own animated videos.
Robot DIY Programming
This course uses various sensors, combined with an open-source programmable board to create smart robots. It is a comprehensive course that integrates mechanical engineering, electronics, engineering, automatic control, computer science, and artificial intelligence, aiming to cultivate students’ scientific literacy and technical literacy, and improve students’ innovation abilities and comprehensive design capabilities.
Creative Building, Robotics for Young Children
Creative building is a building course full of creativity and fun, where students use common building block parts to create various creative works, such as fans, crossbows, elastic cars, etc. This course is highly engaging, allowing students to learn while playing, while also cultivating children’s structural thinking abilities and concentration, inspiring their creative thinking.
AR-CODE Programming for Young Children
AR CODE is a physical module programming class for children aged 5-6, where children can complete level tasks by freely combining program modules. This allows children to cultivate logical thinking, spatial imagination, and hands-on problem-solving abilities during the puzzle game process, laying a good foundation for future programming courses.
Newton Science Small Experiments
Using scientific experimental equipment to enlighten students in science, stimulating their curiosity about the world of science and their interest in learning scientific experiments. By learning simple physics, biology, and chemistry knowledge, students explore and master scientific truths in practice, stimulating their potential and promoting hands-on abilities, practical application abilities, and analysis and problem-solving abilities.
LEGO Robotics
By learning LEGO building block components, click components, sensor components, etc., and combining them with programming software to create intelligent devices. This course involves knowledge points in mathematics, engineering, and programming, covering mechanics, structural engineering, sensors, and programming technologies. It enhances the hands-on and thinking abilities of young people and improves students’ design thinking and creative thinking.
Electronic Button Circuit Block Course
The electronic button circuit block course mainly uses electronic button circuit blocks as auxiliary teaching tools, combining different parts to achieve various circuit building goals and present different circuit effects. In this process, students can not only improve their hand-brain coordination and logical thinking abilities but also learn some common knowledge in optics, mechanics, and other physical sciences. By using UNO programming modules, students learn basic graphical programming science. Students can realize their dreams of becoming “little engineers” through basic circuit building and simple programming knowledge, laying a good foundation for further learning.
3. Brand Activities
Strongest Ideas
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【Event Review】 The 4th “Strongest Ideas” competition of Changping Youth Palace was successfully concluded!
【Event Review】 The first “Strongest Pilot” competition of Changping Youth Palace was successfully concluded
【Event Review】 The 2nd “Strongest Science Explorer” – Paper Boat Bearing Limit Competition was successfully concluded
4. Introduction to Outstanding Teachers (No particular order)
蔡远其
Robot teacher, motto: “Everyone has great potential for success.” Education is not only about imparting knowledge and cultivating abilities but also about enlightening students’ wisdom and cultivating their innovative learning thinking. Awarded the title of “Excellent Guidance Teacher” in the 15th Dongguan Primary and Secondary School Computer Robot Competition, guided students to win awards in the Primary and Secondary School Computer Robot Competition multiple times, awarded the title of “Excellent Maker Mentor” in the International Youth Maker Challenge, and awarded the title of “Excellent Guidance Teacher” in the Dongguan Youth Extracurricular Maker Competition.
陈东贤
Technology model teacher. Motto: Treat every child sincerely. Senior elementary science teacher, Dongguan’s third batch of elementary science teaching experts, Dalan Town science subject leader, mentor of Dalan Town “Xie Bin Neng” teacher studio. Rich teaching experience, good at guiding students in hands-on making and teaching remote-controlled boats, particularly outstanding results in maritime model teaching, continuously guiding students to participate in the “I Love My Country’s Maritime Territory” National Youth Maritime Model Education Competition Finals, winning 20 honors (1 gold medal, 2 silver medals), multiple times awarded as an excellent instructor. In Dongguan’s maritime model competition, won over 100 honors (8 gold medals, 5 silver medals, 6 bronze medals), multiple times awarded as an excellent guidance teacher.
程贤佑
Secondary school electronic and electrical lecturer, long-term engaged in creative invention and aviation model activities in extracurricular classes. Since 2008, guided students to win awards in the “Fly to Beijing, Fly to Space” National Youth Aviation and Aerospace Model Finals and the “I Love My Country’s Maritime Territory” National Youth Maritime Model Finals. The technology activity plan designed, “Remote-Controlled Electric Model Aircraft Creative Design Activity Plan,” won the first prize in the 2010 City Science and Technology Innovation Competition. Awarded as an excellent science and technology counselor in Dongguan City in 1998, 2008, and 2011; awarded as an excellent grassroots counselor in national aviation model competitions in 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2012.
张 婷
Science teacher and senior grade leader at Mingfeng Primary School in Dalan Town, Dongguan City, backbone teacher in Dongguan City. Awarded the title of “Most Beautiful Teacher” in Changping Town and the title of excellent teacher. Won the second prize in the science subject teaching design competition and the second prize in the teaching demonstration competition in 2020, first prize in professional skill testing; awarded the title of excellent guidance teacher in Dongguan City Innovation Competition in 2020, and excellent counselor in Dongguan City in 2022.
Guided students for many years to participate in municipal radio, architectural model, and maritime model competitions, winning first, second, and third prizes in Dongguan City. The “Space Exploration Experiment” in Dongguan City won the third prize in Dongguan City.
刘 茂
Won the second prize in the Guangdong Province Teaching Ability Competition and the first prize in Dongguan City Teaching Paper. Guided students to win national awards multiple times in the National Vocational College Skills Competition, won the first prize three times in the Guangdong Province Skills Competition from 2020 to 2023, and won second and third prizes multiple times.
闵志谱
Excellent teacher in the National Education Model Competition Finals. Excellent guidance teacher in Dongguan’s first drone competition and excellent guidance teacher in Changping Town’s science and technology.
Final Review: Zou Canmou
Initial Review: Yin Jincan
Proofreading: Zhang Wei
Contributed by: Ye Qiuyu
Photos by: Ye Qiuyu
Edited by: Ren Jieyi
Executing Department: Career Development Center