Shanghai Observatory successfully held the "Little Boy Great Universe" family day event

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Taiwan Taiwan, in order to deeply promote the virtue of the family, actively advocate the concept of harmonious and civilized life, and promote the innovation and cultural construction of the Shanghai Observatory. On August 21, 2022, the Shanghai Observatory was held in the Laoshan Science and Technology Park. A family day event with the theme "Little Boy Great Universe", 30 children from 21 employee families and accompanied parents to participate.

This event designed "I have a science 'family'", "I am a little painter", "I am a traveler", "I am a scientist", "I am an explorer" and "I am a creator"主题活动，通过现场参观、天文科普讲座和亲子互动环节，帮助台内职工子女提升对家长从事职业的认知，增进孩子与家长之间的情感交流，发展孩子动作的协调性和灵活性，让Children feel the joy of exploring science.

In the sign -in session of "I am a little painter", children choose their favorite colorful pens, exert their imagination, and draw a childlike portrait and signature on the sign -in background board.

Draw a childlike portrait and signature on the sign -in background board

In the "I am a traveler", the children visited some scientific research areas of the Laoshan Science and Technology Park to understand the hard work of parents in their work and their contributions to the astronomical cause.

Visit some scientific research areas of Laoshan Science and Technology Park

In the "I am a scientist" characteristic popular science class, Wu Xiaojing, Meng Wendong, and Chen Liang brought the children's lectures about the "VLBI measurement track", "laser ranging" and "black hole". The three teachers carefully prepared, and according to the characteristics of the children, they were ingenious about the laser sword and black hole monster mentioned from Chang'e's moon and science fiction films. The teacher interacted enthusiastically.

Wu Xiaojing's "VLBI measurement track" theme popular science lecture

Meng Wendong's "Laser Speed" theme popular science lecture

Chen Liang's "Black Hole" theme popular science lecture

The children actively answered the question and interacted with the lecturer enthusiastically

In the interactive link of "I am an explorer" interesting parent -child game, the "Beidou Navigation" mini -game incorporate the astronomical concept. Through the positioning of the navigation system, the children cross the obstacles and find the target celestial body; With the close cooperation of children and parents, the goals are quickly and smoothly transported to their destinations; in the "Happy Planet" mini -game, the children fly themselves, jump and jump, and push the atmosphere of parent -child interactive game links to a climax.

"I am an explorer" fun parent -child activity silhouette

At the end of the event, "I am a creator", the children cleverly used the astronomical element stickers and activity packages won in the previous game session. With the help of parents and moms, they created the beautiful starry sky in their minds.

Create the beautiful starry sky in the hearts of children

In this "material and interesting" family day activity, by incorporating the astronomical elements into all aspects, entertaining, children can understand the work of the parents, understand the Shanghai Observatory, stimulate creativity and imagination, let children enjoy While successful brings joy, it also enhances the friendship between parent -child feelings and companions between children. Many employees said after the event that such activities are very helpful for enhancing employees' sense of belonging. The Shanghai Observatory is like a big family. It is proud to return to this family with family members and children.

In the future, the Shanghai Observatory will continue to host various types of employee family day activities, creating a relaxed and happy atmosphere for employees and family members, while continuously firmly firmly "facing the heart" of our Taiwan employees, inspiring the entire Taiwan to contribute wisdom and strength to the development of my country's astronomical undertakings.

Take a group photo

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