Interdisciplinary Practical Activities Based on Socioscience Issues: Advantages and Disadvantages of Disposable Chopsticks
JI Qing-Qing1**, ZHANG Rong-Hua2, SUN Kun3
1. College of Teacher Education, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730071, China; 2. College of Teacher Education, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China; 3. College of Life Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730071,China
Abstract Taking “the advantages and disadvantages of disposable chopsticks” as a socioscientific issue, this paper sets up problems related to engineering technology, chemistry, mathematics, biology, physics, policy, ethics and safety, and guides students to carry out activities to explore one by one, so as to cultivate students’ scientific thinking, interdisciplinary comprehensive ability to solve practical problems, and improve their core literacy. This paper also guides students to integrate the results of all interdisciplinary activities to try to solve the comprehensive social problem of “whether the advantages of disposable chopsticks outweigh the disadvantages or the disadvantages outweigh the benefits”, and promotes students to pay attention to the society and establish a sense of social responsibility. Each activity case is carried out according to the four links of raising questions, activity exploration, achievement display and evaluation.
JI Qing-Qing, ZHANG Rong-Hua, SUN Kun. Interdisciplinary Practical Activities Based on Socioscience Issues: Advantages and Disadvantages of Disposable Chopsticks[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2024, 45(5): 58-64.
