Tsinghua High School Science and Technology Humanities Experience Camp launched the "Creation Plan" maker Challenge

7月6～7日，Tsinghua High School Science and Technology Humanities Experience Camp launched the "Creation Plan" maker Challenge，The 92 outstanding graduates of Grade 14 were led by Wang Tian, deputy director of the Student Development Center, and Zhu Ying, group leader of Grade 14，Went to iCenter, Li Shau Kee Science and Technology Building, Tsinghua University to participate in the challenge。

Tsinghua University's "Maker Program" Maker Challenge was jointly organized by the Academic Affairs Office of Qing University and the Affiliated High School of Tsinghua University，Tsinghua University iCenter and Tsinghua University Technology and innovation auxiliary major，Co-organized by Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts and Orange Maker Education，Starting from the examination of students' comprehensive innovation ability，Adopt the group closed development mode，Students are required to complete an original work within 24 hours，And prepare the defense report。Professors Li Shuangshou, Zhao Qianchuan, Zhang Wenzeng, Fu Zhiyong from Tsinghua University and science and technology teachers Qiu Nan and Shen Dashan from Tsinghua High School formed an expert panel to evaluate the performance of each group and each student。

On the morning of July 6, the opening ceremony of the "Creation Project" Maker Challenge was held。Mr. Deng, Academic Affairs Office of Tsinghua University, presided over。Bai Xuefeng, Vice president of the High School Attached to Tsinghua University, delivered the opening speech, expressing his gratitude to all parties for their meticulous preparations for the competition and their expectations for the students to actively participate in the activities and improve themselves。Li Shuangshou, director of iCenter of Tsinghua University, gave a speech, explaining the significance of holding the "Creation Plan" Maker Challenge, and expressing the importance of vigorously cultivating students' innovation ability。Zhang Wenzeng, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University, gave a speech. He briefly explained the history of makers and encouraged the students to carry forward the spirit of "innovative practice, cooperation and sharing" of makers。Zhao Ye, an outstanding student representative of Tsinghua University, made a speech, starting from daily matters, encouraging students to observe life, think seriously, and innovate in science and technology。Li Yifan, an outstanding representative of the maker of Tsinghua High School, spoke about her experience and thoughts on making。

After the opening ceremony, the students came to visit the laboratories of iCenter。After that, the students began an intensive training course on open source hardware and idea generation in preparation for the next challenge。

On the afternoon of the 6th, the competition entered the creative phase。

The theme of this competition is "Smart City - Project Design and Application based on Design Thinking".，Requires a combination of electronic circuit knowledge, a variety of manufacturing tools, and open source hardware programming tools，Bold thinking，Use design thinking, system thinking and other thinking tools，Through the design and production of urban sand table model to present the future city in their minds，And the meaning of urban planning and design and the understanding of sustainable development, green city, smart city and other concepts。

92 students were divided into 19 groups for group creation。Each group will be given the contest entry manual and 1000 yuan virtual maker points in exchange for the required materials。From the initial discussion of the work scheme, the design of the work, the procurement of materials and materials to the completion of the work, the preparation of the work display, each student will be affixed with the entry number, and the entire process of the competition will be recorded。At the same time, expert judges conduct a process review in the process。

During this period, the students used their brains, thought boldly, thought carefully, designed and implemented, invested physically and mentally, and fought hard。The 92 outstanding early 14 graduates gave full play to their strong learning ability and exploration spirit, expanded and improved, and finally presented extraordinary creative and exquisite works。

On the afternoon of the 7th, the competition entered the road show review, and each team appeared for five minutes of product presentation and two minutes of defense。Students' creativity covers a wide range of areas: some pay special attention to the elderly, some specifically target at special groups with physical disabilities, some promote environmental protection, and some pay attention to health。The "Children's Dream" of the eighth group designed an intelligent red-light alarm system for children, and the "Green Ring Island" of the tenth group created an energy-saving, environmentally friendly and peaceful maritime city。The "multidimensional transportation" of the thirteenth group makes full use of space resources to carry out three-dimensional transportation creative design。The creative design of each group is supported by scientific and technological creativity, while showing the benevolence and humanistic feelings of the students。

At 15:40 PM on the 7th, the Closing ceremony and award ceremony of the "Creative Project" Creative Challenge was held。Wang Tian, deputy Director of Student Development Center of Tsinghua High School, hosted。Review expert representative, Tsinghua University professor Zhao Qianchuan made a summary。He praised the students' rich imagination and unique thinking。At the same time, he said that the valuable wealth gained by the students in the process of the competition is not obtained in the conventional classroom and books, and students need to uphold the spirit of makers and continue to grow。Student representative Cao Lingwei spoke about the harvest and experience in the competition process。Wang Tian, deputy Director of the Student Development Center of Tsinghua High School, announced the winners of the competition, the first, second and third prizes, the Best Popularity award and the list of ten makers。Vice President of Tsinghua High School Bai Xuefeng and expert judges of the competition presented awards to the winning students。Mr. Bai Xuefeng, Vice President of Tsinghua High School, delivered the closing speech。He said that in the competition, the students showed the "benevolence" of paying attention to society and caring for others, the "wisdom" of having extraordinary creativity, scientific and technological thinking and practical ability, and the "courage" of putting their ideas into reality.。And this "benevolence, wisdom, courage" of the gentleman's wind is a good embodiment of the spirit of self-improvement and moral commitment of Tsinghua Affiliated Middle School。

The "Creation Plan" Maker Challenge is an important activity in the Science and Technology Humanities Experience Camp of Tsinghua High School. Students experience science and technology and feel humanity in the process of the competition。In the following experience camp activities, students will also participate in comprehensive practical cultural investigation activities to further feel the charm of exploring technology and humanity。