Maker Education Practice Based On "Unconventional" Physics Experiment In Junior Middle School

The continuous development of the global Maker Education program provides a new opportunity for the education reform,and also an effective means for the development of primary and secondary education in China.The development of this program is not yet enhanced,and the ideal of its educational way is a combination of a discipline.“Unconventional” physical experiment is to use the resources of life to carry out physical experiments,both of which play an important role in improving students hands-on ability,creativity,divergent thinking skills.The main purpose of this research is that theory of Maker Education is represented by conducting the “unconventional” physical experiments during lessons.In the teaching process,many physical problems are related with our life and originated from reality,which could arouse students' interests,and enable them to make a good use of practical materials combined with physical knowledge.therefore,student may deepen their understanding of basics and some rules.at the same time,divergent thinking skills could be improved to some degree.This process may put a positive impact on learning surroundings and problem solving skills.Through the short-term teaching practice,unconventional physical experiments could be applied to classroom and extra curricular,The main mission during a lesson is about demonstration experiments,group experiments,and learning while conducting experiments.and the extra curricular includes hand-on experiments combined with cases,and analyzing data from students so that students demand of hand-on practice could be met.In the learning process,students would like to show their initiatives and participation,which could promote students divergent skills as well as creativity.at the same time,the awareness of cooperation could be raised,therefore being helpful for students overall development.This study illustrates that it is feasible to promote Maker Education in junior school by utilizing “unconventional" physical experiments.This could improve students manual skills,foster creativity as well as raise awareness of cooperation effectively.More importantly,students could also have a better understanding of physical knowledge.In total,it is unnecessary for Maker Education to set some new courses,but making a combination with physical lessons may be the most “economical” Maker Education.