摘得冠军！上海诺德安达学子荣获青少年科技创新大赛一等奖NACIS Students Won the First Prize

Gloria：

“这个作品的灵感来自于真实发生在我生活中的某一个小事：在某一年的夏天，我们一家出行在外，由于家里没有人照料植物，回家之后所有的花都枯萎了。那时候我便开始思考能不能有一种机器，可以在无人的情况下，自己完成浇水等基本动作。”

Gloria:

“The inspiration of the work comes from a small incident that happened in my life. One summer, my family was travelling, and all the flowers withered after we returned home because no one cared for the plants. At that time, I began to wonder if there could be a machine that could perform basic actions like watering by itself without anyone else.”

因为这样一个生活上的细节，Gloria决定制作一个个性化的产品，来解决现代生活中的实际问题。

灵感如何落实到作品中？Gloria坦言其制作过程困难重重。

不同花的习性如何同时兼顾？养殖小屋如何设计才能在保证美观的同时又能模拟出大棚的效果？全自动化模块间的数据如何传输？如何触发报警模块并做出相应动作，比如若湿度太低则水泵喷水等？

一个接着一个的问题，推动着Gloria一步步向前探索。

将每种花的养殖参数形成一个数据库，并与外部传感器相连；用亚克力制作具有透光性的小屋并用旋转模板营造出窗帘的效果；学习用编程语言来设计数据传输。从Gloria一次次的尝试和模拟中，‘基于蓝牙通讯的自动化花草养殖小屋’历时一年半后成功完成。

Because of the minor details, Gloria decided to make a personalized product to solve the practical problems in the modern life.

How to put inspiration into practice? Gloria admits that the process is difficult.

How to balance the habits of different flowers? How to design a beautiful cultivation shed which has the effect of simulated greenhouse? How to transfer data among the fully automated modules? How to trigger the alarm module and make corresponding actions, for example, if the humidity is too low, water jets from pump automatically, etc.?

One question after another pushed Gloria forward.

The cultivation parameters of each flower were formed into a database and connected with external sensors. Use acrylic to make the shed with light transmittance, create the curtain effect with the rotation template, and learn to design data transfer in a programming language. Based on attempts and simulations over and over again, “the Bluetooth Automatic Flower and Plant Cultivation Shed” was successfully completed after a year and a half.

我们已经来到了2.0的教育时代。师生间有了更多的互动，学生有了更多自我探索的机会，更加融合的课程也会学生综合能力的提升保驾护航。

在上海诺德安达， “跨学科教学”被老师们落实到了教学的每一个环节中。老师采用更加联结化的，富有创意的教学模式，提供了更多合作学习、主题式学习的机会。以“全人教育”为目标，教育的目的也不仅是教授知识，而更应培养内心丰盈、并能够积极行动的未来公民。

As the age of education 2.0 is approaching, students have more interactions with teachers and more opportunities for self-exploration. The more integrated courses will also help improve their comprehensive abilities. At NACIS Shanghai, "interdisciplinary teaching" is implemented by teachers in every aspect.

Through more connected and creative teaching mode, our teachers provide more opportunities for cooperative learning and thematic learning. With the goal of "holistic education”, we are not only committed to teaching knowledge, but also cultivating future active citizens.

Gloria的获奖作品来自于学校的商业项目学习，起初，她并未想到要将之以一个工程作品的形式去参加上海最高规模的科技创新赛事。尤其，这个作品所需要的编程对Gloria来说，是一个极具挑战的领域。但是在老师的帮助和引导下，她决定在不同的领域做出尝试。

平时的积累在此时得到了体现。

在STEAM课及科学课上所经历的项目制学习体验使她对于一个工程项目建立的过程并不陌生。且IB教学中对于学生个人特质的激发和肯定，建立了她的自信与勇于接受挑战的品质。

而在技术方面，在 STEAM课程及拓展活动周中，对编程语言，传感器等新技术的教学，从生活出发，给予Gloria更多跨学科学习的体验。比如，在新校园环境项目学习中，老师发起了使校园生活更加便利的科技小发明创作活动，学生诞生了一批自动板擦，智能浇水，智能教室等一系列的作品。

这些赛事在校园中的开展，拓展了学生对于科技新技术的认识，激发了学生的兴趣，也正是这些日常学习生活的体验成为了Gloria参与科技赛事的动力之一。

Gloria's winning entry came from the business program at school. At first, she didn't plan to participate in competition with a project. In particular, the programming skills required for the project was a challenging area for her. But with the help and guidance of her teacher, she decided to try in the different field.

The daily accumulation helped her a lot.

Her project-based learning experiences in STEAM and science classes made her familiar with the process of building an engineering project. In addition, she has built up self-confidence and qualities to accept challenges during IB learning.

In the technical aspect, she learned the new technologies such as programming languages and sensors during STEAM and enrichment week, which gave her a more interdisciplinary learning experience. 

For example, in new campus environment project, the teacher initiated the technological invention activity to encourage students to create some inventions that could make campus life more convenient, and the students produced a series of works such as automatic eraser, intelligent watering and intelligent classroom. These events broadened students' understanding of new technologies and aroused their interest. It is the daily learning experiences that have inspired Gloria to participate in science and technology competition.

2020年诺德安达全球校园Xtra挑战活动已正式开启！本次挑战活动连接了29个国家，66所学校的66000名诺德安达学子。挑战分为六大板块：大问题，大思想、30个挑战活动、麻省理工的挑战、茱莉亚表演艺术、联合国儿童基金会以及探险之旅。在线上平台上，我们的孩子可以探索全新的领域，与来自世界各地的诺德安达学子分享学习的乐趣、交流心得，向MIT的专家发出提问并进行互动。

我们也将在之后的报道中与您分享上海诺德安达学子的精彩学习成果！

相信每一个孩子都能在这里找到属于自己的舞台！

The 2020 Nord Anglia Global Campus Xtra Challenge has officially started! Bringing together a family of 66 schools, it connects over 66000 students. The challenge is divided into six sections including Big Questions, Big Ideas, 30 Challenges, MIT Challenges, Julia Performing Arts, UNICEF, and Adventures. Through the online platform, our students can explore new fields, share the fun of learning, exchange ideas, put forward questions and interact with MIT experts.

We will also share with you more wonderful learning achievements soon!

It’s believed that every child can find his own stage here!