Reasons for the roll-out of the Campus Weather Station project

The Campus Weather Station project can provide conditions for field observation and data collection, allowing students to have a more intuitive understanding of weather changes, develop meteorological awareness and enhance their understanding of natural science knowledge. By participating in meteorological observation and data analysis, students can enhance their practical ability and scientific literacy, and develop problem-solving skills.

Traditional science education tends to favour too much on the instillation of theoretical knowledge and neglects the importance of practical operation and observation. This kind of education often makes students feel boring and unable to truly understand scientific principles and concepts. Therefore, we need a new mode of science education to better cultivate students' innovative thinking and scientific enquiry ability.

The Campus Weather Station project is precisely a practical mode of science education. Through hands-on practice and observation, students can better understand the principles and concepts of meteorology and discover interesting scientific phenomena and problems. This mode can stimulate students' interest and curiosity in learning, enable them to participate more actively in scientific enquiry activities, and improve the effectiveness of science education.

With climate change and environmental problems becoming more and more serious, it has become increasingly important to cultivate students' awareness of environmental protection. Through the monitoring data of the campus weather station, students can gain a deeper understanding of climate change and environmental problems, and realise the impact of human activities on the climate, so as to cultivate an awareness of environmental protection and a sense of social responsibility.

Campus weather stations can continuously observe and record meteorological data over a long period of time, which can be used as the basic data for local climate research and provide valuable data resources for research institutes and universities. These data are of great value for the study of climate change and extreme weather events.