Youth Health Science Knowledge Competition Questions

The core design logic of the questions in the Youth Health Science Popularization Knowledge Competition is based on the three-layer structure of "Basic Cognition - Scenario Application - Dialectical Thinking", which is divided into three question modules: required answer, rush answer, and risk challenge. It covers the three core areas of physical health, mental health, and behavioral health. It not only adapts to the cognitive levels of teenagers of different ages, but also takes into account the interest of science popularization and competition, and avoids becoming a rote test answer question.

In the past two years, I helped the Municipal Bureau of Disease Control and Education build the question bank for two middle school competitions. To be honest, at first, I almost turned the questions into a health knowledge test paper. They were all dry knowledge points. When I took it for a test, the children all yawned and said it was no different from the biology test. Later, we simply relied on all the questions to be based on everyone's daily life, and did not do any weird questions at all.

Let’s start with the most familiar must-answer questions. They are basically free points but useful knowledge points. For example, the questions for the 12-14-year-old junior high school group include "After being scratched by a cat and bleeding, just wash it with soapy water for more than 15 minutes. There is no need to get a rabies vaccine. Is this correct?" "What is the cumulative recommended daily duration of moderate-intensity exercise for teenagers?" "The 15-18-year-old high school group will add some occupational health science content in advance, such as "When your cervical spine hurts when you lower your head for a long time to answer questions, which of the following relaxation methods is correct?" The commonly used "tilt your head and turn your neck" will be included in the options as an incorrect option. Many children only realize that their usual relaxation method is wrong after answering.

Oh, yes, I want to mention a little episode here. At first, we wanted to provide more in-depth knowledge about sex education, but the middle school teacher we contacted stopped us, saying that children in the first grade of junior high school had just entered puberty, and too straightforward content would make them embarrassed. Later, we adjusted it to "When acne occurs on the face in adolescence, which of the following practices is correct?"

Then there are quick-answer questions. We basically make them all situational questions, and rarely give dry multiple-choice questions. For example, they will play a 10-second real-life video of two boys sweating after playing football, blowing directly into the air conditioner, and pouring ice mineral water into their mouths, asking "What are the health risks of these two students' actions?", or a recording of a student's chat: "I recently lost weight, eating only one meal a day, and have lost 5 pounds", and asking "What's wrong with this weight loss method?". During the last competition, a boy from the first grade rushed to answer the question and said, "Last time I drank ice cream after playing ball, I had a stomachache and had to take a week off." The whole audience laughed. By the end, everyone had memorized this knowledge point. It was more effective than the head teacher who had taught it ten times at the class meeting.

The most interesting thing is the risk challenge questions. We deliberately selected a lot of controversial questions for which there is no unified conclusion in the academic circles. There is no single standard answer. Points will be awarded as long as the logic is self-consistent and the basis can be explained clearly. For example, one question is: "There are currently two opinions on the Internet. One says that teenagers drinking 1-2 cups of full-sugar milk tea every week will not affect their health and does not need to be completely banned. The other says that teenagers should completely eliminate added sugar during their taste development period and it is best not to touch milk tea. Which one do you agree with more? Tell me your reasons."

In fact, this issue does have two different directions in the nutrition field: one group believes that teenagers have a strong rebellious mentality. The less they are allowed to touch, the more they want to drink. As long as the frequency is controlled, occasional drinking will not cause obesity, dental caries and other problems, but can help them establish a healthy concept of "moderateness"; We were originally worried that the judges would not be able to judge the score, but during the competition, the children's answers were more down-to-earth than the reference analysis written by our experts. A girl in the second grade of junior high school said, "I support the first option more. My mother doesn't let me drink milk tea at all. I saved up half a month's pocket money to drink two cups last time, but it hurt me. If my mother allowed me to drink half a cup every week, I would definitely not be so greedy." All the judges gave her full marks.

There is also a question about psychology that is also controversial: "You have recently been in a low mood for two consecutive days because of a conflict with a good friend. You don't want to eat or do homework. Should you try to adjust yourself first, or should you immediately seek help from a psychology teacher?" Experts in the field of child psychology also have different views on this: some believe that small mood swings should We should first guide children to self-awareness and adjustment, which can help improve their ability to resist frustration. Asking for help for trivial matters will make children lose the ability to deal with negative emotions. Others believe that adolescents' emotional perception abilities are immature. As long as they have emotional abnormalities that last for more than 48 hours, they should proactively seek help to avoid developing psychological problems such as anxiety and depression. When I answered the question last time, a high school boy said, "If I can listen to music and play basketball well, I can adjust it myself. If I don't even want to play my favorite basketball, I will definitely find a teacher immediately." After saying this, the students in the audience applauded and said that's what happened.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the questions in the health science popularization competition are never designed to defeat anyone, nor are they designed to make everyone memorize a bunch of useless knowledge points. The more relevant the questions are to everyone's daily life, and the more they dare to present real controversies, the better the children will remember them. After the competition last year, a class teacher told me that several children in his class who used to save money to buy milk tea every day now take the initiative to bring thermos cups to school. When answering the questions, they learned that drinking too much sweet food will not only make you fat, but also prone to acne. Isn't this the ultimate purpose of our question.