CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, AND PEDAGOGY article
Front. Educ.
Sec. STEM Education
This article is part of the Research TopicSTEM: Innovation on Teaching and Learning Vol. IIView all 13 articles
C-STEAM Interdisciplinary Project-based Activity Design Based on Traditional Chinese Culture—Take "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" as an Example*
Provisionally accepted- Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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Abstract STEAM education is the integration of content and methods from multiple disciplines such as science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. C-STEAM education highlights the discipline of chemistry and incorporates excellent traditional Chinese culture into it. Project-based learning provides students with a more practical, innovative, and interesting learning experience. Therefore, The C-STEAM interdisciplinary project-based activity design based on traditional Chinese culture is the best way to cultivate students' comprehensive quality, innovative thinking, interdisciplinary ability and cultural confidence. This paper takes constructivism and situational learning theory as the theoretical support of the three-level teaching framework of "project - task - activity", selects the famous work "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" by Wang Ximeng of the Song Dynasty as the material to create a situation for the design of C-STEAM interdisciplinary project-based activities, and constructs a comprehensive evaluation system of four dimensions: scientific inquiry, innovative thinking, interdisciplinary application and cultural understanding. Provide an operational example for the in-depth integration of excellent traditional Chinese culture into the basic education curriculum, and offer local experience for the development of international C-STEAM education.
Keywords: Traditional culture, C-STEAM education, Interdisciplinary project-based learning, Copper and its compounds, STEAM education
Received: 26 Aug 2025; Accepted: 10 Nov 2025.
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* Correspondence: Zunli Mo, mozlnwnu@126.com
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