TEACHING PRACTICE OF THE BRIDGING COURSE “POETIC MECHANICS” BY TIANJIN UNIVERSITY AND BEIJING NO.4 HIGH SCHOOL

This paper presents the development and teaching practice of a bridging course by Tianjin University and Beijing No.4 High School. Based on Tianjin University’s national first-class undergraduate course Poetic Mechanics, it was delivered by the university’s teaching team to the high school students through the bridging course platform in Beijing No.4 High School. This course consists of a series of themed lectures that explore mechanical principles and natural laws by analyzing mechanical phenomena in classical Chinese poetry. Taking three specific lectures as examples — “Torrents and waterfalls roar thunderously,” “Whirlpools churn in endless foam,” and “A spring silkworm may not stop spinning silk until death” — the paper illustrates how the high school physics concepts such as the relationship between force and acceleration, circular motion and centripetal force, and spring force and deformation are extended into college-level topics, including fluid motion equations, vortex dynamics, and non-Newtonian fluids. By summarizing the experience, the teaching team hopes that the exploration and practice can provide valuable insights for the development of interdisciplinary mechanics courses and popular science education.