Information Technology and Cultural Education Model Based on World Heritage Site Kulangsu

With the localization of STEM education, this research tried to integrate interdisciplinary knowledge based on local characteristics and culture. We designed and developed a C-STEAM curriculum with the cultural background of Kulangsu, a World Heritage Site, to allow students to perceive culture from the perspective of engineering disciplines and develop their creative thinking and comprehensive Internet application skills. This curriculum integrates the fields of art history, architecture and gardening, programming, as well as engineering design. Using Kulangsu as a model, we also developed a sandbox teaching aid that included 150 architectural puzzles, Arduino boards, and expandable sensors. In the teaching practice, students' creative thinking and comprehensive application skills were statistically analyzed. The teaching effectiveness was comprehensively evaluated by having students use the IoT mindset to solve problems.