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Global Natural History Day (GNHD)—youth science knowledge competition—took place in Shanghai on March 2, 2023, in an effort to provide a platform 1.________ primary and secondary school students to learn more about natural science.
GNHD 2.________ (launch) by Kenneth Behring in 2012 in China. It is an international education programme intended 3.________ (inspire) students' interest in natural history and science and engage them in getting outdoors and exploring their environment. It is based in Shanghai, 4.________ worldfamous economic and financial center. 5.________ (support) by the local museums and natural science organizations, these science knowledge competitions have been 6.________ (continuous) held for 12 years, attracting 60,000 teams 7.________ involving millions of students and teachers. In this programme, students develop problemsolving abilities, deepen crosscultural understanding, and explore 8.________ the future state of the natural world will be like.
In the past decade, GNHD 9.________ (add) popular science painting, story broadcasting and science exhibition to further arouse students' interest in natural science learning. At this year's event, a new “Global Nature Day Cyber Space” platform promoting educational equity (公正) and equality was also started.
This year's GNHD returned to its offline mode. Under 2023's main theme “Seeing small things—Nature's small perspective and big vision”, natural science talent from around the world presented his or her 10.________ (achieve) in exhibitions, science paintings and storytelling.