AUTHOR=Jin Xiaoxia , Li Shijing , Mo Zunli 
  
TITLE=C-STEAM interdisciplinary project-based activity design focused on traditional Chinese culture—take “a thousand miles of rivers and mountains” as an example
  
JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education
  
VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2025
  
YEAR=2025
  
URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2025.1692998
  
DOI=10.3389/feduc.2025.1692998
  
ISSN=2504-284X
  
ABSTRACT=STEAM education is the integration of content and methods from multiple disciplines, including science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. C-STEAM education highlights the discipline of chemistry and incorporates excellent traditional Chinese culture. Project-based learning provides students with a more practical, innovative, and engaging learning experience. Therefore, the C-STEAM interdisciplinary project-based activity design, rooted in traditional Chinese culture, is the best way to cultivate students’ comprehensive qualities, innovative thinking, interdisciplinary abilities, and cultural confidence. This study took constructivism and situational learning theory as the theoretical support of the three-level teaching framework of “project - task – activity” by selecting 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. We constructed a comprehensive evaluation system of four dimensions: scientific inquiry, innovative thinking, interdisciplinary application, and cultural understanding. Furthermore, we provided an operational example for the in-depth integration of excellent traditional Chinese culture into the basic education curriculum. We offered local experience to develop international C-STEAM education.