Aquatic Pool Adventure
Tung-Shin Elementary School has three classes in the Marine Science group. The theme of our program is ecological research and documentation, which coincides with the content of the Cyberfair very well. Therefore, our teachers began to design a series of programs since the fifth grade. These exciting programs include ecosystem photographing, microfilm documentary, night-time ecosystem exploration, etc. In addition, we invited a PTV reporter and Dong-Hua University Professor Yang Yiru’s research team to teach us documentary filming and ecosystem observation.
Transformation of aquatic pools
After several renovations, aquatic pools in Tung-Shin Elementary School had new looks. However, they also faced new challenges, such as the increase in water area and depth, the invasion of alien species, problems in water level regulation, and the water quality improvement. All these issues need to be addressed in the future. After taking time and capability into consideration, we chose the prevention of apple snails and the plantation of aquatic plants as our projects.
Aquatic plants dye
After more than one year of plantation, some aquatic pools in Tung-Shin were full of various plants. Besides using them as science class materials and for decoration, we discussed with teachers about their other uses. In social science class the teacher mentioned Hakka blue shirts and also in Chinese class the teacher talked about blue dye from the San-Xia area. Therefore, we know that plants can be used as dye and invited teacher Liu Huijun to teach us.
Online Quiz
Through science classes and the Cyberfair, we began to have more knowledge about aquatic plants and apple snails. To help people remember what they learned, we designed several online quizzes. You are welcome to take these quizzes and see how much you know about aquatic plants. We believe that you will learn to recognize these beautiful creatures quickly.
Project Highlights
In this year’s Cyberfair, our topics at Tung-Shin Elementary School are the ecological system of aquatic pools and their transformation. During the project, teachers designed many educational programs and taught us many things that we didn't learn from other classes. Though it is difficult but we learn a lot. Several students could not enroll in the program but still came to help and learn, which is truly inspiring.
