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6/23
Ddate: 23/Jun.
Determine the number of participants

Place – Taipei Shi-Jian Elementary School, classroom 502
1.Teacher released the recruit participant notice for Cyperfair last week, we should think carefully whether to participate
2. There are nine registration forms been signed.
3. We discuss and determine to research the trails nearby Maokong for topic.
4. Firstly visit the trails in Summer vacation, after BTS to determine which trails to be selected for this project.

7/1-8/30
Free visit & interview

Study site: Each trails in Maokong area
Record: Tai Teng Fu
We did a lot of visits and interview during holidays, all the trails in Maokong area and we split teams for preliminary interview and exploration, including:
Cho Ju – Camphor, Zhanghu, Dragon trails
Teng Fu – Camphor trail
Tzung Shiuan – Dragon trail
CHENG Lin – Ancient tea road, Dragon trail
Kuan Ying – Zhanghu trail
Huan Yu – Tea Scented loop trail
YU Hsuan – Camphor, Zhanghu, Ancient tea trails
Li Long – Camphor, Zhanghu
Yung Ching – Camphor, Zhanghu

10/6
Determine the team list

Place: PC classroom
Record: Tsai Tzung Shiuan
Today we decided to divide teams, Maokong has a lot of trails, we need to collect information & interviews individually by each teams, The list are as follows:
DENG FU, CHENG LIN, LI LONG, YU XUAN – Zhanghu, Camphor, Maokong Crossing Hill, Tea Develop Center, Dragon
Cho Ju, Kuan Ying, Tzung Shiuan, Huan Yu – ZhiNan School, Pothole, Little Skywalk, Health trails
Tzu Hao & Teacher a team for full territory interview

10/10
Galaxy Cave Crossing Hill
Place: Galaxy Cave
Team Teng Fu & Cheng Lin - We decided to visit Maokong area, after confirming the area to interview, walked to Camphor Zhanghu trail, but do not know how to connect to Maokong Crossing Hill, even we ask the local resident, however they recommend the Galaxy Cave trail, simple but very beautiful, it’s worthy to recommend.

10/13
Collect and sort out the information

Place: PC classroom
Record: Chu Kuan Ying
Today the major job to collect information, the team last time to visit Galaxy Cave and report us, we decide to join the research report of this trail, too. Today, the team Fu Deng to collect the information of this trail in today’s schedule. To the team Zhuo Ru will collect the information of Tea Scented annular trails, will visit after the school exam.

10/20
Determine the name of the team

Place: PC classroom
Record –Chou Huan Yu
Today, Because of many crews were recruited by Recorder teams and painting competition, only few crews attend, teacher request us to get a name for the team. After long discussion and finally determine to the team’s name “Praise to The World", hope we will get a good performance.

10/27
Registration completed

Place: PC classroom
Record: Yen Yu Hsuan
Today, we are still very few crews attend, someone go to practice the recorder, someone for hygiene squad, the rest to complete the application form finally, because there has been a typo then have to repeat. But finally completed the first phase of its work. Once complete the registration form, we will continue to put the information into a Google Drive, we are quite unfamiliar on it, we have been some problems and ask teacher’s help, finally she is able to read the information and photo, what a great!

11/9
Tea Scented Loop Trail

Place: Tea Scented Loop Trail
Record: Chen Li Long
Last week we suspend one time for exam, this week we go to the Tea Scented loop trail, we were divided into two teams. Team A for independent exploration, the main work to be pathfinder, photographing and research facilities along ecology. Another team that Daddy Yu who has been doing film recorder to take Yu Tzu Hao for family fun tour, we met the Grandpa Zhang, ZhiShan, he is a good talker and generous, the Health trail is using a large part of his land, let Geotechnical Engineering Office to develop the land, let everyone to walk in freely, “What is life? It’s no big deal to life”, he said. It’s a great philosophy of life is worthy for learning.

11/16
Start Mapping

Place: PC classroom
Record: Lin Yung Ching
1.Draw map of Maokong trails by teams
2.Continuously collect data and analyze the characteristics to put in the map

11/24
Schedule of this week

Place: PC classroom
Record: Yang Cho Ju
This week we have to interview and explore trails, intend to split in 2 teams, one to the dragon trail, another teams plans to go to Camphor Zhanghu trail for interview of cosmos flower season recently.

11/29
Tea Scented Loop Trail

Place: Tea Scented Loop Trail
Record: Lin Yung Ching
We decided to look at the potholes trail, then visit Dragon trail next week, firstly we see a small bridge, it’s fun to walk in on. Then we went the other way and saw a small squirrel, super cute!
The last road that there are lots of dragonflies that make me fear and dare not to move on, however there are someone tell the waterfall is fine to play water, we remove shoes immediately to play, it’s really cool and seems like summer, really fun of it.

12/1
Prepare the questionnaire

Place: PC Classroom
Record: Tai Teng Fu
1.This week we continue to take advantage of the holiday to visit the trail, we visit the Dragon trail which is flat and the scenery is beautiful.
2.We start to make the questionnaires which will interview on trails, because the former interview seems not organize, the teacher suggested to unify questionnaires, then adding special questions subject to the respondents, this consolidation would be more organized.

12/5
Visit Dragon Trail

Place: Dragon Trail
Record: Yen Yu Hsuan
Few days ago we went to the Dragon trail which is flat and the scenery is beautiful, but the only thing I feel very disgusted, a section of the road almost with the cobwebs and spiders, we girls scared and faces are pale too, whether Yu TzuHao will be happy if he come?

12/8
Re-design the questionnaire

Place: PC classroom
Record: Tsai Tzung Shiuan
The holidays that we take the questionnaire which we interviewed but found with discrepancies, and the questionnaire on Tea Development Center should be adding furthermore questions, then we re-make new one to interview again on Wednesday afternoon.

12/9
Visit the Tea Develop Center

Place: The Tea Develop Center
Record: Chu Kuan Ying
Today, Zhou Huan Yu and I visit the Tea Develop Center for interview, recognizing the tea exhibition center and here is really very interesting, let people know more about the tea culture. After leaving the tea exhibition center, we visit Tea Develop Center Trail, this Tea Scented Loop trail is very beautiful and not difficult to climb, further to realize the Maokong culture, we interview foreigners and the experience is great, to practice English and training for guts, it is fun.

12/12
Galaxy Cave Hill

Place: Galaxy Cave trail
Record: Chou Huan Yu
We take advantage of holidays to climb the Galaxy cave trail, because of rainy, it’s not smooth to climb and too much visitors, we encountered crossroad when we start to walk, we decided to toss a coin, however the two road is simply linked after walk.
Compare Maokong uphill and Galaxy Cave Crossing, Maokong uphill climb a little better, but we liked the Galaxy Cave, probably because few people and a waterfall

12/17
Little Skywalk Trail

Place: Little Skywalk Trail
Record: Yang Cho Ju
Today, Zhou Huan Yu and I to climb the trail, at the beginning we do not know which trails to climb, then select Maokong uphill, we did not study the map, then we went to wrong way to reach Little Skywalk trail, even worse it is dark when we arrived, after finishing the interview of a group of people, we’re walking alone back in the darkness and the nearby tomb is fear to two of us, finally we back to the cable car station, get on Maokong Gondola, I am moved but say nothing.

12/19
Maokong
Crossing Uphill Trail, Zhanghu Trail

Place: Maokong Crossing Uphill Trail
Record: Tsai Cheng Lin
On holidays, our team climbed the Maokong uphill and the Zhanghu trail, the scenery is very nice, our experience after walking the Galaxy Cave trail, we agree to classmate’s comment, the Moakong uphill trail is much easier for climbing, along the trails is uphill and there is only a pavilion for rest, a bit hard walking, the Galaxy Cave trail is higher challenge, In Zhanghu trail, there are many facilities look like musical instrument, it’s very romantic.

12/29
Organize the information of trail

Place: PC Classroom
Record: Yen Yu Hsuan
Exception of research and interview in these few weeks, each of us must organize the trail information by ourselves, to complete the typing for teacher in the early of January, it sounds not difficult but not easy, as teacher told that we can’t copy the information from web to avoid intelligent property problem, therefore we have to organize in our words with our introduction, however the content is very less, teacher requested us to improve the content, just feel the typing is much difficult than climbing.

1/5
Start learning how to create web page

Place: PC Classroom
Record: Chen Li Long
Starting today, teacher taught us how to create web pages, let us learn a simple web principle, to set up its own web page to introduce the trails, it is the first time for producing web page and not difficult to us, but we are aware it is not easy to set up web pages since the basic concept is not easy as image, hope we can do it well under teacher guidance to get good results.

1/19
Determine the interview topics

Place: PC classroom
Record: Lin Yung Ching
It is quite busy for final exam, we only practice the part of creating the webpage that teacher taught, the other part of the interview will be done in winter vacation, we will go to Maokong by our won for interviews, on 1 / 26-1 / 27 we will joint interview, on 1/26 interview with Geotechnical Engineering Office, on 1/27 to Maokong for final sort and any supplement, today we prepare the topics to interview with Geotechnical Engineering Office, the topics are:
1. Why do you develop the hiking trails in Taipei?
2. There are a lots of trails in Maokong, can you advise how to take these trails name from ?
3. What are the characteristics of the trails in Maokong ?
4. We know that Maokong area is famous for tea, we can also find the vestige of tea culture from trails, wondering if there any combination between these trails and tea culture?
5. In the camphor tree trail, we know there are cosmos and also have Lupin in Spring, how would these kinds of flowers in the trails ?
6. For the children, the elderly who like sports, and the people like tea culture, which trails will you recommend them to visit?
7. Please recommend a trail which is your favorite one.
Hope we have a successful interview

1/24
Maokong is snowy
Place: Maokong mountain
Record: Yen Yu Hsuan
Today, the Maokong area is snowy, it was also said sleet, whatever it is, looks from the mountain foot is really beautiful, especially Yu Xuan came to take pictures, to record the snow scenery on Maokong trails, although it’s not obvious for snow, you can still see the white hill, it’s really beautiful.
1/25
To visit Geotechnical Engineering Office

Place: The Geotechnical Engineer Office
Record: Yu Tzu Hao
Today, we scheduled an interview with The Geotechnical Engineer Office, the rail Section. We go to practice at school in morning, then visit them at the afternoon. The uncles and aunts in the office were very nice and with detailed explanation, even gave us PP folder, it’s a great harvest today!

1/27 Maokong Treasure Hunt

Place: Camphor Zhanghu Trail
Record: Yang Cho Ju
We followed stamping sheet printed by Geotechnical Engineering Office, to complete the Camphor Zhanghu trail, unsure how many times to visit it, to find the stamp along the walk is quite interesting, we interview some of shopkeepers with very nice chat. When we downhill to the cable station but it’s suspend. Then we go down via Dragon trail, there are 3 trails that we visited today.

1/31
Complement visit the Tea Exhibition Center

Place: Tea Develop Center
Record: Yu Tzu Hao
The senior brother and sister have been to Tea Fair center several times, because of visiting on Wednesday, we did not encounter the volunteers for interview, by the chance to climb Deng Kao and Rock Lion Footsteps trails, then we went to interview on the way. Although I am only fourth grade but courage to complete the interview, I went to buy streamed milk bread from TienEnGong Temple, very delicious.

2/1
Total data consolidation

Place: At home
Record: Chu Kuan Ying
All interviews have been completed, we organized into a text file in these days, and then transmit to Tzu Hao, let him to complete the rest of web page. Because Tzu Hao’s dad is an expert to guide him and correct the discrepancies, so we put the basic framework and complete all the text, and then classified in accordance with the subject, then pass a variety of ways to him.
We send the way via: LINE, GOOGLE share Drive, EMAIL
Our final site is structured as follows:
Briefing Page 0
1.Study Motivation
2.About Maokong
3.Maokong trails
(1)A brief story
(2)Introduction of each trail
4.Trail excursion
(1)Look for kitties on Camphor Zhanghu trail
(2)Tea Scented Annular Trails Fun
(3)little secret
5.Maokong ecology trail excursion
(1)Environmental protection brief note
(2)The other ecological anecdotes
(3)Bugs adventure
6.Interview Note
(1)Trail interviews
(2)Interview of the Geotechnical Engineering Office
(3)Tea Fair Center interview
7.The roaming note
8.The experience of research

 
2/18

Place: At home
Record: Yu Tu Hao
End data compilation
Web page editing is completed


 
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