School: Fudan High School
    Taoyuan, N/A, Taiwan

9 students, ages 16~17 worked together to complete this CyberFair project on March 23, 2009. They have participated in CyberFair in the following year(s): N/A

Classes and Teachers: Chien Chun-Han, Lee Chia-Wei, Kuo Yuan-Wei, Lee Yi-Wei, Cheng Tzu-Min, Wen Wan-Ling

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Our School's Web Site: http://www.fdhs.tyc.edu.tw/

1. Description of Our Community

The mainly habitat of Taipei grass frogs are Taipei Sanchih, Taoyuan Yangmei, Longtan and Tainan. Taoyuan has a special name which is called “Country of the thousand ponds” by people all the time, Taipei grass frog could have such a lot of habitats to live because of these ponds. But their habitats become less and less accompany the exploitation of ponds. There are only Yangmei, Longtan have the habitats in Taoyuan region at present. There are quite a few Taipei grass frogs in Mr. Yang’s lotus field in Taipei Sanchih. On weekends, visiters likes to go to the lotus field to enjoy these fascinating lotus, so Mr. Yang make a living by these lotus, sometimes he would also sell them to other cities that have organic shops like Taoyuan, Shinjhuang, Zhong-he or Banciao. Although there are only fifteen or sixteen branches of lotus ,Mr. Yang insists that he should deliver them in person, he thought ”Honesty” is the most important thing on business transaction. Insect pest can not make inroads while the lotus are going to crop, but if man sprinkle the insecticides, that would affect the Taipei grass frogs, all of them might die. Finally, Mr. Yang, who is the lotus field’s owner, and Mr. Lin, who is Taipei grass frog’s guardian, they fond a balance between protect the lotus and save Taipei grass frogs. In Tainan, Taipei grass frogs have to change their habitats while the Water chestnut field is on fallow. Taipei grass frogs will face the remove problem in case the industry of locality gets degenerate. Taipei grass frogs would be extinct much faster than now if we just continue to disregard them.

2. Summary of Our Project

Two years ago, while a team from Fudan high school, which is in Ping-jen city in Taoyuan, was investigating No.731 Wetland for military use, they discovered a pretty lovely frog. The frog was different from other frogs that we had seen before, it was small and colorful. On the basis of curious about that frog, we started our designated topic-Taipei grass frog. First, we searched the specialized person or the connected information on the internet, all of us were busy with the Taipei grass frogs, then we began to contact the person who known something about it, we asked them whether we could visit them or not. As time went by, we gradually known Taipei grass frog, it is so important in our biosphere. We hope we could tell everyone through our website that no matter Taipei grass frog or other creature, we all have to protect them, let them live leisurely and carefree in the world. By the way, we also hope that we could let more and more people know Taipei grass frog by our website, Taipei grass frog can have much chance to live thus. Taipei grass frogs are facing the problem of extinction in Taiwan now, but most of people do not know much about them, also do not understand what’ s their condition right now. So we put the topics like introduce Taipei grass frog, Taipei grass frog’s habitats, something about preservation and restoration of Taipei grass frog on our website.

3. Our Computer and Internet Access

A. Percentage of students using the Internet at home:more than 50%

B. Number of workstations with Internet access in the classroom:more than 6

C. Connection speed used in the classroom:dedicated connection

D. Number of years our classroom has been connected to the Internet:more than 6

4. Problems We Had To Overcome

All of us want to take advantage of time and finish our job perfectly as soon as possible. But it’s pretty hard to get all the members together since we are from the different classes. It needs time to stay in the field for the observation of Taipei grass frog, so we have to spend lots of time discussing how we go to the destination and how we come back every time. We often carry a lot of appliances and chase the last train. Besides, we can’t afford the cost of some appliances and traveling expenses. So we hold a donation party. We’ve learned things that we didn’t know before. However, when we were trying to use our words to convey our stories, thoughts, and the things we want to share with the readers on the website, we always couldn’t find the most precise words. That’s the most difficult part of all.

5. Our Project Sound Bite

Human being must have to learn how to take good care and protect our environment if we expect our earth could keep gestating the life. 6. How did your activities and research for this International Schools CyberFair Project support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards? Since elementary school, we have already accepted the education for ten years. Remembered the way of this ten years we suddenly realize that Chinese, English, social and science, all most every subject in the end of lesson will extend to preservation, restoration, continue of the life and species or the environment continuity, especially on the subject of science and social. Those contents that put in the book is want people to protect our earth together in times. To get in touch with the CyberFair is equal to get in touch with Taipei Grass Frog, and it made us know that the creatures are easily to become extinct, also visited the habitats in person, we could put each other together, one side we can have more recognize to the lesson and the other sides is we can use what we had learned in our life, this is so meaningful.

6. How did your activities and research for this CyberFair Project support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards?

Since elementary school, we have already accepted the education for ten years. Remembered the way of this ten years we suddenly realize that Chinese, English, social and science, all most every subject in the end of lesson will extend to preservation, restoration, continue of the life and species or the environment continuity, especially on the subject of science and social. Those contents that put in the book is want people to protect our earth together in times. To get in touch with the CyberFair is equal to get in touch with Taipei Grass Frog, and it made us know that the creatures are easily to become extinct, also visited the habitats in person, we could put each other together, one side we can have more recognize to the lesson and the other sides is we can use what we had learned in our life, this is so meaningful.

1) What information tools & technologies did you used to complete your CyberFair project?

Camera: take the picture of our subject’s process or the content what we want to show to everyone on the internet. Digital video recorder: recording the observation which we already have done Telephone or cell phone: connecting the members and the visitatorial arrangement. Recording pan: recording when visitation. Computer and notebook computer: collection the information, briefing and to make the webpage. MSN: exchanging the files and opinions. Library: searching the information. USB: to bring the personal files

2) In what ways did you act as "ambassadors" and spokespersons for your CyberFair project both on-line and in person.

If you have any problem, just move your finger to connect the internet, you can find the answer that you want in the age of information explosion. We put the internet’s convenience in to good use, ask some question to the netfriends, and also tell them what the website we are doing carefully, what the Taipei Grass Frog is, what is the different from the other kinds of frogs, as well as what the effect to our biosphere by Taipei Grass frog. Sometimes we talked the topic of Taipei Grass Frog to our teachers or classmates, so as to let more and more people know this animal which was ignored by human beings, the most important thing is to advocate the discussion about preservation and restoration. By these ways, we could have more and more interesting although the beginning was so hard, because we understand that there are more people know about the Taipei Grass Frogs which make us full of zeal.

3) What has been the impact of your project on your community?

We are the freshman of high school, and we still don’t know much about the high school life, especially on the schoolwork, it’s hard to expect that the works are more and more difficult than grades nigh. On the one hand, we had to get with the high school life, on the other hand, we had to start the competition, these made us crazy. As time went by, we did it more proficiently than the beginning. Since we have started this project, we thought we had to change our attitude toward the environment. Most of us did not like anything about the nature, such as all of us were not interested in frog and hate their looks before we get in touch with Taipei Grass Frog. That because we did not have deeply know about them. But now, we already understood, sometimes we also tell others what the excellence they have. The shock that we learned is: the destruction to our environment by the human beings, so selfish as well as without any remorse, but we have no feeling about those. How could we do this to our earth? This is the description of what people had done to the environment.

4) How did your project involve other members of your community as helpers and volunteers?

Through our website, we want to let everyone knows that no matter Taipei grass frogs or other creatures are all facing the crisis of extinction because of our pursuit of benefits. Humans need to make a self-examination of what we’ve done and think more about those innocent life.