1. Description of Our Community
Tong'an Elementary School is located in Fenyuan Township, Changhua County, Taiwan. Located on the east side of the Bagua Mountains, it is about 200 meters above sea level and belongs to hilly land. Administratively under the jurisdiction of Fenyuan Township, Changhua County. The school was established on April 1, 1922, with the name of the Fenyuan Public School Tonganliao Branch. In order to make it easier for the students to study, the residents of Tong'an Village and Zhonglun Village jointly created Tong'an, which has become the second primary school with a long history in Fenyuan Township, and has many alumni since the Japanese era. Before the Restoration (Japanese Occupation Era), there were 17 sessions, and it has entered 99 years of history. In recent years, due to the low birthrate problem and the increase of new communities in the branch campus, in 2012, there were only 30 students in the main school and 51 students in the branch campus.
2. Summary of Our Project
The leopard cats, a first-level protected animal, was originally a species widely distributed throughout Taiwan. In less than 100 years, it has become endangered. Currently, there are no more than 500 individuals in Taiwan. We hope to let the public know about leopard cats and provide a friendly living environment through activities such as literature review, actual observation and conservation promotion. We hope to reduce man-made damage to leopard cats and allow the leopard cats population to gradually grow.
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:1
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
There are many difficulties in photographing leopard cats, because leopard cats are usually far away from human residences and activities. However, we cannot go to the deep mountains to shoot. We can only find suitable points to set up cameras on the activity paths during the study and judgment. Therefore, we can only Very few images of leopard cats were captured. In addition, because there are many stray dogs in Taiwan, leopard cats would avoid the dogs, which made it difficult to take pictures.
5. Our Project Sound Bite
This project allows school students, nearby residents or tourists to understand the value of leopard cats and how to avoid harm to leopard cats. It is also hoped that everyone can protect leopard cats.
6. How did your activities and research for this CyberFair Project support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards?
We need to use the video shooting and editing from the information course, the understanding of animals from the nature course, the terrain, crops and interview skills learned from the social course, questionnaire design, investigation and analysis, and related knowledge of ecological conservation.
|