School: Taipei Municipal Wanhua Junior High School
    Taipei, N/A - Does Not Apply, ??

5 students, ages 14 worked together to complete this CyberFair project on March 14, 2026. They have participated in CyberFair in the following year(s): 2025

Classes and Teachers: CHEN,LI-RU

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Our School's Web Site: http://https://www.whjhs.tp.edu.tw/nss/p/index

1. Description of Our Community

In our living place, Wanhua, its old name Báng-kah comes from the language of the Ketagalan people. It means “canoe” or “a place where canoes gather.” In the Qing Dynasty, Wanhua was close to the Tamsui River, so Indigenous people often came by canoe to trade. Because river transport was very important, this area became a busy and prosperous place. It was once known together with Tainan and Lukang as “One Tainan, Two Lukang, Three Bangkah.”

During the Japanese colonial period, the name changed to “Wanhua” because it sounded closer in Japanese.

This history is also why our group wants to explore topics related to water. Water has always been a part of Wanhua’s life, so this issue feels very close to us.

2. Summary of Our Project

The summary of our International Schools CyberFair Web Project introduces our research motivation, group members, book study, expert interview, and final presentation. For our research steps, we read books and related reports, and we invited Dr. De-Hao Chen to help us understand more about the recent situation of the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium. He explained about the lovely marine animals, how the aquarium is helping injured sea creatures, and the current beach-cleaning work. Finally, we shared our project on stage with all the teachers, students, and our advising professor. We hope our report can help students our age learn something new and grow.

3. Our Computer and Internet Access

A. Percentage of students using the Internet at home:21-50%

B. Number of workstations with Internet access in the classroom:4-6

C. Connection speed used in the classroom:dedicated connection

D. Number of years our classroom has been connected to the Internet:2-3

E. Additional comments concerning your computer and/or Internet access (Optional):

The biggest challenge for our International Schools CyberFair project is that our group members are from different classes. Because of this, we did not have enough time to meet, talk, and work on the project together. In the end, we used Google Classroom and wrote messages to finish the work one by one.

This is also our first time learning how to make a web page. We searched for many tools and found that Wix is easy for beginners to use. Some advanced functions are still difficult for us, so in the future we will keep learning and improving by finding more information online.

4. Problems We Had To Overcome

Today, we live in a time with advanced internet, so we can find a lot of information online. However, when using this information, our teacher taught us media literacy and how to check if the information is trustworthy. For numbers in the data, we also need to see if they are biased toward certain groups. After collecting the information, we added the website links to our shared database so that other members can check the information more carefully.

5. Our Project Sound Bite

We wanted to join the International Schools CyberFair because we wanted to share water issues in our hometown with partners around the world. From our expert interview, we learned that the oceans are connected globally. Many organizations do beach cleaning now, and it helps, but the effect is limited. Trash still comes to the beaches because it floats from other countries. We hope this platform can help partners in other countries see this problem and understand that reducing plastic, not littering, and protecting the environment are actions everyone can do anywhere. It reminds us that through effort and action, we can make the Earth a better place.

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

We think that combining online learning with traditional teacher summaries is a very effective way to learn. For example, we learned from other people’s online experiences with beach cleaning, and we combined this with expert explanations showing data about the trash on beaches. This combination helped us understand the topic better.

Our school also encourages joyful learning and having a global perspective, which is why students are encouraged to join the International Schools CyberFair. It helps us connect with the world.

In traditional education, we are used to teachers giving us reading materials. When they asked us to search for information ourselves, we didn’t know where to start. Through this project, we gradually learned that students are the main learners and that we can think critically. This skill will help us in the future.

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

Besides reading books, interviewing experts, and using computers to search for information, we also used a video camera to record our presentation in front of the professor and teachers. Every step was very important. Reading books and searching online helped us discuss ideas with our online partners. The experts helped us understand the information on paper more clearly, with pictures and data.

After recording the video, we could share it with partners our age, even in other countries. We hope that our research not only helps us understand water issues better but also encourages people around us and ourselves to take small actions. By doing this, we can make the ocean cleaner and give marine animals a better living environment.

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

When we decided which expert to invite to our school for an interview, we spent nearly a month searching for experts related to rainwater issues and made a list of three candidates. Then, we discussed together how to format and send the invitation letters. In the end, two experts agreed to come to our school. After three discussions, we decided to invite Dr. De-Hao Chen from the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium to meet with us.

We chose Dr. Chen because he works on the front line at the aquarium and has a deep understanding of the challenges faced by marine animals. Therefore, we ultimately decided to explore this project together with him.

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

Our project has already been shared with teachers and students at our school, and in the future, we will share it with students who join the International Schools CyberFair. We will encourage the community to use reusable bags when shopping to reduce taking plastic bags from vendors. In addition, we will suggest that students drink less bubble tea and eat out less. Dr. De-Hao Chen explained to us that plastic bags are cheap, strong, and easy to use, so it is challenging to stop using them all at once. But if we take small steps, maybe in ten years, society will change.

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

We invited professors from nearby universities to guide us with our research report. From the very beginning—planning the research steps, choosing the research direction, inviting experts, conducting interviews, reading articles and books, to presenting our results—we not only received guidance from our school teachers but also got advice from university professors on our project. We discussed their suggestions and made improvements. This research process was very important to us. It felt meaningful and gave us a sense of achievement, very different from the usual knowledge we gain at school.

5) Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises (Optional)

Something interesting we learned was about the beluga whales in the aquarium. When they eat fish, they slide the fish in, instead of biting it. But Dr. De-Hao Chen told us that in the future, beluga whales will no longer be introduced as a non-native species, because it is important to respect where animals can naturally live.

Also, through examples provided by Dr. Chen, we learned that some sea animals eat plastic bags by mistake. Their stomachs feel full, so they stop eating and can die of hunger. Many real cases about plastics in the ocean were very shocking to us.

Because of these valuable lessons, we hope that our careful report will not only move our teachers and classmates at school, but also help people around the world learn more about this issue through the International Schools CyberFair.