CyberFair Project ID: 8525

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International Schools CyberFair Project Narrative
Title: Say no to plastic pollution - Fight for the next generation
Category: 7. Environmental Awareness
URL: http://cyber.fhjh.tp.edu.tw/StopPlasticPollution/index.htm
Bibliography: http://cyber.fhjh.tp.edu.tw/StopPlasticPollution/page5-5.html

School: Taipei Fuhsing Private School
    Taipei, , Taiwan

7 students, ages 13-14 worked together to complete this CyberFair project on March 9, 2020. They have participated in CyberFair in the following year(s): 2002/03, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Classes and Teachers: Yi-Chou Hsieh, Mei-Hsien Tang, Wan-Ling Chang, Chia-Hao Chin

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Our School's Web Site: http://www.fhjh.tp.edu.tw/

Project Overview

1. Description of Our Community

http://cyber.fhjh.tp.edu.tw/StopPlasticPollution/n2.html

Taiwan, the heart of Asia, a beautiful island on the Tropic of Cancer, once made the Portuguese marvel and call 'Formosa'! She is located on the western Pacific Ocean, adjacent to the southern tip of mainland China. Although Taiwan is small but complete in every detail! It not only has excellent natural landscapes, but also is rich in agricultural products. Taiwan is known as “The Fruit Kingdom”! But with the recent growth in agriculture and industry and changes in consumption habits, the huge amount of indecomposable waste and overuse of various plastic products have had a negative impact on the environment, ecology, human health and the planet! This is a serious problem and therefore we need to call for action from our citizens immediately. Reduce the plastics now and love our earth without plastics.

2. Summary of Our Project

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With this research project, we hope to share our knowledge with everyone on how to use plastic products wisely and correctly, as well as promoting a toxic-free environment in order to stay away from plastic hazards and live a healthier life. In addition, we want to discuss how we can deal with the pollution and environmental damage caused by plastic wastes. Therefore, we want to find out the answers to the following questions:

1. What are the different types of plastic? How to choose the right plastic product? 2. What is plasticizer? Where are plasticizers used? 3. What are the effects of plasticizer on the human body? 4. How to lower the chances of ingesting plasticizer? (Poison prevention) 5. What to do after intake of plasticizer? (Detoxification) 6. How to reduce and reject one-time use plastic products and deal with plastic pollution?

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

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

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1) Networking Environment at School: our school has a computer classroom equipped with fiber optic internet connection to access to Taipei City Department of Education’s network center. We did most of our research, discussion and printing materials during our morning study sessions, lunch break, or spare time. 2) Networking Environment at Home: ADSL, Fiber-Optic Cable, Wi-Fi. 3) Data/Material Processing: We're able to work on the project using cloud server, Web storage or USB flash drive at school or at home. We also used email to send files and to consolidate our research materials. 4) Communication between team members: we used to communicate with each other includes smart phones, tablets, personal computers and notebooks. We're able to maximize team efficiency as we were able to share information, make discussion, and transfer files through the use of software such as IG, Line or Email.

4. Problems We Had To Overcome

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5. Our Project Sound Bite

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'The more you give, the more you get.'It all started when we found the '2020 International CyberFair' competition information from the school’s website, that is when we have the impulse to participate in this competition.

With the collection of information, questionnaire design analysis, visits to experts and scholars, plastic manufacturers, the community environmental guardian, eco-friendly shops, along the way encountered a lot of difficulties, but also know each other better. In the process we not only expanded the field of our vision, against this theme“Stop Plastic Pollution”of the connotation of a deeper understanding.Many of the difficulties encountered have been solved, and there are many difficulties that require us to continue our efforts. The success or failure depends on how much effort is put in. Love is to help people to change the life altogether. This is the biggest feeling and reward of this event we have.

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

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Project Elements

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

1. Networking technology at school: The middle school has a computer classroom equipped with fiber optic internet connection to access to Taipei City Department of Education’s network center. We did most of our research, discussion and printing materials during our morning study sessions, lunch break, or spare time.

2. Networking technology at home: ADSL, fiber-optic cable or Wi-Fi

3. Data / material processing: We were able to work on the project using cloud server created by the teacher or USB flash drive at school or at home. We also used email to send files and to consolidate our research materials.

4. Communication between team members: The hardware used communicate with each other includes smart phones, tablets, personal computers and notebooks. We were able to maximize team efficiency as we were able to share information, make discussion, and transfer files through the use of software such as Facebook, Line, E-mail.

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

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In order to get people to know about plastics and to understand the harm that plasticizers can do to the human body, we started propagating the idea to the people around us as our first step. We made some demonstration videos to teach the classmates how to block the toxic in daily life, how to avoid plasticizers that directly endanger our health and how to eliminate plastic poisons in the body. Next, we expanded our reach to propagate this idea. During the limit time at morning self-study period, we went to classes ranging from the middle and upper grades of elementary school, junior high school and several classes in senior high school to promote the idea and did some questionnaire surveys. In addition, we also used the morning meeting time of the Junior High School to propagate this idea to teachers and students. We also recorded news videos and showed them to the whole school during the lunch break. Besides, we created Facebook fan page to invite people around the world to view our project through the social media. The borderless feature of internet enables us to share important information and exchange ideas with people in any corner of the world at any time. We can work together to protect our earth!

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

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In Taiwan, more than 1.1 billion bottles of bottled water are drunk and on average over 18 billion plastic bags are used every year. The plastic waste which cannot be decomposed or will take hundreds of years to decompose flows into the sea. It not only pollutes the ocean but also causes catastrophe to the marine life and sea birds. In 30 years, there will be more plastic bags than fish. This is a sad and shocking fact. How would our offspring think about us? Some people claim that they are eco-friendly and love the earth, but they never take action. We hope that environmental protection is not just a slogan but something needs to be practiced by ourselves. This time, our project “Say No to Plastic Pollution, Fight for the Next Generation”,aims to combine“love”and“environmentalism,”which both need action to pass on. We all love people living around us, so we hope to block them from the possible toxic damage resulted from the plastics. We would like to turn our personal love to great love. Only when all the lives in the world feel the warmth of this love through our action can our earth develop sustainably and have perpetual life cycle.

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

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5) Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises (Optional)

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