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Wanhe Elementary School Changhua County (2018 CyberFair Project ID 8409)
Taiwan,
Changhua County
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 4. Local Specialties
We estimate 12 student(s) from 10 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Erlin Township is located in the southwestern part of Changhua County. The area is flat and most of the locals are farmers. Grapes, Chinese leeks, red Job’s tears, and buckwheat are some of the well-known agricultural products in this area. Wanhe Elementary School is located in Wanhe, a small village in Erlin. There are many traditional houses in our community. People lead a very simple lifestyle here. One problem we are facing is that the population here is decreasing dramatically. Young people tend to relocate for job opportunities. Most of our students live with their grandparents. Over the past few years, we have less than ten first graders entering our school every year. The number of our students has dropped to 46 this year.
Project Description: The main topic of this research is buckwheat. We are studying about buckwheat with the following topics: (1) Researching: We made our research from books and the Internet for studying buckwheat. Then we systematically sorted it out and explained it. (2)Visiting: We visited buckwheat fields in Erlin several times, studied buckwheat directly, and took some pictures for our studies in our community. (3) Interviewing: We also interviewed Qiu Shiping, director of Erlin Farmers Association, Liu Zhixin, director of Taiwan Wine Cellar, and mother Xiuxia. Our students learned more about the process of growing buckwheat from the interviews. (4) Experiencing: We used buckwheat to make buckwheat noodles. We learned experience that making noodles is hard. (5) Promoting: We made up a team to actually go to different buckwheat fields to experience the visiting and interviewing parts of our studies. Finally, the team had a presentation about buckwheat in front of the whole school students as little instructors and promoted the studies during our school’s morning assembly.