Eco-tour wins gold – the outstanding Yunshui Elementary School

Bordering Yunshui River (沄水溪) and the Forestry Research Institute, Jhongpu (中埔) Substation, Yunshui Elementary School is a small ecologically abundant school located in the outlying areas of Chiayi County.

Beginning in the 2013 academic year, the school’s headmaster, Lin Song-jie (林松潔), began coaching his teaching staff on the implementation of a school-based curriculum that incorporated the training of children to become ecological tour guides.

This year, his students took first place at a countywide school ecology presentation competition.

In spite of the fact the children lack the same educational resources as city kids, on top of managing to utilize the pristine ecological environment to their benefit and raise the school’s status, they have also successfully trained wave after wave of expert tour guide and helped empower themselves with self-confidence and a sense of pride.

The school’s ecological park is divided into five large areas; the tour content includes plants (tree species), coffee, sweet gum, butterflies and birds, etc.

Under the expert guidance of teachers, in addition to the careful study of local flora and fauna, the kids have also learned presentation skills and the shooting and editing of film footage.

Eco-tour wins gold – the outstanding Yunshui Elementary School
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/227887

(以下是中文對照)
生態導覽奪冠 沄水國小超棒 影音

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沄水國小是嘉義縣的一所偏鄉小學，位處沄水溪畔，並與林業試驗所中埔分所林場相連結，是一所生態極為豐富的國民小學。該校林松潔校長自102學年度起，帶領教師群規劃校本課程，並訓練一批校園生態導覽解說員，今年參加校園生態教育解說簡報比賽，榮獲全縣第一名，沄水國小的學童雖然少了城市孩子的教育資源，卻善用城市沒有的優勢生態環境，打造出一所生態小學，培養出一批又一批的導覽解說高手，建立孩子的自信心和榮譽感。老師們將校園生態區分為五大區塊，內容包括植物(樹種)、咖啡、楓香、蝴蝶和鳥類等等，孩子們除了用心學習認識動植物生態外，在老師的指導下還學會簡報的製作和影片的拍攝剪輯。