大坪森林: Signing on the World Map drawn by students

The world map is drawn by children and teachers. In the start, children draw crisscross grids on the wall. Then they outline each continent and each country on earth. The next step is to color each country (Reference: https://ecodaping.blogspot.tw/2015/12/blog-post.html). Finally, we stamp our palm and foot prints on the wall. I really appreciate my coworker, Teacher Liu, who is the artistic director for the world map. We give the map a name: “Keep the world in Daping”. By the way, the maps of Taiwan and Miaoli County are drawn by me.

Signing on the World Map drawn by students

我以牆上的地圖、教學圖卡來解說「瀕臨絕種保育類─石虎」在臺灣的分布狀況，以及在苗栗縣的出沒鄉鎮；未來可以隨時更換圖卡進行其他教學，這是建立世界觀、增進空間思考的利器！持續近半年時間才完成的世界地圖，由本校藝術總監劉莉玫老師指導應屆畢業生繪製，再將全校師生的手掌、腳底印製其上，勉勵大家「掌握臺灣、足遍世界」！邀請美國代表團教師在地圖上簽名，以彰顯臺美生態學校的夥伴關係，以及大坪國小正式與國際接軌。

Video: https://youtu.be/MexWkrwvmBw

Teacher Liu is the artistic director for the world map.

There is a secret behind the map. The wall is magnetic, thus the flash cards could be attached on the map. Therefore we take the map wall as a GIS (Geographic Information System) which doesn’t need any electricity. (Reference: https://ecodaping.blogspot.tw/2016/07/gis-on-wall.html)

Signing on the World Map drawn by students

For example: The Leopard Cat is endangered species in Taiwan. We could teach children about their distribution in Taiwan and Miaoli County on the big GIS map.

The wall is magnetic thus the flash cards could be attached on the map.

The distribution of Leopard Cat in Taiwan and Miaoli County on the big GIS map.

Similarly, we could mark the location of each eco-campus partner school on the world map. So, I sincerely invite the “US-Taiwan Campus Partner Delegation” teachers to sign their name on the map on July 13, 2016. It’s really a veritable “Keep the world in Daping”. （105-07-18，大坪國小）